302 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



Grapes do well, generally; thousands of vines are being planted, 

 mostly Concord. Indeed nearly all the fruits suited to this latitude are at 

 home here, and recompense the grower in proportion to the care he 

 bestows upon them. 



In times past, we have been sadly imposed upon by that creature 

 "who goeth about seeking whom he may" — swindle, till most of us are 

 shy of traveling tree-peddlers. 



The mercury -went down to 14 degrees below zero, in the cold snap in 

 December, and nearly all the peach buds are killed. Cherries not much 

 hurt. Our location is in the S. E. corner of Fayette county, on the Chi- 

 cago branch Illinois Central Railroad, 324 miles from Chicago — 141 

 from Cairo. Fruit nearly all sent to Chicago. Our Society now holds 

 meetings once a month. 



LIST OF OFFICERS. 



President — O, B. Irish. 

 Vice-President — Isaac Clawson. 

 Recording Secretary — Wm. B. Irish. 

 Corresponding Secretary — E. W. Irish. 

 Treasurer — -James Clawson. 



Directors — Jno. Dunham, Albert Persels, Wm. H. Rich. 

 By order of the Society, 



E. W. Irish, Cor. Sec'y. 



CENTRALIA FRl^T GROWERS'.ASSOCIATION. 



REPORTED BY THE SECRETARY. 



Mr. O. B. Galusha, Secretary of State Horticultural Society : 



In compliance with your request, I herewith transmit a portion of the 

 proceedings of our local Society, whose regular meetings on the first 

 and third Satui'days of each month are still maintained, excepting in July, 

 August, and September, when the pressure of picking, packing, and 

 shipping fruit, overrides everything else. Several new members have 

 been added during the year, and one has passed over the mystic river. 



May, 21, 1870. 



* * B. Pullen, Chairman of Committee on Orchards and 

 Fruits, reported that the prospect for an abundant crop was still good. 

 Strawberries are beginning to be ripe, and the coming week shipping 

 will commence. Tliis fruit especially is needing rain, and unless it comes 

 soon the crop will be materially shortened. 



Several members reported having had ripe berries enough for home 

 use for several days. 



June iS, 1S70. 



* * There were on exhibition fine samples of large orange- 

 colored raspberries from the garden of Mrs. Phelps, who desired to learn 

 the name. They were thought to be Clarke Raspberries. 



