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Ou motion the sum of eight dollars on strawberries and cherries, 

 and four dolhirs on flowers, was appropriated to be awarded as 

 premiums at the next meeting of the Society, and the president 

 appointed a committee to make out a premium list. 



Adjourned, to meet at the residence of E. Hollard, in the midst 

 of strawberry season. 



JUNE MEETING. 



The Alton-Southern Illinois Horticultural Society held a basket 

 picnic and fruit and flower show, at Melville, at the place of E. 

 Hollard, on Saturday, June 2d. 



The weather was fine, though rather cool, and the attendance 

 large. The fruit and flower exhibit was especially fine. After an 

 hour or so spent by the younger horticulturists in wandering about 

 the pleasant grounds and in disburdening Mr. H.'s cherry trees of 

 some of their superfluous fruit, and by the elder ones arranging the 

 fruit and flower exhibits and informal discussion, the Society was 

 called to order at 11 a. m. by President Browne. 



ORCHARD FRUITS. 

 BY E. A. RIEHL, ALTON. 



It is my pleasure to report a fine prospect for a good crop of all 

 kinds of orchard fruits which, at this time, are more free from insect 

 injuries than at any time heretofore for years; caused, no doubt, by 

 the almost total failure of fruit last season. 



Apples are full and looking well except the Janet, which is 

 bearing very little, although it did not bear last season. Pears show 

 a moderate crop, enough to give us a good crop of good fruit. 

 Peaches and cherries will be about half a full crop, and, so far, more 

 free from the marks of the little Turk than at any time for a great 

 many years, so that I will not run my curculio catcher at all. I 

 attribute the exemption from the curculio to the want of fruit last 

 season for it to breed in, especially to my cutting down my old sour 

 cherry orchard two years ago. 



I procured a Nixon spraying pump and nozzles and went all 

 over my apple and pear trees with London purple. The machine 

 works nicely, and think we will have to use them hereafter if we 

 want good fruit, but I think the white arsenic will be better than 



