VALLEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. ^T? 



Green, Prolific, and Wilson; Gooseberries Hoiij^hton; Currants — 

 Red Dutch, have all done well. 



A. L. Small— To what do you attribute the failure (jf your Ben 

 Davis trees? Do they winter-kill y 



Mr. Cooper — No. sir: they lilight and sun-scald. Some of the 

 tree? are all dead. 



Mr. Bloom, in answer to Mr. Burt's inquiry about the Straw- 

 berry apple, said he had raised the late or Chenan<j^() Strawberry, a 

 very tine apple, trood size, j^ood bearer, tree not long lived. Was also 

 acquainted with the Early Strawberry apple: tree moderately vigor- 

 ous, good bearer of a beautiful small apple, that was always in great 

 request with the children. Little Red Romanites: tree quite' vigor- 

 ous, an immense bearer of rather a small a])plo of inferior quality. 

 but a great keeper, lasts till the following July. Maiden's Blush: in 

 my judgment one of the best autumn varieties, bearing every year a 

 moderately fair crop of beautiful smooth apples, of good size, excel- 

 lent for drying; tree hardy with me. Red Astrachan: tree a vig(n-- 

 ous grower, moderately hardy with me. good bearer of good sized 

 apples, excellent for cooking: too sour for dessert; season, August. 

 American Summer Pearmain: tree a moderately fair grower, hardy 

 with me; fruit good size, oblong; quality, best. Early Red .lune: 

 tree hardy, a good bearer every alternate year; fruit of medium size, 

 dark red, and of good quality. Northern Spy: tree moderately 

 hardy, but late coming, into bearing; bears alternately if it has 

 plenty of room and sunlight; fruit of good size and quality. Rawles' 

 Janet: tree vigorous und hardy, and an immense bearer while young 

 of good fair fruit that keeps well; trees with me rather short-lived. 

 Soil on which the above trees were grown is a rich clay loam, grav- 

 elly subsoil, near timber. 



President Barnard — One part of the subject that has not been 

 spoken of, is in regard to new varieties. If we are to have long lived 

 trees that succeed well in this climate we must find them among our 

 native seedlings. The President then read some extracts from the 

 transactions of the Indiana Horticultural Society for 1881, ])age 128, 

 and also a letter from Mr. B. 0. Curtis. Paris. TIL. in regard to the 

 Utter. Lanis Red Streak, Housonis Choice. Pear Flavor, and 11 anna 

 apples, of which the writer spoke very highly as being loim-livt'(| 

 trees. 



