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Hovey'^s Seedling — Mr. McTntosh declared this to be the very best 

 Strawberry he ever had in his grounds. Without any further remark 

 it was adopted unanimously. 



Large Early Scarlet. — Col. Hodge had fruited it for years with 

 great success, and in the course of a tour at the west, he found that 

 in the neighborhood of Chicago, it was pronounced one of the best va- 

 rieties. Mr. HovEy would vote for it with pleasure, believing it to 

 be the same as that cultivated in Massachusetts as the Early Virginia. 



It was adopted. 



Hudson. — Mr. Hovey was quite willing to believe from what had 

 already been said, that this might be a good fruit in New-York and 

 New-Jersey, but east of New-York it was so small and acid as not to 

 be W'Orthy of cultivation at all. 



Mr. S. B. Parsons was very much of the same opinion. There 

 were many acid berries far superior to the Hudson, as for instance 

 Jenny's Seedling, which was a fine fruit. 



Mr. Barry thought it unadvisable to put the Hudson on the list. In 

 his region it had been tried, but generally, abandoned. While there 

 were so many other preferable varieties, this ought not to go upon a 

 list of fine frnits. 



The Hudson Strawberry was rejected. 



Burrh' Mew Pine. — Mr. Manice considered it premature to place 

 this on the list. No doubt it was a good fruit but it was not yet suf- 

 ficiently well known. Dr. Wendell had tried it at Albany for two 

 years, and thought that it w^ould hereafter take its place among the 

 first, but for the present he would rather have it withdrawn. Mr. 

 HovEY said it promised well, but he objected to putting it on the list 

 for the same reason given by the gentlemen who preceded him, it 

 had not been known long enough. 



Mr. Walker observed that after testing thirty-six varieties he was 

 of opinion that Burr's New Pine was the best of them all, and that it 

 had no superior in flavor except the Swainstone Seedling. Mr. Elli- 

 ott said it had never been sufficiently tested in Ohio to warrant its 

 recommendation for general culture. 



Mr. Barry said, it originated at Columbus, Ohio, and the attention 

 of the Horticultural Society of that state was called to it by Mr. 

 Burr. The next year the committee made an elaborate report, giv- 

 ing this the preference over all other strawberries. This had called 

 his own attention to it, and since then, at Rochester, he found that it 



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