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Wednesday, October 13, 1847." The meeting of 1S46, and its temi)orary 

 organization and committees, seemed to have been ignored. Dr. Hanna- 

 ford was appointed Chairman, and C. R. Overman, Secretary. Other 

 persons present appear to have been Edson Harknessand Wm. J. Pheljis, 

 of Peoria county; Elijah Capps and H. S. Hiatt, of Fulton county; 

 Samuel Edwards, of Bureau county ; Isaac Merriman and John Hancock, 

 of Tazewell county ; Bartlett Walker, of Knox county ; and James Bull. 

 Emits were sent by Arthur Bryant, of Bureau, Godfry, of Knox, and 

 Watson, of Henderson, but these gentlemen do not appear to have been 

 present. A few varieties of dahlias were exhibited. The Boisd'Arc was 

 favorably spoken of as a hedge plant by Mr. Hancock, and the ravages of 

 insects and remedies discussed. The report of the committee on fruits 

 describes the Fulton Pippin, which seems to have been the Fulton. 

 Another committee on constitution was appointed, and the meeting 

 adjourned to meet in Peoria, in September, 1848, but I cannot learn that 

 it ever did so. Whether for want of a constitution, or some other cause, 

 this early attempt at organization seems to have failed, but was renewed 

 by a meeting held December iSth and 19th, 1S50, at Princeton, Bureau 

 county, from which originated the Northwestern Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion. Edson Harkness was President, and F. K. Phoenix, of Wisconsin, 

 Secretary. Other persons present were: C. R. Overman, Arthur Bryant, 

 Lloyd Shaw, A. R. Whitney, Samuel Edwards, John H. Bryant. 



On the I St and 2d of October, 1851, this convention met again at 

 Princeton and organized the Northwestern Fruit Growers' Association, 

 which continued in existence until 1857, when it became merged into the 

 Illinois State Horticultural Society. It held meetings at Dixon in 1852, 

 at Chicago in 1853, at Burlington, Iowa, in 1855, and at Alton in 1S57. 



Among those in attendance on these meetings we find the names of 

 Dr. John A. Kennicott, Dr. L. S. Pennington, S. M. Coe, A. R. Whit- 

 ney, Smiley Shepherd, Williamson Durley, Tyler McWhorter, Henry 

 Shaw, J. T. Little and H. N. Bliss, in 1851^; F. R. Elliott, D. F. Kinney, 

 W. H. Mann, Dr. George Haskell, Charles Kennicott, S. G. Minkler, 

 O. B. Galusha, A. S. Coe and Daniel Long, in 1852; Charles Downing, 

 A. H. Ernst, Dr. John A. Warder, B. Hatheway, James Smith, William 

 Stewart, Sr., Isaac B. Essex, H. P. Kimball, M. L. Dunlap, Robert 

 Douglas, E. G. Mygatt, Lewis Ellsworth and J. G. Bubach, in 1853; and 

 P. Barry, G. B. Brackett, Dr. E. S. Hull and Wm. R. Price, in 1855 ; 

 Floyd Shaw, James E. Starr, N. J. Colman, Dr. B. F. Long, Frank Starr 

 and others, in 1857. 



M. L. DUNLAP AND E. S. HULL. 



In this list we recognize two names that should not l)e passed witliout 

 a tribute to their memory — MathiasL. Dunlap and Edwin S. Hull. Both 

 officers of this and other organizations of a kindred character, each in 

 his sphere did a great work for his adopted State. Mr. Dimlap came to 

 Illinois in 1836, in 1838 became a farmer at Leyden, Cook county, where 

 he planted an orchard, and in 1846 established a nursery. In 1857 he 

 removed to Champaign, where he resided until his death in 1875. He 



