TRANSACTIONS OF WARSAW HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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B. Whitaker said : Insects as a whole have not been numerous. 

 Referred to the work of the Pieris rapcB, ground-lice, chinch-bug (in 

 prospect for next year), codling-moth, curculio and turnip-fly. Mr. 

 Johnson thought Pieris rapce were being destroyed by a parasite. He 

 fought them both in the moth and worm state. 



Mr. John Gillham reports the chinch-bug and Hessian-fly as being in 

 prospect for 1880. 



Mr. Dennis said the Crescent strawberry is still gaining favor. 

 Red Jacket strawberry was doing well and would test them further ; 

 he had a number of new German apples and pears in graft but not yet 

 fruited. 



Mr. Dennis said strawberries were injured in the bloom by late frosts, 

 berries somewhat imperfect and a light crop. The plants during the past 

 season of drouth made a poor growth of vine, but appear healthy. 

 Raspberries were killed back by the winter, the berries were of good size 

 and flavor, and the crop satisfactory. Blackberries were badly killed, the 

 crop was a f^lure. Pro.spects for small-fruits for 1880 are generally 

 favorable. 



On vegetables, W. W. Chittenden and Mr. Hoppe report : The 

 vegetable garden suffered greatly on account of drouth. Early potatoes 

 did well. Early rose, snowflake and early Ohio, all tried here the present 

 season. They would specially recommend early Ohio as being very 

 prolific and of good quality. Late potatoes a failure; cause, drouth 

 and long-winged potato-beetle. Early cabbage did well; late cabbage 

 a failure; cause, drouth and insects. Beets and carrots good, on good 

 rich soil ; would recommend Danvers (carrot) for early or late plant- 

 ing. Onions, early planted, a good crop. Lettuce, a failure; beans, 

 a light crop; tomatoes, a good crop where properly cultivated; would 

 recommend planting tomatoes six inches deep if size of plants will 

 admit. Early peas did well; recommend early peas Alpha, Blue Peter 

 and Little Gem. 



On orchard crops, Mr. Hammond said, as a general crop, a failure, 

 but in a few small districts have paid a large profit. Pears and peaches a 

 general failure in this region, as also plums and cherries. 



H. D. Brown reported a fair crop of pears on his own grounds. 



On nursery stock, Mr. Brown reports that during the winter of 1878-9 

 peach-trees in nursery were frozen to the snow-line. Apple-trees came 

 through in good condition, and plants of all kinds wintered better than 

 usual, being protected by the snow. The demand for nursery stock had 

 been good, there was not enough of the Ben Davis apple-tree to supply 

 the demand. The growth of stock was small on account of drouth; 

 newly-planted stock suffered severely. Owing to late rains he thought 

 nursery stock would winter well. 



John S. Johnson offered the following excellent suggestions: What 

 may we do in 1880, what shall we do, and what will we do? We may 

 each raise better fruit and vegetables by better cultivation, and we may 

 note the time and the manner of doing it, and report to this Society as 

 to our success or failure; we shall either progress or retrograde, we cannot 



