STRAWBERRY REPORT. 



137 



REPORT 



Of the Committee of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society on 

 the Statistics of the Strawberry, and the quantity sold in 

 the Cincinnati market, for the year 1846. 



May 19th 10 bushels. June 1st 100 bushels. 



20th, 



21st 



22d , 



23d . 



25th 



26th, 



27th, 



28th. 



29th. 



30th. 



. 20 

 . 20 

 . 25 

 . 55 

 . 20 

 .250 

 ,200 

 ,200 

 250 

 300 



2d , 

 3d , 

 4th, 

 5th, 

 6th, 

 8th, 

 9th. 



10th. 



11th. 



12th. 



300 

 300 

 300 

 300 

 350 

 100 

 350 

 300 

 250 

 ISO 



Total, for 22 days, 4,150 bush. 

 D. K. Cady, Chairman. 



REPORT. 



The Committee to whom was referred the investigation of the 

 Sexual Characters of the Strawberry, beg leave to 

 report : — 



That they have endeavored to discharge, in the most thor- 

 ough manner, the duty imposed upon them, by investigating, 

 with note-book in hand, the condition of various kinds of 

 Strawberries, at the different stages of their progress, from 

 the blossom to the ripened fruit, so as to observe any pecu- 

 liarities of inflorescence, and watch the consequent eflfects 

 upon the fructification. As an evidence of the fidelity with 

 which your Committee have discharged their duty, allow 

 them to say that this Report is based upon more than two 

 hundred and seventy recorded observations, which were 

 made with critical accuracy, and as extended, in almost 



