46 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



Mr. Woodard — I move that the rules be suspended, and that the 

 revision of the Apple list be first completed. The motion was 

 agreed to. 



Sops of Wine again. — Mr. Woodard — I move that Sops of Wine 

 be added for market and family use in the North, If not out of 

 order, I would state that in McHenry county Sops of Wine is among 

 our early apples. It bears transportation well, is an abundant bearer. 

 Almost everything you can say in its favor is deserved, so much so 

 that it stands now, in our county, among the first. It is a good 

 bearer, a tough, hardy tree, and is better than almost anything we 

 have there. 



Mr. Douglas — In Southern Wisconsin it is prized as Williams' Fa- 

 vorite. It is not the Williams' Favorite, but it is grown as such in 

 that district. 



Carried. 



White Winter Pearmain. — Mr. Earle — It is about as near worth- 

 less as an apple can well be. It is uniformly scabbed and one-sided. 

 I would like to have it taken off the list for market in the South. 



Mr. Hammond — I would like to amend by including the centre. 



The apple was perfectly worthless in that district. 



The question being on the amendment, it was lost. 



Mr. Wright — I only say that I am not ready to take it off. I have 

 seen some very fair specimens this year. I do not know how much 

 the defects spoken of were owing to cultivation. Mr. Earle speaks of 

 its being uniformly scabby. I have seen some very good specimens, 

 and until I am better satisfied that it is worthless, I am not prepared 

 to go against it. And even now, as we sometimes get it with full 

 crops, it is one of our best apples, and I should be sorry to see it 

 taken off. 



Mr. Freeman — In our section we have only had an experience of 

 about ten years. Our early experience was very good, and it is only 

 lately that it has been scabby. I think it would be hasty to take it off 

 the list now. 



Dr. Hull — It always appeared to me that we were doing wrong in 



