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Mr. Barrett replied that last year he had eight rods of ground, 

 pretty thickly set with the Red Antwerp, from which he sijould this 

 season have from 6 to 8,000 plants. It was a common careless cus- 

 tom to leave them unprotected through the winter, but it was an un- 

 safe practice and in three seasons out of five would cause the loss of 

 the crop. 



The question was then put and the Red Antwerp raspberry adopted. 



Fastolff. — Mr. Hayes said of this, that we could not gather the 

 fruit from the plant as well as from the Antwerp or the Franconia. 

 It did not come off the core so easily. Mr. Hovey said this variety 

 increased with him faster than any other. It was an abundant bearer 

 and the fruit was very fine. 



The jPa5^/^ raspberry was adopted. 



Knevetfs Giant. — Mr. Elliott moved that this be placed in the 

 list of fruits promising well. Mr. Hovev hoped that would be the 

 disposition made of it. Mr. Walker said it had been grown in the 

 neighborhood of Boston five years, and Mr. Newell of Dorchester 

 told him it succeeded without protection. Mr. Hancock said that so 

 far as his experience went, it was a fine fruit but a shy bearer. 



Mr. Elliott's motion prevailed, and the KneveWs Giant Rasp- 

 berry was placed on the list of fruits that promise well. 



Yelloui Antwerp. — Mr. S. B. Parsons said it was a poor bearer 

 with him, but a good grower. Mr. Barrett said it was a poor 

 bearer, and the fruit was poor; it was crumbling and unfit for mar- 

 ket. Mr. Hancock said that unless protected it would be killed, but 

 when protected it bore a good crop and of a high flavor. 



The Yellow Antwerp Raspberry was adopted. 



Mr. S. B. Parsons proposed to add to the list the common Eng- 

 lish Red J a variety which he piized very much. 



Mr. Terry said we had four native varieties, the common Ameri- 

 can Red, White, and Black, and the Purple. This last w^as a very 

 fine fruit, bearing large crops for a long period and was superior in 

 flavor to the English Red. 



Mr. Hamilton supposed Mr. Parsons meant the common Red, 

 which grew up some six or eight feet and then bent over. Mr. Par- 

 sons presumed the variety was very generally known. It was a free 

 growing plant, with a bluish stock, the berry round and rather flat, 

 soft as the Antwerp, and preferable in flavor. It was perfectly 

 hardy and was never killed down. 



