REPORT 



OF THE FARMERS' CLUB. 



The following reports were made by special committees appointed 

 by the Farmers' Club to examine the various articles submitted to 

 them for premiums. They consist of the following : 



An Essay on the cultivation of the Potato. 



An Essay on the culture of the Pear. 



An Essay on the culture of the Strawberry, Seedling Potatoes 

 and Seedling Grapes. 



The Club respectfully recommended that the premiums be 

 awarded. 



EDWARD DOUGHTY, Ch'n. 

 John W. Chambers, Sedy. 



New York, February 3, 1863. 



Report of Special Committee on the Essays on the Cultiva- 

 tion OF THE Pear, and on the Culture of the Strawberry. 

 Two articles, one on the cultivation of the pear, signed " Prac- 

 tice," the other on the culture of the strawberry, signed " Ken- 

 tucky," have been submitted to a committee appointed by the 

 Farmers' Club. 



Both treatises are quite lengthy, and contain some useful sugges- 

 tions. The article on the pear, as a literary composition, is desti- 

 tute of merit, though presented to the committee with numerous 

 corrections on its face. The committee have failed to discover in 

 it anything new or valuable to entitle it to your consideration. 



The other, "Culture of the Strawberry," is divided in three 

 parts : 



1. On the Preparation of Soil. — The author's views coincide with 

 the best practice, but the theory does not differ from that which 

 is well known and already before the public. 



2. On Garden and Field Culture. — The author is profuse and pro- 

 lix, but not in all cases clear in his statements. His mode for field 

 culture, though novel, is believed in a measure to be impracticable 

 and too expensive. 



3. On Propagation, Hybridization^ Forcing, etc. — This part of the 

 Essay contains some excellent suggestions, the result of the expe- 



