TRANSACTIONS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN ILL. 



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Horticultural Society of Northern Illinois. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF TH] 

 HIiLI) AT 



Franklin Grove, Dec. 23, 24, 25, 1877. 



REPOKTED BY THE SECRETARY, 



O. B. GALUSHA, 



MOKKIS, GRUNDY COUNTY. 



OFFICERS FOR 1877. 



President, 



First Vice-President, 

 Second Vice-President, 

 Third Vice-President, 

 Recording Secretary, 



H. C. Graves, - 



L. K. SCOFIELD, - 



J. S. Rogers, - 



S. G. MiNKLER, - 



O. B. Galusha, 



Corresponding Secretary, D. Wilmot Scott, 

 Treasurer, - - L. Woodard, - 



Sandwich. 



Freeport. 



Marengo. 



Oswego. 



Morris. 



Galena. 



Marengo. 



STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1877. 



Cultivation of Apple Orchards. — W. T. Wilson, Washington. 



Adaptation of Varieties to Soils and Locations. — T. McWliorter, 

 Aledo; D. C. Scofield, Elgin. 



Gathering and Keeping Apples. — Dr. L. S. Pennington, Sterling ; 

 W. H. Hanson, Franklin Grove. 



Marketing Fruits. — H. D. Emery, Chicago j James Crow, Crystal 

 Lake. 



Utilizing Fruit.— ^. G. Minkler, Oswego; C. R. Powell, Sterling. 



Cherries, Culture and Varieties.—^. M. Slade, Elgin. 



Culture of Grapes.— V^. Larkins, Rock Falls ; W. A. Nourse, Moline. 



Varieties of Grapes. — D. J. Piper, Foreston. 



