SOCIETY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 339 



Report of committee on President's Address was now called for, 

 and read by the chairman, as follows: 



Your Committee on the President's Address would earnestly 

 recommend the careful consideration of the many points suggested, 

 and particularly that of the hybridization of fruits. We heartily 

 coincide with the suggestions made in regard to experimental sta- 

 tions, which are necessary to carrying out these studies to a success- 

 ful termination. We would recommend the adoption of the follow- 

 ing resolutions : 



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Resolved, That it is the judgment of this convention that horticultural 

 Experimental Stations should be established in every State in the American 

 Union, and that our agricultural colleges already established should be both 

 the focus and I'adii of these stations. Also, that any and all our colleges, 

 secular and theological, should teach the uses, if not the art, of horticulture. 



liesolced, further. That we believe hybridization is comparatively new, 

 but must not be abandoned. Let everything be done to aid us in obtaining 

 fruit. Indeed, we wish that every school in every school district were nur- 

 series of this humanizing art. 



Resolved, furthir, That trees, plants and fruits are best evidences of 

 civilization and enlightenment. 



A. J?RYANT, 

 G. AV. MiNIER, 



O. W. Barnard, 



Corrnnittee. 



^ On motion of Mr. Small the report and resolutions were adopted. 



The discussion of grubbing up old orchards was again taken up. 



A. E. Sizer — We find it difficult to break in a new field to 

 plant a young orchard, when we have buildings, etc., all conveniently 

 arranged. 1 would ask if the old orchard grounds could not, after 

 being cropped for several years, be planted with trees again between 

 the rows, where the old ones stood, with good results? 



J. V. Cotta — The renewal of orchards is a subject of great 

 interest to me, as I have nothing left but Duchess and Whitney 

 No. 20. I think my location is too level and that the roots have 

 suffered from moisture. I am in a query to know whether to re- 

 plant in the same place or not. I am inclined to the opinion, how- 

 ever, that by plowing up and cultivating the old orchard for a few 

 years, new trees may be planted between where the old ones stood 

 with good success; would like to hear from some of the other mem- 

 bers on this subject. 



