212 TRANSACTIONS OF THE HORTICULTURAL 



Question — What are the best five varieties of apples for family 



use ? 



Answer — Ask your neighbor. 



Question — What are the best twenty-five varieties? 



Answer by Mr. Kellogg — I think you will find the best tAventy- 

 five varieties in the two papers by Messrs. Bryant and Galusha. I 

 have no list for five varieties. Adaptation of soil is the key-note to 

 success in all fruit growing. 



Dr. Small — Of the poisons mentioned arsenic is to be preferred 

 to Paris green because more soluble and cheaper. In the proportion 

 advised, one pound of arsenic to two hundred gallons of water, it is 

 perfectly soluble, whereas Paris green is insoluble, merely mixing 

 with the water and is liable to clog the rose of the syringe or force- 

 pump used. 



Dr. Teft't — So far as my experience has gone, arsenic is very 

 hard to dissolve in water, and I use Paris green because it dissolves 

 better. I lost my orchard by the canker-worm before I knew what 

 to do. I finally succeeded in destroying them by the use of Paris 

 green. 



Dr. Williams thought that Paris green was more soluble than 

 arsenic. 



The President announced a recess of fifteen minutes, after 

 which the meeting was called to order, and Dr. Small read resolu- 

 tions from the Kankakee Horticultural Society extending a cordial 

 invitation to this association to meet at Kankakee at its next annual 

 meeting. 



EEPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TREASURER'S REPORT. 



Mr. Graves, chairman of that committee, reported: 



Your committee have examined the Treasurer's Report, with 

 the vouchers and other papers accompaning, and find the same 

 correct. H. C. Gkaves, 



George Thompson, 



Committee. 



