344 ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Wier — At a meeting of the State Society, five or six years ago, 

 at Champaign, the Mahaleb stock was a by-word ; yet it is the right stock 

 for long bearing and vigor; the Morello will do for immediate fruiting. 



I will tell you how to grow sweet cherries as certainly as the Early 

 Richmond : Plant Early Richmonds one year old, and bud them with 

 sweet cherries, in August, in the top of the trees, in twigs of current 

 year's growth ; then don't allow branches of the stock to overgrow or 

 shade out those from the buds. I bud near the base of the shoot, and 

 allow a branch of Early Richmond to grow by the side of that from the 

 bud, yet keep it in check as before stated. 



I grow sweet cherries on Mahaleb stock by letting them branch as 

 near the ground as possible. The hardiest variety in wood is the Shep- 

 herd ; next is the Purple Guigne ; then the Rockport Bigarreau and Da- 

 cotah. 



The President testified as to the hardiness of Gov. Wood cherry. 



Mr. Douglas said he sometimes had a partial crop of sweet cherries 

 from trees in a grass plat ; did not believe they could be grown in black 

 prairie soil. 



Mr. Bryant — When I have seen Dr. Hull, Mr. Wier or any other 

 man, grow crops of a few varieties of sweet cherries in my neighborhood, 

 I will believe it can be done, but not before. I have made many attempts 

 on Morello stocks, leaving side branches, as described by Mr. Wier, but 

 could get no fruit to amount to much. 



Mr. Slade said there are two trees near Elgin, twelve years old, one 

 a sweet cherry and the other an Early Richmond with sweet cherries 

 grafted upon one half of it, and he had watched these trees for six years, 

 but could not see but the sweet cherries bore as well as the Early Rich- 

 mond part. 



Mr. Wier — You can not grow sweet cherries if the trees are trimmed 

 up so that the sun will shine on the trunks. I know a few trees in Lacon, 

 planted on the north side of a building, which are healthy. 



STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 

 Mr. Scott offered the following resolutions : 



Resolved, That this Society appreciates, and would hereby recognize, the pre- 

 eminent services rendered the Horticultural and Agricultural interests of the State, by 

 Dr. \Vm. LeBaron, our State Entomologist, in his particular department of study and 

 investigation. 



Resolved, That we cordially recommend Dr. LeBaron's re-appointment and con- 

 firmation in the position now held by him. 



Resolved, That a certified copy of these resolutions be sent the Governor of the 

 State. 



The resolutions were adopted. 



Several gentlemen who had seen the Leib Cherry in tree and fruit, 

 spoke favorably of it as a valuable variety for the northern, and perhaps 

 the more southern, portion of the district. 



