56 TEANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



President Bryant — I have just received a communication from 

 Princeton, inviting the Society to hold its next annual meeting in 

 that city, and as it is some time since we have met in that j)art of 

 the state I hope it may be favorably considered. 



A ballot resulted in favor of Princeton by a small majority. 



President — T now desire to introduce to the Society Mr. G. J. 

 Kellogg, a delegate from the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. 



Mr. Kellogg — I consider your time worth ten dollars a minute, 

 and will not therefore occupy much of it. Thirty years ago I 

 thought 1 knew all about growing apples, but now I find that I 

 know but little, and I have come all the way down into Illinois to 

 learn Horticulture. Upon the tables in the adjacent rooms I find 

 an immense collection of the luscious fruits which you produce; but 

 among these beautiful and tempting specimens I find that little 

 devil (pardon the expression), the curculio; either devil or curculio 

 are very hard names, but I only wish that some one could give it a 

 name that would kill it entirely. ' 



On motion of Mr. Cotta, Mr. Kellogg was made an honorary 

 member of the Society. 



The following report, by Hon. Samuel Edwards, was read by 

 Mr. James T. Johnson. 



STRAWBERllY CULTURE. 



BY SAMUEL EDWARDS. 



Early spring, as a general rule, is the time to plant strawberries, 

 though the work is successfully done at any time after the fruit is 

 gathered until October, — if there is an unusual amount of rain, — 

 September, better than earlier. 



When to be grown in matted rows, with a little pains in direct- 

 ing and layering the runners, they may as well be set at four feet 

 apart in the row as one foot — the distance generally recommended — 

 thus making a very material saving in cost of plants and planting, 

 so much that it is advisable to renew them every two years, being 

 cheaper than to clean out old plantations. 



Crescent is still the variety most commonly seen, but the past 

 season Bubach's No. 5, and Warfield's No. 2, were abundant in the 

 Mendota market from the originators, and by their large size, fine 

 appearance and good quality, caused much excitement. They sold 

 readily at fifty per cent, more than other varieties. Seeds of them 

 were planted and we may look for greater things than these. 



