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Dr. Ward — The strawberry loses its flavor in proportion to the 

 amount of rain. That was the case last Summer. Water increases 

 the quantity, but not quality. As to manuring, I have long since 

 ceased to use yard manure. I am satisfied that green sand marl 

 is the best manure that can be used when it can be obtained easily. 

 I am using marl and muck, combined with shell lime, and I 

 use dll the ashes I can get as a top dressing. If rich soil does 

 favor the growth of vines to the exclusion of fruit, I should like 

 to know it, for I have found that my biggest berries come from 

 the very highest manured spots around my pear trees. From a 

 strip five feet by seventy, my daughter picked one morning sev- 

 enty-two quarts of fine strawberries. I never tried how much an 

 acre produced. I am planting this year two acres. 



Mr. Pardee — We may get the largest berries from highly ma- 

 nured land, but not the greatest quantity. I still answer, that I 

 think Wilson's seedling stands at the head of all the varieties. 

 They are early, but I think Burr's new pine the earliest. At 

 Washington, the Alice Maud is the favorite early variety. The 

 Hautboy is a high-flavored berry. I wish to remark, that I have 

 no theory to maintain, nor interest in recommending any particu- 

 lar variety, or mode of culture. I only wish to see this fruit more 

 generally cultivated. 



The subject not being exhausted, was continued for the next 

 meeting. Also, "The best and most economical method of reno- 

 vating worn out soils." 



The Club then adjourned. 



JOHN W. CHAMBERS, Secretary. 



