PROCEEEDINGS 



OF THE 



WARSAW HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



FOR THE YEAR 1886. 



REPORTED FOR PUBLICATION BY J. T. JOHNSON, SECEERARY. 



Stated Meetings, Third Wednesday in Each Month. 



This well-known Society has now had an uninterrupted career 

 of usefulness of more than twenty-one consecutive years. 



The officers for 1886 are as follows: 



President — C. N. Dennis. 

 Vice-President — A. C. Hammond. 

 Treasurer — C. C. Hoppe. 

 Secretary — James T. Johnson. 



JANUARY MEETING. 



Vice-President A. C. Hammond called the meeting to order at 

 one o'clock p. m. 



H. D. Brown — All apple trees (examined since the late cold 

 weather) are in good condition. No evidence of bark-burst or other 

 injury from cold. As to the peach tree I will not say, but fear that 

 twenty degrees below zero (and, in some instances, more) will prove 

 too much for them. 



B. F. Hambleton, of Keokuk — The fall weather was particu- 

 larly favorable, and upon my farm I find the wood of the apple tree 

 well ripened, and all healthy trees in good condition for the winter. 



C. Swiggleson — In my orchard I have just examined, and, as 

 yet, can detect no injury to the young wood of a thrifty peach tree. 



