42 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



A motion by Mr. Galuslia to add it for family use in the North 

 was lost. 



Sops of Wine. — Mr. Huggins moved to add to the list for family 

 use in the Center^ but not being seconded^ it was not entertained. 



Sparks' Late. — Mr. Brown — If this apple were as well known in 

 other districts as it is in mine, I should move that it be added for 

 market and family use. It is remarkably fine in its growth, fruit 

 handsome, and of the best quality. I am not making any motion 

 about it, because it has not been safficiently cultivated^ but I recom- 

 mend my friends to plant it in the North. 



Sops of Wine again. — Mr. Huggins — Just one word as to the 

 Sops of Wine. We have grown it for several years, and as a family 

 apple we find it good. Speaking with one of my friends about early 

 apples that were good, he remarked that they had simmered down to 

 Sops of Wine — we had no early apples that were good except 

 Keswick Codlin and Sops of Wine, and in uniting them Ave find 

 they make most excellent sauce. The two being regular bearers, you 

 will be sure to get apples when you want them. 



Mr. M. L. Dunlap — I unfortunately have but ten trees that have 

 been set ten or a dozen years, but I find them to be the best Summer 

 varieties I have — the Keswick Codlin and Sops of Wine. They 

 are first-rate apples, and profitable. Sops of Wine is a good apple — 

 stained with red. 



The President — I am not certain that the Sops of Wine we have 

 reference to is what Charles Downing calls Sops of Wine. 



Mr. Francis — In the Bast it is small, and stained more than it is 

 here. 



Mr. Hilliard — It is the only Summer apple of any consequence to 

 me on my place. 



The question then being on adding Sops of Wine for family use in 

 the Center, it was carried. 



Mr. Galusha — I move to add it for trial in the North . 



Carried. 



Mr. Earle — I move that we do now adjourn. Adjourned. 



