12 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



EEPOETS OF YICE PEESIDENTS. 



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The next matter iu order being the reports of Vice Presidents, the 

 President called — 



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1st District— Mr. Cochran of Cook, who was announced to be sick. ; 



2d District — ^ix. Crow, who was announced not present. ' 

 3d District — INIr. Hansen, Avho was annovmced not present. 



4th District — Mr. Walsh, who was announced not present. | 



5th District— Mr. J. W. Stewart. , 



Mr. Stewart — I ana present, but I haA^e not my report ready. 



The President — Perhaps you could make a verbal report of the con- ' 

 dition of horticulture in your district. 



Mr. Brown — I move that Mr. Stewart be allowed time to prepare ! 

 a report. Carried. 



6th District. — Mr. O. B. G-alusha made the following verbal report: j 



I had personally prepared a report, but unfortunately left it at home . I can, in a few I 



words, embody what was said in that report, and ask the privilege of perfecting the j 



report and handing it to the Secretary. - i 



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VICE PEESIDENT'S REPORT FROM THE SIXTH DISTRICT. ' 



{As written out.) j 



Mr. President and Brother Members : There is so little to report, encouragingly, fl'om ■ 

 my District, that it seems almost idle for me to occupy your time at all. 



The increase of insect enemies is everywhere a topic of conversation among fruit- I 



growers, while few can give an intelligent or probable cause therefor, and almost none i 



can offer an effectual antidote for more than one or two species. There is no disguis- | 



ing the fact that a general feeling of discouragement in the cultivation of apples per- ) 



vades almost the entire agricultural population . j 



"We need more of that spirit which does not stop with observing and brooding over \ 



effects, but which searches assiduously and perseveringly for their causes, with a ' 



determined will to surmount obstacles and conquer enemies , however formidable or ^ 



insidious they may be. Orchard fruits have been a partial or total failure throughout : 



this district the past year. This is doubtless owing mainly to climatic causes, one of \ 



which undoubtedly was the great deluge of the spring and summer, a greater, perhaps, i 



than has occurred from the days of Noah to the present time. ■ 



The Codling Moth, and the Apple-tree Louse (Aphis Mali) have been unusually , 



prevalent this year, the latter rendering nearly all the varieties more or less scabby, 1 



and entirelj"^ ruining some sorts. Some of those escaping are Jonathan, Seek-no- | 



Further, Maiden's Blush, Duchess of Oldenburg, Faraeuse, Swaar, Talman's Sweet, j 

 Fall Orange, all the Russets and probably some other varieties. 



