212 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



By O. B. Galusha. Moiris : 



A fine apple marked '' Seedling" from P. Collins, of Grundy Co., 

 thought to be the Large Striped Pearmain. 



By S. Jackson, Benton Harbor, Mich. : 

 Four varieties. 



By B. M. McKinstry, Kankakee : 

 Twelve kinds. 



By J. N. Ridings, Grundy Co.: 



" A Seedling," said to be a keeper — fruit sadly wilted and not in con- 

 dition for a test. 



By C. N. Bennett, Pontiac : 

 Eight varieties for names. 

 By A. Calkm, Woodhull, Henry Co. : 



A seedling from Columbia Co., N. Y. Said to be very hardy and 

 productive; ripens in December — not known. 

 By W. Durley, Hennepin : 

 Eight varieties, including good specimens of Jonathan. 



By Dr. Humphrey, Galesburg: 



A noble collection of twenty-seven varieties from Knox County, 

 which give a fine showing of her apples. These have been well selected, 

 and handsomely presented in profuse abundance. 



The White Winter Peartnain is here larger and fairer than in any 

 other collection. The Ortleys are remarkably fine and fair. The 

 Domine is unusually smooth and handsome. The " Red Winter Sweet- 

 ing.,'^ a line looking fruit — said to keep well — is not known to us. The 

 '■'• Siveet Romanite" is the Kentucky Sweety as we suppose. The '■''Red 

 Winter Peartnain " is believed to be Ben Davis. 



By A. R. Whitney, Franklin Grove : 



Some large and handsome apples from Kansas, including the Rawlcs' 

 Janet and White Winter Peartnain., both very large and fine; also 

 specimens of his seedling Siberian apples, including Nos. 25 and 12^, 

 both good keepers. The latter is of full, medium size, globular-oblate, 

 angular; surface smooth bright red on yellow, with distinct splashes of 

 carmine on gray shading; dots few, minute, indented; basin rather 

 deep, abrupt, a little folded; eye closed; cavity deep, acute, wavy; stem 

 variable in length, slender. In form this beautiful fruit looks more like 

 the common apple than the Siberian. 



Pears were represented by a single speciriien of the old Pound Pear 

 brought from California. 



Plums were exhibited by Joseph Fuller, of Ottawa, in alcohol, which 

 were intended to show the benefits derived from the use of Dr. Hull's 

 Curculio-catcher — a long branch crowded with fruit of Blue Gage. 

 Signed, W. H. Ragan, 



A. G. Humphrey, 

 Samuel Jackson, 

 A, R. Whitney, 

 Jno. a. Warder. 



