X*IS TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



Ladies' Pine, a small, but very high flavored berry. The commit- 

 tee ought to say, however, that they have seen some of Mr. 

 Prince's seedlings in greater perfection than those exhibited on the 

 present occasion. 



From Mr. Carpenter, the Austin, a seedling raised by the Sha- 

 ker's of Lebanon. The committee have had opportunities of ex- 

 amining this berry, from time to time, up to the 14th of this 

 month, and on some subsequent occasions it was better than when 

 first seen. The following is its description : Fruit large, round- 

 ish to conical, sometimes flat, occasionally necked, and uniformly 

 with a large core ; color light scarlet ; seed brown, slightly 

 imbedded ; flesh white, rather soft and dry, acid and somewhat 

 deficient in flavor ; calyx large, many parted and persistent, stem 

 stout and erect; flowers staminate. It is said to be very pro- 

 ductive, but of this the committee have had no evidence before 

 them, and therefore give no opinion. The above the committee 

 believe to be a fair, impartial description of the Austin strawberry. 



From Mr, Fuller a collection of upward of IPO seedlings, and 

 a remarkable one for the large proportion of good kinds it con- 

 tained. The seeds from w^iich they were grown were collected 

 from berries which had been carefully hybridized, and the result 

 shows what may be accomplished when efforts are intelligently 

 directed to this point. The committee have marked a large num- 

 ber of these seedlings as worthy of further trial, and given the 

 numbers to Mr. Fuller. Two of these, 2*7 and 31, we recommend 

 Mr. Fuller to keep for size alone ; they are exceedingly large, but 

 very sour, and we hope he will have the good sense never to ofier 

 them to the public. He deserves and receives our commendation 

 for his well directed e9"orts in originating these new varieties of 

 strawberries ; and if any of them should fulfill their present good 

 promise, we hope, in bringing them before the public, he will do 

 nothing to impair the good opinion we have formed of him. 



The Bartlett, a seedling which Mr. Fuller has grown for two or 

 three years past is a fruit of very considerable merit It is of 

 good size, and nearly as productive as the Wilson, but much supe- 

 rior to it in quality. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



PETER B. MEAD, 

 GEO. A. KITE, 

 L. A. ROBERTS, 

 P. G. BERGEN, 



July 16, 1860. J. P. TRIMBLE. 



