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could get from any strawberry. It is a soft fruit, and will not carry well; 
but as a family fruit is quite worthy of more extended cultivation. 
Mr. Willey said Fastolf was an excellent raspberry, but because of its ten¬ 
derness it ought not to be placed first upon the list. We must look for a 
hardy and productive fruit first in every class, and then consider the quality. 
It will not answer for nurserymen to fill orders for good raspberries with the 
Fastolf; for if it should happen to get into hands that would not properly 
care for it, it would destroy his reputation in that neighborhood. The way 
must be paved with something sure to bring results 
Mr. Manning, of Massachusetts, said black raspberries do not sell well in 
Boston. No raspberry endures the winters there except Philadelphia and 
Doolittle’s black cap, without covering. 
Mr. Kellogg moved to place the Doolittle first on the list of black caps, and 
the Purple Cane first on the list of red raspberries. 
Mr. Plumb—The Purple Cane is not a red raspberry. It is a purple cap 
berry. 
Mr. Smith said that the Fastolf was hardy and productive with him. It is 
an excellent flavored berry. Black caps do not amount to anything with him. 
The Fastolf will not stand the winter in all localities; and it should be trans¬ 
planted to new grounds every third year. 
Mr Knapp said the black cap berries might be good in Pennsylvania, where 
they have five feet of rain, but in Wisconsin they do not do well. He has 
seen as good black caps in the wools as the Doolittle. In this climate the 
black cap berries are not pulpy and ju-cy; they are allseeds ; and you cannot 
get good berries of them unless you water them profusely. 
Mr. Plumb said a neighbor of his in Rock county sold the past season, 
from one-tenth of an acre, $60 worth of Doolittle’s black cap in the Milwau¬ 
kee market, at 28 cents per quart. Too much could not be said in praise of 
the Fastolf, if it was properly taken care of; but it requires care and pro¬ 
tection. Climate may affect the profit of the culture of the black caps, but 
there is no question as to their profit in Wisconsin. 
Mr. Kellogg had grown the black cap for years. Has no difficulty in get 
ting good frnit. It requires good culture. 
Mr. Stickney grows and markets black caps, and finds it profitable to do 
so. He moved to amend previous motion, and recommend Doolittle’s black 
cap for general planting, because of its hardiness and productiveness; and 
Fastolf, because of its flavor and productiveness, with protection. The mo¬ 
tion was adopted. 
A gentleman said he was surprised not to hear the White Antwerp men¬ 
tioned. It was a most productive and excellent fruit, and has the merit of 
keeping in the place where you put it—not running, like the Fastolf, all over 
a ten acre lot in two or three years. 
President Hobbins said the calling up of the White Antwerp was timely 
and proper. He had hoped the Black Cap would not be put from on the list. 
Hudson’s Orange, Philadelphia, and others ought not to be ignored. The 
