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except in the most favorable climates, or in places where cellars 

 of very low temperature are easy procured. Thus, from chemical 

 and physiological reasons, it is incorrect to stigmatize wine as 

 not pure because sugar has been added to it which has been 

 grown in the organism of a plant other than the vine ; and for the 

 sake of scientific truth, as well as for the advancement of a domes- 

 tic manufacture, it is desirable that the fact be generally known. 



SORGHUM IN GERMANY. 



The Secretary alluded to some German papers on the table, in 

 which the subject of growing sorghum, in that country, was 

 treated, which, he states, is quite successful. 



REPORT UPON STRAWBERRIES. 



Peter B. Mead, chairman of the committee upon strawberries, 

 made the following report : 



The committee understand their duty to consist in deciding 

 which are the most valuable varieties for general cultivation. A 

 strawberry for general cultivation should possess size, quality and 

 productiveness, as well as adaptation to a variety of soils and 

 location. In arriving at a decision the committee have necessa- 

 rily confined themselves to varieties that have been somewhat 

 widely grown and their value proved. No number of varieties 

 have been prescribed to the committee, they have selected five, 

 as follows : Hovey's Seedling, Longworth's Prolific, Wilson's 

 Seedling, Jenny Lind, and Hooker's Seedling. The committee 

 would remark, that some of the newer varieties will probably, in 

 the course of another year, take their side by the best of the 

 above, and, no doubt, supercede some of them ; but they are not 

 yet sufficiently known. Such varieties as the Bartlett, Boyden's 

 Mammoth, Triomphe de Grand, Scarlet Magnate, and others at 

 present less known, should, in the mean time, be fairly tested. 



Of the seedlings exhibited, the committee made the best exami- 

 nation they could. From Dr. Habel there were two seedlings. 

 No. 1 is a berry of large size and good flavor, and worthy of fur- 

 ther trial, if productive. No. 2 is of large size, but acid and 

 wanting in flavor. 



From Mr. Clark, of New Haven, a seedling named Helen ; a 

 small berry, and not particularly noteworthy. 



From Mr. Prince, a case of his seedlings, of which the Scarlet 

 Magnate is the largest, and of good flavor ; Perfumed Pine, the 

 highest flavored, but small. In Mr. Prince's case was also the 



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