168 • TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



I append reports from Hon. A. M. Brown, of Villa Ridge, E. 

 Daggy, of Tuscola, and T. McWhorter, of Aledo, as before mentioned. 

 All which is respectfully submitted. 



O. B. GALUSHA, 

 Chairman, Fniit Com. for III., of Am. Pom. Soc. 



FRUITS FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. 

 BY A. M. BROWN, PULASKI COUNTY. 



The species grown to a greater or less extent are apple, pear, peach, 

 plum, cherry, quince, grape, strawberry, raspberry and blackberry. 



Plums are not largely grown, on account of the difficulty of pro- 

 tecting them against the ravages of the curculio ; and cherries of the 

 finer sorts are not much cultivated, for the reason that the season is too 

 long for them : the leaves mature and fall off so early that a second 

 growth succeeds in the Autumn, and the result is that the trees become 

 unhealthy. 



VARIETIES, CULTIVATED AND RECOMMENDED. 



Apples — for Summer. — Red Astrachan, Red June, Buckingham, 

 Benoni, Virginia May, Summer Queen, Am. Sum. Pearmain, Fall 

 Pippin, Maiden's Blush, Sweet Bough, Rambo. 



Atitumn and Early Wi?ifer. — Smith's Cider, Spark's Late, Rome 

 Beauty, Ben Davis, Yellow Bellflower. 



Late Winter. — Winesap, Fink, Rawle's Janet, Limber Twig. 



Fears. — Bloodgood, Bartlett, Seckel, Lawrence, Beurre d' Anjou, 

 Julienne, Madeline, Beurre Gififard, White Doyenne, Grey Doyenne, 

 Duchesse d' Angouleme, Belle Lucrative, Buffam, Onondaga, Louise 

 Bonne d' Jersey, Glout Morceau, Doyenne d' Alencan, Passe Colmar, 

 Buerre Easter. 



Peaches. — Hale's Early, Troth's Early, Large Early York, Old Mixon 

 Free and Cling, President, Stump the World, Smock, Early Crawford, 

 Heath Cling. 



Cherries. — Early May (Early Richmond), English Morello, Gover- 

 nor Wood, May Duke. 



Grapes.— 1\Q?>^ Seedling and Concord — the only varieties grown for 

 market. 



Strawberries. — Wilson's Albany, Charles Downing, and a promising 

 new variety originated by George W. Endicott, of Villa Ridge, which we 

 propose to call Endicott's Seedling. 



Raspberries. — Doolittle, Turner, McCormick (Miami"), Philadelphia. 



Blackberries. — Lawton, Kittatinny, Wilson's Early. 



Injurious Insects. — Curculio (plum), Codling Worm, Peach Borer, 

 Root Aphis. There are other insects that do more or less damage, but 

 these are the most important. 



