156 Wisconsin State Horticultueal Society. 



In this connection I would say that the case made by the state 

 at the request of the society, for an entomological cabinet, has 

 been completed so far as the cabinet maker can do the work. It 

 was intended to put in the glass covers and line the drawers and 

 commence the collection of specimens at once, but there was no 

 place where the collection could be put on exhibition or even 

 stored in safety, and consequently the work was deferred. 



A few additions have been made to the library, mostly by the 

 means of exchanges. Other volumes have been promised, 

 among them a few valuable scientific works published by the 

 government. The expenditures for this purpose thus far have 

 been confined to express charges and postage. 



At an informal meeting of the executive committee, the plan of 

 getting a collection of wax casts, representing the fruits of our state, 

 was considered and regarded with favor. A trifling expenditure 

 from year to year for this purpose would soon give a collection 

 of standard samples, not only of our iron clads, our promising 

 seedlings and local varieties, but also of the leading varieties 

 throughout the country, which would not only be very attractive 

 for exhibition, but also valuable for comparison and reference. 



Statistics. — The government census statistics of 1880 have 

 not yet been issued or compiled so as to be given to the public. 

 Those taken from the returns of our own assessors are very 

 encouraging. Of all the estimates made in regard to the amount 

 of the apple crop, the most extravagant fall far short of the real 

 figures. All must admit that a yield of 3,743,374 bushels of 

 apples in one season is doing remarkably well for a state where 

 the possibilities of successful fruit culture has been so often and 

 so persistently called in question. Who can doubt but that a 

 productive industry that can give such returns, even occasion- 

 ally, can be made a source of profit and revenue to our state. 

 Fourteen of the counties of the state report a yield of over 



100,000 bushels. The following is the list : 



Bushels. 



Jefierson 287,978 



Waukesha 283 , 190 



Hock 251,508 



Walworth 250, 230 



Sheboygan 221 ,503 



Milwaukee 217, 76a 



