TRANSACTIONS OF WARSAW HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. X9C 



with promise of abundant blooms. Perennials are looking well. Annuals 

 were not very forward on account of the very dry weather. House plants 

 in good condition. 



H. D. Brown said all the fine roses had been killed the past winter 

 to the snow-line, but new wood had done well and fine specimens of roses 

 may be expected. 



C. N. Dennis recommends the climbing rose, Prairie Queen; it had 

 stood the winter finely. 



J. T. Johnson reported a small dark-gray beetle working on the 

 terminal buds of the hard maple, the linden, and some other trees, and 

 the leaf-lice working on the apple, both fruit and foliage. 



On New Fruits — Mr. Dennis said the Crescent Seedling strawberries 

 are doing well ; they are vigorous and prolific ; the Crescent plants have 

 double the fruit of the Wilson. 



The Sweet Home raspberry was spoken of as being hardy and pro- 

 lific. Ripe strawberries were on the tables from the grounds of the 

 Secretary. They were the first home grown of the season. 



On orchards and orchard crops, A. C. Hammond, Esq., from com- 

 mittee, handed in the following report: 



ORCHARD REPORT. 



The prospect for an apple crop is much less favorable than two weeks ago. Not- 

 withstanding the favorable conditions that have prevailed many varieties have nearly all 

 dropped from the trees. Winesap and Bellllower will as usual be a failure. Ben Davis, 

 Jonathan, Grimes' Golden, Red Canada, and possibly a few other varieties, are a moderate 

 crop, although they have yet to run the gauntlet of canker-worms, codling-moths, scab, 

 high winds and hail storms. 



The canker-worm is the most troublesome enemy we now have to contend with, 

 and unless vigorous measures are adopted to check their ravages, or they are carried off 

 by natural causes, they will prove as destructive to the orchards as the chintz-bugs did to 

 farm crops a few years ago. 



The effect of the terrible cold of the past winter can now be seen in the orchard. 

 Many trees dead, others dying, and yet others so badly injured that a protracted drouth 

 will prove fatal to them. In my orchard about five per cent, are dead and dying, and as 

 many more so badly crippled that they may ultimately die. 



The present probability of a fruit crop is about as follows: Peaches, pears and 

 cherries will yield next to nothing. Early apples, in about the same condition ; but a 

 few varieties promise to produce a fair crop. 



W. N. Grover had had a moderate bloom on his Janet orchard, but 

 after such a winter as last he was prepared to hear of blasted prospects. 



C. W. Ames said his apple-trees were in a much better condition than 

 last year; most of his trees were still full of fruit; his apple orchard 

 never looked better. 



Joseph Bolt said his Ben Davis were very full ; they bore every year, 

 but heavier some years than others. 



If rain comes soon, strawberries may be a middling crop; all other 

 berries will be scarce. 



Mr. Safford will have Lawton blackberries. 



Messrs. Isaac Bliss and A. C. Hammond would both have the Snyder 

 (full), while both Lawton and Kittatinny were a failure. 



