Reports of Local Societies. 255 



WAUPACA COUNTY IIOHTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



AVe still hold our regular meetings. They are pretty well at- 

 tended, and generally interesting. There is quite an interest 

 taken in horticulture by our members. We have about fifty 

 members. 



Our constitution has been changed, so that our meetings for 

 election of otScers are held in January, instead of March, as for- 

 merly; also an admission fee of twenty-five cents is charged all 

 males who join our society. 



We have many discouragements, but are bound to keep trying, 

 even if we have to fall back on the crabs. Apples we must 

 have, and if the finer varieties " go back on ns," we must put up 

 with those less desirable. But our faith is not yet exhausted. 

 Some of our Waupaca seedlings, at least, are still " promising," 

 and several of them are not " bad to take." We must content 

 ourselves with the hardy, and leave the tenderer varieties for 

 novices, and those who never learn anything only by experience. 

 We have had our "experience," and it is about time for us to 

 profit by it. The day of patronizing " itinerant tree peddlers " 

 is about over, but we must reluctantly admit that the fools are 

 not all dead yet. 



Last June we held a strawberry festival at the house of Prest. 

 Rich, in Weyauwega. It was an interesting meeting, and we 

 were very agreeably entertained by our worthy president and his 

 estimable lady. Some very fine strawberries were shown, Robt. 

 Callendar, of Fremont, exhibiting the biggest, which were 

 " whoppers," of the Crescent variety. Some members preferred 

 the Downing, while others took kindly to the Crescent. For a 

 late berry, friend Springer favors the Capt. Jack. Tiie members 

 generally prefer setting in the spring, although some, the secre- 

 tary among the number, advocated setting in August or early in 

 September. 



The kinds of apples most popular with our members ap- 

 pear to be several of our county seedlings, and Tetofsky, Duchess, 



