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exhibited specimens of Davis seedling which yielded 300 bushels 

 per acre. These were tried, and proved extremely dense. Mr. 

 Carpenter corroborated all and more than Mr. Robinson had said 

 about the quality. It originated in Massachusetts. The Prince 

 Albert was free of rot with him this year, and yielded very fi>iely. 



Several members spoke about colored potatoes, and to the 

 prejudice against them. 



Dr. Trimble. — The blue pink-eye potato, which once grew well 

 in this State, was a most excellent potato, but was badly affected 

 by disease, and it has perhaps gone out of use. 



Mr. Carpenter. — The black Carter has a very black skin and 

 white flesh. It rotted badly, and I gave it up. The black Mer- 

 cer is a good potato, but that also rots. 



THE FONTENAY RASPBERRY. 



Mr. Carpenter exhibited branches of this berry in full bearing, 

 of the third crop. Its first is ver}^ early, and the berries large. 

 I prefer it to the Cattawissa, as it is very hardy. 



INDIAN CORN, 



Mr. C. showed specimens of the improved King Philip corn, 

 which he esteems the best variety grown in this section. It is a 

 brown corn, large ears, and ripens fully in 100 days. 



The Golden Drop, a yellow, eight rowed corn, is also a good 

 8ort; it ripens in about 115 days. 



The Tea Corn is a long eared, white variety, from the South. 

 Another white variety, made by a cross of the Tea upon the 

 Devereux, is an improvement upon the Tea. This cross is a 

 sound flint corn, long white ears, and productive — -the ears 12- 

 rowed, cob small, taking 115 to 120 days to ripen. 



The Dutton corn requires 100 days to ripen, and it does not 

 produce over three-fourths as much as the improved King Philip. 

 It is estimated that it will produce 90 bushels per acre. And 

 one peculiarity is that it will not mix with, or rather allow other 

 sorts to mix with it. 



Solon Robinson corroborated this fact, by stating that he 

 planted the improved King Philip, intimately mixed with other 

 sorts, none of which mixed with it. 



Other members thought this an important fact in its favor, 

 and tried to elucidate the reason why, but found no tenable 

 theory. 



