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bearer, anrl the berries were large and handsome. He could safely 

 recommend it. 



Mr. Lines had procured it on Mr. Downing's recommendation, 

 and, like him, had found it an abundant bearer, with a handsome 

 berry ; but it was the most insipid fruit he ever tasted. He was 

 surprised that so handsome a berry should be so tasteless. The fruit 

 would hardly bear gathering, it melted so easily in the fingers. 



Col. Hodge had fruited it for three or four years. Its flavor was 

 not so good and the crop not so abundant with him as other gentle- 

 men seemed to have found them. 



Mr. Hamilton said that with him it was one of the very best, and 

 certainly had the highest flavor of any. 



Mr. Manice had it from Mr. Downing, and found it the poorest 

 strawberry he had ever cultivated. 



Mr, Miller considered it at the head of all in point of flavor. 



Mr. Battey, of Keeseville, N. Y., had been much disappointed in 

 the quality of this fruit. It was worthless, dry and insipid, and with 

 him the plant was a poor bearer. 



Mr. S. B. Parsons last year thought it first rate, but this year it 

 was poor with him. 



Mr. Barry said it was a beautifully colored berry, and one of the 

 highest flavor, but it was a small bearer. For amateurs it was an 

 indispensable variety, but it would not do as a market fruit. 



Mr. C. Downing regarded it as the highest flavored strawberry he 

 ever tasted, and one of the best varieties. He grew it on a light, 

 sandy loam. 



Mr. Hancock had tried it four or five years, but it had never suc- 

 ceeded with him. 



Mr. Saul withdrew his motion. 



RASPBERRIES. 



Red Antwerp. — Mr. McIntosh inquired if it was hardy 1 He 

 thought the contrary, and at any rate it had not proved so with him. 

 It needed covering in the winter, and could not be relied on. 



Mr. HovEY said that no raspberry we yet had could stand the win- 

 ter without covering. 



Mr. Battey said that with him it had fully answered, and was 

 equally hardy with any variety of red. 



Mr. C. Downing considered it one of the best for marketing, and 



