A DELAYED PAPER. 



The Secretary regrets that this report was not received in time 

 to appear in its proper place, in the Transactions of the State 

 Society, but thinks it better to publish it here, than allow it go 

 over to the next volume : 



REPORT OF DELEGATE TO IOWA HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



BY C. N. DENNIS, HAMILTON. 



Meeting was called to order Tuesday morning Jan. 21st, 1890, at 

 10 a. m. by President Wilson, with about fifty present, and after 

 invocation by Rev. Brown proceeded to work on the program, 

 being reports of the different fruit districts. Crops were bounti- 

 ful in all southern half of State except extreme southeastern ; 

 northeastern suffered badly from drouth, and a late frost cut off 

 much of the strawberry crop throughout the north. Trees and 

 plants were reported in better condition than several past sea- 

 sons. The Society is wide awake, and notwithstanding the many 

 and severe vicissitudes they have to contend with are not discour- 

 aged and are experimenting with Russian and Seedling apples, 

 pears and cherries, also with native plums, and are getting some 

 really good ones that will succeed in the extreme northern part. 

 With their push and perseverance I think they will succeed in 

 solving the problem. One man said "when a tree died he planted 

 two more better ones." Summer apples were in excess of de- 

 mand and many were allowed to rot on the ground in Southwest 

 Iowa. A very fine exhibition of apples was on tables, consist- 

 ing of nearly all of the well known varieties from Southern Iowa 

 and Russians from the north, a very fine display of Florida fruits 

 from ex-Secretary Adams and some splendid cider vinegar from 

 C. Patterson, of Missouri, and some elegant flowers and plants 

 from florists in Des Moines. 



I think Northern Illinois can get valuable assistance from 

 Iowa experiments and fruits, and other parts of the State, from 

 some of their plums, such as Early Red, Hawkeye, Patton's 

 Choice and Wolf. The Russian Mulberry and Lucretia Dew- 

 berry got no encouragement. What Illinois needs most is some 

 of the young blood with the energy and push of the Iowa horti- 

 culturists. 

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