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list of ten varieties jof apples for profit, for their respective districts, 

 also a list for trial, and that they be instructed to give the reason 

 why they recommend them. The motion was unanimously adopted. 



Mr. Dennis — I move that in our discussions no one be allowed 

 to speak more than twice on a question, or to occupy more than 

 three minutes at a time. Motion adopted. 



DISCUSSION" CONTINUED. 



Mr. Powell — I can endorse the theory advanced by Mr. Cotta, 

 in reference to top-grafting. I have had some experience, and am 

 sure that we can get trees of the grade of hardiness of Ben Davis 

 and Maiden's Blush that will endure our winters, if propagated by 

 this method. 



Mr. Bailey — Nothing has been said about planting too close. I 

 planted twenty-four feet apart. The trees have run up very high, 

 and the lower limbs are dead, and the trees generally in poor health. 



Mr. Webster — We, in Southern Illinois, have some dead trees 

 but they have not been destroyed by cold. Over-bearing, drouth 

 and insect depradations are the great drawbacks with us. Twenty- 

 five years is the outside limit of the profitable life of an orchard. 

 Top-grafting may be advisable in the north, but with us this mode 

 of propagation makes short lived trees. The codling moth is our 

 worst enemy; we raise apples by tens of thousands of bushels, but 

 this moth causes great loss. We have come to the conclusion that 

 we must spray our trees, and many of our orchardists will try it 

 next season. The cultivation of orchards is an important question. 

 One of my customers sowed his young orchard to oats against my 

 advice, and killed all his trees. 



THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT VEGETABLES FOR THE 



HOME GAEDEN. 



BY JABEZ WEBSTER, CENTRALIA. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



I have been called upon to present to you some thoughts upon 

 this subject, at your thirty-second annual meeting. 



What I may say will be from the standpoint of the section 

 where I live, and may not be applicable to distant points where dif- 

 ferent conditions exist. 



