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STANDING COMMITTEES. 



Mr. Flagg announced the list of Standing Committees, as follows 



Meteorology-~^as. W. Tollman, W. M. Baker, John H. Tice. 

 Geology and Soils— ii . Shaw, TV. F. Bliss, 11. C. Freemaii. 

 Botany and Vegetable Physiology— K. H. McAtifee, T. J. Burrill, Geo. Vascy. 

 E/itomology—Wm. Le Baron, C. V. Riley, T. A. E. Holcomb. 

 Ornithology— Z . Periam, G. W. Minier, J. E. Starr. 



Ornamental and Timber Trees— Samuel Edwards, J. W. Fell, A. M. Brown. 

 Fruit Faclages—U. D. Emery, E. A. Riehl,P. R. Wright. 



Testing New Varieties— 1. J. W. Cochran; 2. Samuel Edwards; 3. D. B. Wier; 4. M. 

 L. Dunlap; 5. B. Pullen ; 6. H. J. Hy.le; 7. P. R. Wright. 

 Ad Interim— J. W. Cochran, D. B. Wier, Parker Earle. 



REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 



Mr. Bryant, Jr., presented Eeport of Committee on Apples 

 Exhibited, which was adopted : 



The Committee on Apples would beg leave to report an unusually fine display of 

 fruit on exhibition, one that would have done credit to former years, before the rav- 

 ages of the codling moth and curculio had become so prevalent. 



Mr. A. C. Hammond, of Warsaw, made the largest exhibition— 41 varieties, finely 

 grown and correctly labeled ; among them, one variety, called Monte Bello, of great 

 promise. 



S. G. Minkler showed 10 varieties of very fine specimens. 



A. Bryant & Son had 10 varieties on exhibition; among them, the Jonathan Broad- 

 well. 



Dr. John Paul showed specimens of 9 varieties of very splendid apples, grown by 

 Gibbons Parry, M. D., of Ohio. One of the most showy collections on exliibition. 



Nickajack, from California, attracted universal attention by its smooth, highly pol- 

 ished appearance; also, Broadwell and W. S, Paradise, shown by Parker Earle. 



Cullasaga — Sparks' Late and Terril's Late, long-keeping Southern varieties, were on 

 exhibition. 



Several other small lots of fine fruit that the committee did not learn the names of 

 the exhibitors, wei"e worthy of mention. 



There were several lots of seedling apples, exhibited by difl'erent parties, that seem 

 to promise well, some having unvisually good points. 



Two varieties of seedlings, shown by W. T. Nelson, Wilmington; one, a long-keep- 

 ing sweet apple, which if as good as it promises, will be a great acquisition. 



D. F. Kinney, Rock Island, exhibits a late winter apple of fine flavor, and appar- 

 ently a long keeper. 



E. C. Hathaway, Ottawa, 111., shows two or three varieties of seedlings, that seem 



worthy of further attention. 



A. BRYANT Jr., 1 



i)' f' KINNEY ■^' I Committee on Apples. 



S. G. MINKLER 



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