22 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



Red Astrachan, Williams' Favorite, Summer Pennock. 



Fall. — Maiden's Blush, Porter, Fameuse,and Rambo. 



Winter. — Jonathan, Domine, Smith's Cider, IVagotier, Ben Davis, Willow, 

 Winesap, Rau<les' Janet, Red Baldwin, Sweet Vandevere ; and I cannot leave out the 

 Yello7u Bellflorver. 



Out of about one hundred varieties that I cultivated, tire aliove list has proved the 

 most profitable, and I have paid special attention to the cultivation of fruit for the past 

 thirty-live years, especially apples. 



PEARS 



Are cultivated for home consumption and have done well the past few years, as but 

 little blight has affected them of late years. 



PEACHES 



Are but little cultivated. What trees there are were very productive the past season. 



PLUMS 



Do no good on account of the Curculios ; even the wild plums are destroyed by them. 



SMALL FRUITS 



Are cultivated for home consumption only. 



We have no Horticultural Society in the county ; but especial attention is paid to 

 the cultivation of fruit. 



Smiley Shepherd reports from Putnam County as follows : 



" Our fruit season, from the opening of the buds in spring until frost in autumn 

 Was not distinguishably different from ordinary seasons by anything that would be con- 

 sidered a cause to produce a material result in general crop ; yet the crops have been 

 unusually large, though variable. 



Apples. — Apple orchards which have been cultivated have given the best results, 

 while those which have been for a long time untilled have produced but indifterent crops 

 of inferior fruit. 



Larva; of Codling Moth were found m every orchard, but for unknown reasons 

 were less numerous and destructive than for the last five years. 



The bloom of the apple orchards was large and fine, though not as copious as in 

 some years, and the fruit did not set as abundantly as it sometimes has done, yet nearly 

 all that did set developed into perfect fruit. 



I will now note, in detail some of my own observations of fruits without reference 

 to reports from others. 



Amongst trees setting fruit in this vvay, and making good crops I note : 



No7-thern Spy. —Heavy crops of extra large and fine fruit. 



Rambo. — On sound trees, a fair crop and perfect fruit. 

 Willozo. — An abundant crop, fruit all large. 



Summer Pearmaiii. — Healthy trees and an excessive crop, fine and good. 



Bald'cvin. — (On sound trees) Heavy and good, though injured by Codling Moth. 



Gloria Mundi beat itself greatly, both in size and number. 



Autumn Strawberry had a full crop in number and added fifty per cent, to its usu- 

 al size. 



Gravenstein was moderate in number, but its size and beauty put it far ahead of any 

 Other apple in the LaSalle and Peru markets. 



Porter, a good crop and fine size. 



Bailey's Sweet was not surpassed in size of fruit and quantity of product. 



Early Harvest gave a fair crop of good sized fruit. 



Kirkbridge White about the same. 



Red Astrachan a good crop, and large size fruit. 



Early Pennock a small crop of fine fruit. 



Yellozu Belljiower. — Generally a scant crop of inferior fruit ; though in some or- 

 chards this variety was productive and the fruit fine. 



