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Mr. R. "W. Holton. — ^These Malaga grapes are picked before they 

 are fully ripe, laid ou straw and turned over several times, during 

 Avhich the juice runs out of the stem. The bloom is always pre- 

 served. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — It is important to know that in packing 

 fruit it should be perfectly dry, and the job should be done in the 

 middle of a hot sunny day. 



Mr. J. R. Sypher. — This Club has run after grapes for wine from 

 time immemorial, and neglected to consider how grapes can be pre- 

 served so as to be good eating out of season. The wine drinkers 

 have had their full shai'e of our attention. 



Prof. Vanderweyde gave an account of grape-growing on the 

 Rhine, stating that after experimenting a thousand years, they had 

 found that a particular grape is requu-ed for a particular soil, which 

 is of limited extent, and of the efiects of guano, which, when 

 applied, so injured the quality of the wine that the guano had to 

 be dug out and thrown away. 



Mr. Williams spoke of the Catawba grape being preserved in a 

 fruit room which was cooled by a fan blowing air through ice 

 boxes. This plan was tried in Cleveland, and abandoned. 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



Mr. J. S. Burgess showed a fine collection of rare bouquet flow- 

 ers, some of which came from China, which being distributed, he 

 received the thanks of the members. Adjourned. 



June 11, 1867. 

 Mr. Nathan C. Elt in the chair; Mr. John W. Chambbes, Secretary. 



BOUDINOT STRAWBERRY. 



Mr. H. Boudinot, Alexandi'ia, Ohio, informs the Club that he has 

 a new seedling strawberry growing on his grounds at Granville, 

 Ohio, which promises to be a berry of great excellence, and asks 

 that a committee be appointed to examine the plants. 



The Secretary was directed to acknowledge the receipt of the 

 communication, and invite Mr. H. Boudinot to show the strawberry 

 at the exhibition of the Institute, and say that ISIr. J. R. Sypher 

 would visit his grounds. 



