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in fact, a damage, iu that there are many leaves destroyed by being 

 broken, and every leaf destroyed is a damage. 



The crop should be harvested before hard frosts are expected. 

 Care should be used not to cut or bruise the tubers, for such injuries 

 will be apt to induce decay. 



The conditions for successful keeping are, careful handling and 

 a uniform temperature of from forty-five to sixty degrees Fahrenheit. 



The Yellow Nansemond is the most saleable and most planted 

 variety in the north. 



Southern Qu^en is planted some for early, but it is so poor in 

 quality that it should be discarded. 



The Yellow Strasburg is the best early in my estimation. In 

 habit of growth it resembles the Bermuda, of which it is no doubt 

 a sport; is as early and productive but of better quality. 



The Bermuda is grown for early, but having no good points 

 not possessed by the Strasburg it should be discarded. 



The Jersey Red does well on prairie soils, where the Nansemond 

 does not. I consider it only second rate in quality, but by many it 

 is considered very fine. 



For my own eating I prefer the Brazil. I consider it by all 

 odds the best sweet potato I have ever grown, and no other is ever 

 used on my table, so long as we can get it. It is one of the most 

 productive, growing to a large size. Being white, consumers take 

 it to be Southern Queen, and will not buy except where the grower 

 has made a market for it. 



CELERY — FEIN CETON PAYOR. 



A new variety, named and grown by F. W. Poscharsky, in the 

 year 1887. The seed was sown early, in a hotbed, and transplanted 

 in the hotbed iu April, and in June planted in the open ground and 

 cultivated shallow, and in autumn the blanching process was begun 

 by earthing up. F. W. Poschaksky, 



Princeton. 



W. A. Herring, of South Allen, Mich., made an exceedingly 

 creditable exhibition of cider jelly, made from pomace, apple butter 

 and boiled cider. Mr. Herring lias made a specialty of this indus- 

 try, and built up an extensive business. 



J. A. Spear, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, placed on exhibition plum 

 butler and canned plums, of a native variety, that he has been culti- 

 vating for several years. The quality was excellent, and if the tree 

 proves to be as hardy and productive as Mr. Spear thinks it to be, it 

 will be a valuable acquisition to our hardy fruit list. 



Secretary. 



The committees appointed to recommend lists of apples for 

 planting in Northern, Central and Southern Illinois, reported as fol- 

 lows : 



