INDIANA IIORTICULTURAT. SOCIETY. 455 



REPORTS FROM DISTRICT VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



REPORT FOR SECOND DISTRICT. 



Owing to a cold, late spring, followed by killing frosts and drouth, the 

 fruit crop was very light. Apples were about 10 per cent, of a crop, but 

 orchards that had had the best of care gave one-half crop. Peaches were 

 almost a failure except Triumph, Crosby and a fcAV seedlings, which gave 

 one-third crop. 



Cherries very light crop; pears not over 15 per cent, of crop; straw- 

 berries, all early bloom killed, but late bloom came out and made one-half 

 crop, but owing to lateness of crop and competition with northern berries 

 prices were very unsatisfactory. 



Blackberries one-half crop and fair prices; i-aspberries almost a failure; 

 currants and gooseberries one-fourth crop; prices very good. 



The plantings for the coming year in berries not as large as usual. 

 Fruit trees planted the past season in this district not as large as the year 

 before. 



The fall has been favorable to ripen up wood growth and trees have 

 gone into winter in good shape and promise a good crop the coming 

 season. Respectfully yours, 



W. C. REED. 



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REPORT OF CALEB W. KING VICE-PRESIDENT FROM SIXTH 



DISTRICT. 



To the Indiana State Hortic'iltural Society: 



In making this, my first annual report, as Vice-President from the 

 Sixth District, I hardly know .iust how to proceed. Our friend Walter S. 

 Ratlifif. who has been deputized to gather fruits from our district for the 

 St. Louis Exposition, and also our able Secretary of the Wayne County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society, has had ample opportunity, and 

 will give in his report an able and succinct account of fruits grown in 

 eastern Indiann. so it is not necessary to take up your time with two 

 reports so nearly alike. 



Soon after our election I received a letter from Secretary Flick, ask 

 ing me to put him in correspondence with some of the principal horti- 

 culturists of each county I represented and he would write and acquaint 

 them of what would be desirert. I also wrote the same parties, receiving 

 answers expressing a willingness to be of whatever service they could. 

 There are but few commercial orchards In central eastern Indiana. The 

 farmers are more inclined to grain and stock raising than to fruits, and 



