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ACCOUNT WITH THE TREASURER. 



To balance on hand November 1, 1900 $351 82 



To cash from secretary for membership fees 108 00 



To cash from secretary for fruit sold 12 01 



Total $471 83 



He has paid warrants 1 to 29, inclusive 484 96 



Overpaid and due treasurer $13 13 



J. TROOP, 



Secretary. 



The Treasurer. Mr. Sylvester Johnson, not being present, his report 

 was deferred until a later session. 



Mr. Hobbs: I will appoint Mr. W. C. Reed, of Vincennes, and Mr. 

 E. Y. Teas, of Green's Forli, as a Committee on Exhibits. 



Mr. Hobbs, President, then read his address, which contained a sur- 

 vey of the year's experience in horticultural matters, together with les- 

 sons learned therefrom and suggestions for the future. (No copy of his 

 address was obtained.) 



Mr. W. W. Stevens, Mr. L. P>. Custer and Mr. Campbell were appointed 

 as a Committee on the President's Address. 



Mr. Hobbs: We will now consider the subject of "Conditions of Suc- 

 cess in Growing Stone Fruits." Mr. H. P. Dean, of Greenwood, will 

 introduce the subject by considering the peach. 



PEACH CULTURE IN INDIANA. 



BY H. P. DEAN, GREENWOOD. 



Now as to the subject of growing peaches successfully, I will divide 

 it into several parts, the first being: Necessity of healthy and reliable 

 trees. To secure these, you must either know your nurseryman, or, better 

 still, p-ow the trees yourself. To obtain trees that are absolutely healthy, 

 seed should be secured from wild or seedling stocli, as far south as Ten- 

 nessee or Georgia, on elevated lands, where severe winter killing and 

 premature ripening are unknown. Next, buds should be secured from 

 bearing trees to insure not only infallibility in varieties, but freedom from 

 diseased stock, which can not always be discerned in younger trees. The 



