222 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ALTON- SOUTHERN 



Mr. Riehl — I have tried the Lucretia Dewberry over which so 

 much fuss has been made, and I am disgusted with it. It is a 

 fine, large berry, but in flavor it is flat and not fit to eat. 



REPORT ON CULINARY VEGETABLES. 



BY J. M. PEAKSON, GODFREY. 



Mr. President : The work for the gardener this month is small ; 

 late cabbage may yet be set. Turnips should be planted. The 

 Amber Globe is better than Purple Top. I have this year used 

 a drill and like it very much. Sweet corn, for late use, can be 

 planted, and if we get a few showers in August, will make a 

 crop. Remember that the salvation of late cabbage depends 

 upon killing the worms and frequent cultivation. Kill weeds. 



Question — What is best for killing cabbage worms? 



Mr. Pearson — Paris Green or London Purple ; use about the 

 same proportion as for potatoes. It can be used with impunity, 

 as cabbage grows from the inside. The poison only reaches the 

 outside leaves, and even this is almost sure to be washed off by 

 rains. When the millers disappear there is no use applying more 

 poison. Cabbage should be hoed very often, every day or two if 

 possible. 



Mr. Jackson — Has found common road dust a good remedy for 

 cabbage worms. 



Mr. Pearson — I have a motion to make. The Illinois State 

 Horticultural Society has received from the State $1,000, to be 

 expended in horticultural experiments; the results of these 

 experiments, they say, will be published in their annual report. 

 I think we should have these results sooner than this, we want 

 to receive the benefit of these experiments as soon as possible. 

 Therefore, I move that this Society request the Secretary of the 

 State Society to publish results as soon as they have been ascer- 

 tained and send them out in pamphlet form, to the district socie- 

 ties, and the local papers. 



Motion carried. 



Mr. Browne — I think this is the Society's intention, and I 

 should have said before that what I have told you to-day, in 

 regard to grape rot, is some of the first fruits of these experi- 

 ments. Let us give the Society credit for all the work it does. 



