SOCIETY OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. 25c 



The study of horticulture, as woman's province, is not all grind- 

 ing labor. It will lead her thoughts into the realms of Chemistry, 

 of Botany, of Physiology, of Logic, Philosophy, and Political econ- 

 omy; of Zoology, Ornithology and Entomology. Two of the bright- 

 est of earth's women have become famous in the cognate study of 

 entomology through their love of horticulture. One in the United 

 States is Miss Emily A. Smith, and the other, in England, is Miss 

 Omerod. 



Every lady who exercises the love of the beautiful in the study 

 of horticulture in any of the branches, will receive the kindly love of 

 all who have the happiness to know her. Her intluence will be 

 wider spread than she may think. The beautiful garden will, per- 

 haps, inspire some passer-by to institute, perhaps in some humble 

 home, the lesson she has learned in passing. The grinding man who 

 witnesses the pleasure that ha])i)y children take in playing on the 

 lawn, among the shrul)s and Howers, may be tempted to place his 

 children upon a higher plane by assisting them in preparing some- 

 thing of the kind for themselves. The tired wife will thus get added 

 enjoyment. The girls will not grow u^) hoydenish, the boys will 

 come to love home, and leave the dance-house and the corner grocery 

 for the higher and quieter home pleasures. There will be unity, and 

 love, and helpful assistance one to another. They will grow up 

 wiser, and better, and happier men and women. They will serve 

 God and fear no evil; they will have been educated away from the 

 thoughts of evil; they will become better husbands and mothers, and 

 rear healthier, handsomer and more intelligent children. Hence we 

 shall see that woman in horticulture may become a far-reaching in- 

 integer, and one of the most powerful, in the future of a country 

 whose young growth so far has been the wonder of the world; a 

 country where honest labor is honorable, Avhere an honest man is the 

 peer of any on earth, and where woman is the loving helpmeet of 

 man and the self-sustained equal of any woman or any man on this 

 footstool of God, given by God for man and woman to cultivate and 

 beautify. 



HANDLING, MARKETING AND STORING FRUIT. 

 BY HENRY M. DUNLAP. 



I shall endeavor to give, in as brief a manner as possible, what 

 practical experience has taught me to be, all things considered, the 

 least expensive and best method of handling apples upon the farm, 

 both for family use and for market. 



The time for picking apples varies with the variety. The fruit 

 should remain upon the tree until fully grown, and with summer 

 and autumn varieties until the stem separates readily from the 

 branch. Some varieties of winter fruit, as Grimes' Golden and Jon- 



