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ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Squash. — Summer crookneck, Boston marrow, winter crookneck, Hubbard, Butman, 

 for trial. Culture — Select the warmest, richest, driest soil possible. Plant in hills from 

 six to ten feet apart. 



Tojnato. — Trophy, Gen. Grant ; Acme is said to be the best. Culture — Plant in a 

 warm situation, in good rich soil. Train the vines to stakes, three or four feet apart. 



Potatoes. — Early Ohio, Early Rose, Peerless. 



Mr. Edwards said he considered the red radish a perfectly useless 

 vegetable, and thought it should be classed among the weeds ; the white 

 radish, however, was good. 



Mr. Dieterich differed from Mr. Edwards as to the quality of the 

 red radish. When grown in rich, moist soil he thought it very palatable. 



Dr. Humphrey exhibited some fine specimens of Early Vermont 

 potatoes, a seedling from the Early Rose, and thought it should soon 

 take the place of the Early Rose. 



Prof Standish has found that under his cultivation the Vermont did 

 not yield as well as the Early Rose. 



Dr. Humphrey said that the experience of Eastern growers has 

 demonstrated that the Vermont is a prolific bearer. The Early Rose has 

 been almost entirely discarded by them. 



Mr. Dieterich last year planted the Early Rose and Early Ohio, cul- 

 tivating both under similar conditions. The Early Rose was the best 

 yielder, but the Early Ohio proved to be a little the earlier. This year 

 he planted for trial the Early Rose, Early Ohio and Snow Flake. 



Mr. Hoover said that in his business during the past year he had 

 found the Early Rose and Peachblow to be of an inferior quality and 

 size. He hoped they would soon give place to some other varieties. 



The President had tried the Early Ohio and Early Rose; the former 

 yielded twice as much as the latter. 



Dr. Bacon read from an agricultural report, made in the Republican 

 Standard, of Maine, extracts showing the Early Vermont to be a heavier 

 yielder than the Early Rose. 



In answer to a question from Mr. Wiswell, Mr. Dieterich stated that 

 he planted potatoes by quartering each potato and planting a quarter in 

 each hill. When planted in rows, potatoes about one foot apart, the 

 rows to be three feet apart. 



Prof. Comstock had planted the Early Rose and Early Ohio. His 

 habit was to plant the potatoes eighteen or twenty inches apart in the 

 row; when planted in hills, to cut the potatoes so as to have one eye 

 in each, and plant three eyes in a hill, eye upward and nicely covered. 

 His Early Ohio yielded 340 bushels to the acre, while the Early Rose 

 only gave 327 bushels. 



The President announced the subject, "Small-fruits and bedding 

 flower-plants," for discussion. 



After repeat'ed requests, Mrs. Standish gave the Society some very 

 interesting and profitable views on flower plants. She said the Geranium 

 stands at the head of bedding plants, because of its easy culture, its con- 

 stant bloom, and the delicate and variegated coloring of its flowers and 

 foliage. The Geranium may be propagated from cuttings. The Fever- 



