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But few trees yielded crabapples this season, and with fruit that was 

 very imperfect and wormy. For several years the demand has far ex- 

 ceeded the supply, and many bushels have had to be shipped to our 

 n arkets from other orchards. 



Although the quince is of secondary importance to our fruit calendar, 

 j'et our stock of jellies, marmalades and honeys seems incomplete without 

 this friut, and it is unfortunate that the hardiness of the quince trees is 

 such as to withstand onlj' ordinary winters. 



Small fruits are extensively grown by some, but the opening for enter- 

 prising fruit growers is ample and should be encouraged. Blackberries 

 and raspberries were not so plentiful, owing to the summer's drouth, as 

 a large portion of the fruit dried up on the canes before it could mature. 

 Dewberries are almost unknown to this locality, and where an attempt 

 as been made to grow them, it has nearly always proven unsatisfactory. 



The vineyard does not receive the attention that was formerly given 

 it, owing to the killing back by winter of the vines, and the ravages of the 

 English sparrows and the berry worm in the bunches of the grapes. 

 Sacking has proven successful, but the sparrows are learning to tear the 

 sacks and devour the ripe bunches within. 



Strawberry plantations are fewer and more extensive than formerly. 

 More attention has been given to the methods of cultivation and market- 

 ing by the larger growers and their labors have been most satisfactory. 

 A fewer number of varieties are grown and mai'keted to the satisfaction 

 of the trade. This does not affect materially the extent of the season of 

 berrying, but makes the season heavier while it lasts. 



There are no doubt ample opportunities for individuals to engage in 

 fruit culture in this section, as the demand far exceeds the supply, pro- 

 vided the grower has the ability to practically undertake and manage 

 the business, and then, too, provided the soil and location are suitably 

 adapted to growing the kinds of fruits selected. 



REPORT OF THE LAtiRANGE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Lagrange County is In 

 a flourishing condition. We have a paid-up membership of over seventy- 

 five heads of families; this makes us, with wives and children, over two 

 hundred members. 



The children take quite an active part in the work. We held six meet- 

 ings during lOO.*^. All at the country homes of members, except one in a 

 grove. The meetings were largely attended and much interest manifested. 



Last year we did not have a year book, but saw the need of It, and 

 are getting one out for 1904. 



