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Dr. Isaac P. Trimble said, this insect attacks apples, pears, and 

 almost all kinds of fruit. After the fruit has fiillen to the ground, 

 if you will let the pigs have the fruit, or if the fallen fruit be 

 gathered by hand and destroyed, the curculio will be effectually 

 destroyed forever. The more chickens and birds you have, the 

 less curculios you will have to destroy your fruit of any kind. 

 The only successful remedy is to jar the trees and catch the 

 destructive " Turks." Fruit can be raised in spite of the curculio. 

 In New Jersey, he said, some societies have resolved to pick up 

 all the fallen fruit, for the purpose of exterminating this insect. 

 In almost all of our orchards, the ground is half covered with fruit 

 which has dropped prematurely, in consequence of having been 

 stung by the curculio. If you will cut this fruit into thin slices, 

 you will find a small grub. This is the curculio for next year. 

 Let these grubs be destroyed, and you save the crop of fruit. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



A large quantity of this fruit was on exhibition. Mr. Bryan, of 

 Vineland, had a seedling of some promise, beside a very fine col- 

 lection of many varieties. Mr. Cavanah, of Brooklyn, had nice 

 large fruit, also Mr. Williams, of Mount Clair. The finest speci- 

 mens were Trollop's Victoria. Mr. Chas. Harmer, of Philadelphia, 

 Pa., not hearing that the fair was postponed for one week, brought 

 his somewhat celebrated berry called Slinger's Seedling. It. 

 attracted much attention, and a committee was appointed to examine 

 it and report. The fruit is very large, and said to be prolific. The 

 committee reported that it is a good market fruit, large, is hard, 

 and of poor flavor. Quite an animated discussion followed. Some 

 condemned it as having no flavor at all, and Mr. Lawton said the 

 season has been very unfavorable for bringing out the flavor of any 

 beny. Among the twenty or thirty difi'erent kinds of strawberries, 

 the Wilson seemed as good as the best, and superior to many. It 

 has more sprightly acid, and decided character, than any strawberry 

 known. There were specimens of the Agriculturalist which were 

 Very good; indeed, for beauty and size, exceeded the Wilson. It 

 is now known that there are many localities where the Agricultur- 

 alist is a very poor bearer. Knox's 700 was shown, and Mr. Cav- 

 anah said it diflfers from the 700 first introduced. It was fair. 

 Barnes' Seedling, strongly resembling the Wilson, was shown, and 

 is promising. 



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