STATE HOETICULTURAL SOCIETY. 29 



Young plantations had good crops, but old ones suffered from weak- 

 ness in the canes and dry weather. 



This year grapes were all very late in ripening, and the later 

 varieties were not well matured and lacked in flavor. 



For a short time in the summer there was a period of damp, 

 mugg}- weather that was favorable to the developement of fungus 

 growth. This started the rot on our grapes that were in condition 

 to be affected by it. Concords suffered but little. Worden, Salem, 

 Agawam, Lindley and Elvira suffered a good deal. What fruit was 

 not injured within this short period ripened nicely. Brighton and 

 Perkins ripened a good crop of line fruit. 



Plums and Cherries were all destroyed by spring frosts. The 

 trees made a fine growth and we hope will give us some returns 

 another year. 



The larger part of the old cherry trees in Northern Illinois are 

 dead, or nearly so. But those which have been planted within the 

 last three years are growing finely, are healthy trees, and promise to 

 give us plenty of fruit in the near future. 



As far as health and vigor are concerned I think that we have 

 reached a turning point in our horticultural experience. Only by 

 eternal vigilance, continued work, both with head and hands, we of 

 the northwest can expect to succeed in growing fruits. But I feel 

 confident, that eventually some way or method will be found, to 

 destroy or render harmless, the attacks of the enemies of our fruits. 

 Much has already been done in this direction and with the increased 

 facilities at command I look for many valuable experiments and 

 tests, in the near future. 



Mr. Augustine — I would like to ask Mr. Bryant whether he 



refers to the leaf roller or the skeletouizer. The roller rolls itself 



up in the leaf and will, I think be hard to reach with poison. I 



think the skeletonizer does the most damage in the orchard, but in 



the nursery the leaf roller is the most to be feared, as they not 



only destroy the leaves, but by injuring the central branch or leader, 



spoil the shape of the tree. 



The President named the following committees: 



On Plates — Col. G. B. Brackett, of Iowa. 



Collections — Northern Illinois, H. Mortimer. < 



Central Illinois, Benj, Buckman. 



Southern Illinois, J. G. Vaughan. 

 Miscdlaneous — H. L. Doan. 

 Vegetables — Dr. Lyman Hall. 

 Neiv Fruits — C. B. Rockwell. 



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