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and in despite of the rust or blight, which on a part of the 

 piece (as the Committee saw), very much damaged the crop, 

 the product came nearly up to the Crescent. I have stated 

 that the Col. Cheney came out ahead in product of all the 

 others. It is a very large and haudsorae berry and brings 

 from two to three cents per box more than the Wilson. The 

 berries do not dwindle down, but hold out large to the 

 end of the season, although the last pickings are rather soft 

 and not so good in quality as the first pickings. The 

 Monarchs did exceedingly well this season and were of 

 good quality. The Chas. Downing, as has been seen, yielded 

 the least of any, but the quality is best : but I do not see how 

 it can pay at two to three cents per box extra. The foliage 

 rusts very badly, while the Col. Cheney, the Crescent and 

 Monarch are not allected. The Sharpless with me was a 

 failure, although some report two-thirds of a crop of handsome 

 fruit. I should recommend the Wilson, Col. Cheney and 

 Crescent seedling for general cultivation. 



This certifies that on the 21st day of July last I surveyed 

 the above named strawberry patch, and found it to contain 

 147 41-100 rods of ground. 



Jos. Merrill, Surveyor. 



STATEMENT OF H. K. WEST. 



The crop which I offer for the Society's premium of Phila- 

 delphia Raspberries were from plants of two, four and six 

 years growth. Land, light loam, used as a pasture previously, 

 and covered with a growth of white birch, thorn trees, <fec., 

 which were dug out the fall before the plants were set. The 

 land was ploughed about six inches deep ; about five cords of 

 stable manure was applied and twenty or thirty barrels of hen 

 manure spread upon the furrow and thoroughly harrowed in. 

 The plants were set about the latter part of April in rows 

 eight feet apart, by three feet in the row, and with a row of 

 strawberries between each row of raspberries. This was culti- 



