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a hard, clay soil, and does better in a wet tlian in a dry season. It is 

 valuable as a late variety. We aim to raise late fruit, for we find 

 that it is equally valuable witli the early. In December. we mulch 

 with rye straw an inch deep, and let it lie in the spring as long as pos- 

 sible, nor do we wholly remove it from the ground. Jucunda, or 

 Knox's 700, is similar to the Triomph, but not quite so scarlet nor of 

 so fine a flavor. The Agriculturist does not do as well as formerly, 

 and I am afraid it will die out. Barnes' seedling is productive, sells 

 at a high price, and is coming into favor. Of 100 varieties on our 

 ground, the Brooktyn scarlet (one of the Tribune strawberries) is the 

 earliest, is of fine flavor, but too soft for market. Bm'r's pine is valu- 

 able for garden culture, and desirable for family use. Green Prolific 

 is late, but is soft and poor. Rippawam is large, but not productive. 

 Mr. Pennell of Norwalk, Conn,, exhibited some seedlings of a large 

 size and fine flavor. Ferris and Caywood, Poughkeepsie, send seed- 

 lings quite promising. 



Adjourned. 



July 7, 1868. 



Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the chair ; Mr. John W. Chambers, Secretary, 



Florida . 



J. A. McDonald, of Mellenville, Orange county, Florida, gives the 

 following account of that State : I read every sentence of your 

 reports with profound interest. It caused me to come to Florida, and 

 I am grateful for it. It rescued me from the jaws of death, saved 

 me from the monster consumption, and restored me to health and 

 vigor ; but it is saddening to know that such an insignificant refugee 

 wdll not be missed from the host yearly devoured by that dreadful 

 scourge of the frozen regions. It grieves me to see, from time to 

 time, such erroneous statements concerning this country, by some of 

 our most reliable men, who are mistaken only because they don't stay 

 and examine as they ought to before giving their opinions, when the 

 future welfare of so many of our countrymen depends on them. I 

 have worked at making timber, clearing hammock land, and every 

 sort of trying manual labor more than a year, and instead of my 

 energies failing they are decidedly improving. Let me cite one 

 instance to show that men retain their vigor in this country, all state- 

 ments to the contrary notwithstanding. Mr. John Ilughey was born 

 in Georgia, in the year 1792, of parents who were natives of the 



