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color, quality ana general appearance, grown by T. Harlan, of Can- 

 ton. Missouri. It originated in the orchard of Mr. Shackleford, 

 near Athens, Missouri, and is highly prized where known. Mr. Har- 

 lan says the tree is more hardy and the fruit a better keeper than the 

 Ben Davis. H, on further trial, this proves to be correct, it will be 

 a valuable acquisition to our apple list. 



Mr. Johnson presented an apple handed him by Mr. Hall, of 

 Stephenson County, for name. It was recognized as Ladies' Sweet. 

 Also one handed him by Mr. Cooper^ of Kankakee, supposed to be a 

 seedling. 



Adjourned to the third Wednesday in November. 



NOVEMBER MEETING. 



It is a real pleasure to notice a meeting at once so large and in- 

 teresting as the one which convened in Horticultural Hall, Warsaw, 

 last Wednesday. Live horticulturists from various parts of this 

 county and elsewhere. 



Our neighbors from Missouri and Iowa added some of their new 

 apples to the hue exhibitions made by Messrs. Ames, Rockwell, Den- 

 nis, Brown, Leeper, Walker, Hammond, Johnson, Spitz, and others. 

 Magnificent Spys, Ben Davis, and Bellflowers, luscious and tempting 

 Jonathans, Fultons, Goldens, etc., covered the tables. The large and 

 fine-looking New Shackleford apple, from Clark County, Missouri, 

 was conspicuous. It looks much like the Ben Davis, from which it 

 is said to be a seedling and from which it takes its chief characteris- 

 tics. It is worthy a trial. Other new seedlings were before the 

 Society for examination and discussion, and on which a future report 

 will be made. An interesting feature was the beautifully-colored 

 hybrid apple gathered by J. T. Johnson and T. J. Blake from a Ben 

 Davis tree, the branches of which were interwoven among the 

 branches of a tree of the Fameuse. This apple was clearly marked 

 upon one side as a Ben Davis, and just as clearly marked upon the 

 other as a Fameuse. It will be taken with the other fine specimens 

 of our local fruits to the winter meeting of the Illinois State Horti- 

 cultural Society at Bloomington, on the 18th of December. 



