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New York; very large and liandsome Rawles' Janet from the St. 

 Charles fruit region in Missouri, and a number of individual speci- 

 mens which were sent in for identification. They were all worthy 

 specimens, and in an excellent state of preservation, indicating that 

 the crop of 1885, though a very meagre one, have kept well. A large 

 white apple, which was grown near the county seat and sent for 

 name by Joseph Marshall, of Wythe, proved to be the White Win- 

 ter Pippin. From Stark & Co., Louisiana, Mo., a large red winter 

 apple, good in quality and resembling in some degree the Minkler, 

 but ripening a little earlier, was not fully recognized. Also a very 

 late fall or early winter variety, color pale yellow, slightly striped 

 with crimson, found to be very good in quality, but so much bruised 

 in transmission as to be hardly recognizable. A plate of choice 

 Minklers was shown by William McClellan, of Bentley, 111. They 

 are one of the longest keepers among our winter apples. 



Branches taken from the berry plantations in a number of locali- 

 ties and exposures showed very little injury from the winter. We 

 detected occasional marks of the '^ saw fly " on some of the canes. 



Mr. Hudson inquired as to the best season for trimming berry 

 bushes. X 



Mr. Crittenden — Any time when not frozen; the sooner now 

 the better. 



C. C. Hoppe presented the following bit of history, copied from 

 our city paper of February, 1866: 



WARSAW HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At a meeting of the friends of horticulture, held Feb. 9, 1866, at 

 the office of Marsh cS: Bliss, according to previous notice, for the pur- 

 pose of organizing a Horticultural Society, Thomas Gregg was called 

 to the chair, and N. W. Bliss made secretary. 



Dr. Hay moved that we organize a horticultural society, to be 

 called the " Warsaw Horticultural Society," and that a committee of 

 three be appointed to prepare a constitution and by-laws, to be re- 

 ported to the next meeting. 



The chair appointed Dr. Hay, N. W. Bliss and Geo. B. Worthen 

 such committee. 



