Proceedings of the Farmers' Club. 303 



EoMEYN Seedling Stkawbekkt. 



Mr. Foster, Kingston, K. Y., exhibited specimens of strawberries 

 from a plant of Romeyn's seedling, to prove tiiat it is later than the 

 Wilson, and he stated while the Wilson is gone, this will last a week 

 longer. It is large, showy, and productive, and if it will bear 

 shipping, it mnst come into general favor. 



Mr. Wm. S. Oarpenter spoke highly of the Agriculturist, and that 

 it is more profitable with him than any other, and that he preferred 

 any kind to the Wilson. Adjourned. 



July 14, 1868. 



Mr. Nathan C. Ely iu the Ciiair; Mr. John W. CHA^fBEns, Secretary. 

 Okiginator of the Rose Potato. 

 Mr. Solon Breese, Hortonville, Yermont. — Mr. Hefron did not 

 oi'iginate this potato, but Albert Breese, of Rutland county. 



Potato Slugs. 



Mr. J. H. Lovejoy, Oxford, i!s^. H. — I find in my garden potatoes 

 yellow worms, with dark brown heads, which keep in groups near the 

 ground. They hatch flaxen colored eggs, and increase very fast. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — This is the potato slug, which is well known and 

 is in my grounds. 



Apples without Seeds and Coees. 



Mr. L. Barrett, Smiksburg, Indiana county, Pa, — Last year I saw 

 such in West Yirginia, solid and of good flavor. They do not blos- 

 som like other fruit, but put forth stems and buds like a clove. I put 

 in some of the grafts this spring, which .are growing finely. 



Mr. ]N^. C. Meeker. — This must be the kind of apple that grows 

 with the graft up side down. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — I never saw such fruit. I would ask Mr. Phoe- 

 nix, of Bloomington, 111., who is present, if he ever did. He ought 

 to know. 



Mr. F, K. Phoenix, — I never did. Of course there is no such thing. 



Breeding from Young Stock. 



Mr. A. Dwinwell, Walpole, N. H. — It is the practice to breed from 

 animals of both kinds from two to three years old, while they do not 

 arrive to maturity till five or six years old. To get good stock by 



