proceedings of the farmers' club. 141 



Raspberries. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — This season I have cultivated for family use the 

 Brinckley Orange raspberry. It is not fit for market, but for the family I 

 do not think it can be surpassed. 



The Chairman. — I like the Pranconia very well indeed; the Allen I would 

 not have. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — I received as presents from several nurserymen 

 and friends, several sorts of raspberries, which I planted, partly along the 

 north side of a wall, and partly in the open ground in the garden. I have 

 no fault to find with the growth of vines, for they are overwhelming. But 

 I have some fault to find with their productiveness. I wish they were all, 

 except the Brinckley, out of my garden. 



Russell's Strawberry. 



Mr. Wm. P. Robinson, of Auburn, N. Y., thinks injustice has been done 

 to the Russell seedling strawberry. He says: 



"Prom the 10th of June Mr. Clapp commenced picking from a patch 

 twenty feet in length and ten feet in breadth. From this bed he has picked 

 over three bushels of this luscious fruit; and as late as the present time 

 (July 19) he picked five quarts, fully as delicate in flavor and as large in 

 size as those that were gathered when the strawberry season was at its 

 height. I have now before me several that were this morning picked at 

 random from Mr. Clapp's garden, which average four and a half inches in 

 circumference, and I have seen those that measured six and a quarter inches." 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — There can be no objection to its size, that is cer- 

 tain; my great objection to it was because it is a pistillate, but Mr. Clapp 

 says that his experience is that one plant to fifty is amply sufficient as a 

 fertilizer. 



Mr. R. G. Pardee. — I examined this berry carefully, and did not find it 

 any larger than Longworth's prolific, nor of better flavor, and I cannot 

 learn that it is a better bearer. It certainly is not equal to Mr. Puller's 

 three new seedlings in any point of view. Those combine many excellent 

 qualities. I examined the Russell berry closely, but could not see the 

 advantages claimed for it, though it is doubtless a good family berry. 

 What we want is a berry as prolific and large as the Wilson or Russell, 

 and delicious as Burr's new pine. My list of six strawberries would be 

 Wilson's, Hooker's, Hovey's, Longworth's, Burr's, and Triomphe de Gand. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — I think the day of pistillate strawberries has 

 gone by. Still, I am going to try this new one, and see if it is really 

 valuable. I have no idea that it is equal to Mr. Puller's three new ones. - 



Flowers. 



Mr. R. G. Pardee. — I hope the members will not fail to notice these 

 beautiful flowers presented by Mr. Weaver. These double zinnias are very 

 fine, and so are the double balsams. They have been grown upon rich 

 land. These beautiful pansies can be grown from seed or slips. The 

 cuttings are easily struck in sand. 



