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ILLINOIS STATE HORTIvAJLTURAL SOCIETY. 



health of a family, besides making home more attractive for the boys and 

 girls. Will you procure this supply, or leave it to the professional fruit- 

 grower to supply the villages and cities with fruit, while you content 

 yourselves on the coarser luxuries of life — like pork and beans? (Applause.) 



DISCUSSION UPON THE REPORT. 



Mr. Garrett, in answer to a question, said he had fruited the Mer- 

 rimac and liked it ; he had not fruited the Martha. 



Mr. Slade. — The Long-bunch Holland currant is not mentioned in 

 the report. This variety has borne from three to five times as much as 

 any other on my ground. The fruit is larger than the Red Dutch, but 

 not quite as large as Cherry ; it sells well in Elgin ; it holds on till frost, 

 if not gathered. The bush is double the size of other sorts. I don't 

 understand why it is not found in Eastern catalogues, as it is certainly 

 the best sort in cultivation. 



The President. — The concurrent testimony ot members of this 

 Society is that it is the most valuable variety. 



L. K. ScoFiELD. — I have grown it many years; it is a rampant 

 grower, and on the whole the best sort, though it should have the benefit 

 of the sun, for if partially shaded the fruit is apt to dry up. It is a week 

 or ten days later than Red Dutch. 



Mr. Woodard. — The Long-bunch Holland wears better with me 

 than any other. 



Mr. Klump. — All small-fruits should be planted in long rows and 

 cultivated with a horse. I wish to know if summer cultivation of rasp- 

 berries is injurious? 



Mr. Slade. — The more cultivation the better the crop. 



Mr. Galusha. — If raspberries are cultivated till near time to begin 

 picking the fruit will be larger and finer, though the cultivation should 

 be such as not to break the roots much. 



Mr. Crow. — Miami is the principal sort of black-cap grown at Crys- 

 tal Lake, and this is grown in large quantities. The planting is done in 

 squares — rows both ways — and cultivated both ways till the fruit ripens. 

 The red varieties are rowed but one way and cultivated till ripening 

 commences. 



Mr. Minkler. — In growing raspberries and blackberries for suckers 

 to sell or plant they should be grown separate from the fruit plantations. 



Mr. Galusha (in answer to a question). — The New Rochelle, a dirty- 

 colored hybrid variety, is the best berry for pies which I have grown. 



