STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 180 



GRAPE VINE NOMENCLATURE. 



I will give a few definitions, which, if generally adopted, would 

 simplify our grape talk and make it better understood. 



A Shoot is the growth made wherever a bud bursts, so long as it holds its hardness. 



Lateral Shoots are the branches of the Shoots. 



Cants arc the shoots after tin' leaves fall, and when the bark forms. 



J.<iteral Canes are the branches of the cane. 



The Stem is the cane at the end of the second summer. 



A Spur is a cane cut back short. 



McPike — Stationary arms to a grape vine, in my experience, are 

 not the best. They can't be laid down and covered up very well. 

 The sap has to flow through the old wood, and the alternate system 

 is not a good one. I prefer to grow three or four new canes. Two 

 of these I cut off at about six eyes for fruiting, and twist or bend 

 them, that the buds may break evenly ; and two I spur back, and 

 from them grow canes for next year. 



SPECIAL COMMITTEES. 



The President announced the following special committees voted 

 by the Society : 



COMMITTEE ON TESTING NEW VARIETIES. 



Northern District — J. W. Cochran, Samuel Edwards, D. B. Wier. 



Central District — M. L. Dunlap, L. C. Francis, J. A. Pettingill. 



Southern District— H. J. Hyde, B. Pullen, P. R. Wright. 



Committeeon Canning Establishments — N. J. Colman, Parker Earle, J. M. Pearson. 



GRAPE-GROWERS' MEETING. 



Dr. Spalding, President of the Mississippi Valley Grape-Growers' 

 Association, extended an invitation to all present to meet with that 

 organization at their meeting in Alton, on the second Tuesday of 

 April, 1869. 



HORTICULTURE IN THE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY. 



Dr. Warder stated that he expected to deliver a series of lectures 

 on fruit-growing, at Champaign, in January, and that he would be 



