Report From Second District. 2G1 



Small fruits were about one-half crop — the June conven- 

 tion, at Janesville, brought out a splendid show of about 

 thirty of the old varieties of strawberries and fifty varieties 

 of seedling strawberries by F. W. Loudon, principally of 

 which was "Jessie/' which took first prize for size and quality, 

 competing with Sharpless. ]\Iiners Atlantic, Mrs. Garfield 

 and others. Raspberries and blackberries also give but one- 

 half crop, and where blackberries were not protected there 

 was no need of marketing the fruit — all prices ruled low 

 notwithstanding the loss by drouth. 



The excessive heat of autumn matured apples early, and 

 in our district there are but very few apples that can be 

 shown. In correi-poEdence with B. B. Olds, in January, he 

 stated that he could only make a show of five varieties, and 

 neither of them are on our recommended lists. I have 

 already taken more than the space allotted me in this re- 

 port; I will not mention the other twelve subdivisions, either 

 of which might fill a volume. 



SUPPLEMENTARY. 



Mr. Secretary: — "While on a visit in Kenosha county, at 

 Dr. Jas. O'Zarne's, five miles west of the lake shore, I 

 found quite a collection of tender apple trees that, many of 

 them, have been growing since 1854. One Rhode Island 

 Greening I measured at the branches, four feet from the 

 ground, and its girth was five feet and two inches, spread 

 of top thirty-five Uiet, and in fair, healthy condition, full of 

 blossoms, buds and promises for twenty years to come. Next 

 to this, a King of Tompkins County, girth four feet. The 

 wind had split down one branch, but the winters are mild 

 enough so that it is in comparative health. I found also 

 nice samples of fruit that were exhibited at Waukesha from 

 this orchard, of Rhode Island Greening, Eropus Spitzenberg, 

 Domine, Jonathan, Green Sweet, Northern Spy, Yellow 

 Belleflower, Strawberry, etc. This fruit, Dist. No. 1, was 

 the great help to our New Orleans show, and shows the 

 great variety of climate we have, and that in some degree, 

 we should encourage the exhibition of these choice old 



