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ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, ANNUAL 

 MEETING, 1905. 



(SOth Anniversary Meeting.) 



ROY UNDERWOOD, LAKE CITV, DELEGATE. 



The fiftieth annual meeting of the IlHnois State Horticultural 

 Society was held at Champaign, 111., Dec. 12th to 15th, 1905, and was 

 one of the most successful meetings of the society. There was a good 

 attendance, and as the day sessions were held at the State University 

 a marked feature was the large number of students present. The 

 opening session on Tuesday evening at the Elks' Hall was largely 

 given over to reminiscences of the prominent early members of the 

 society, illustrated by portraits with the stereoptican. 



Prof. J. C. Blair reviewed the apple crop of 1905, which was 

 practically a failure in Illinois, only about 20 per cent of a full crop 

 being harvested. In the discussion it developed that with those 

 orchardists who let up on the spraying early in the season, on ac- 

 count of discouraging outlook, the crop was an absolute failure ; 

 on the other hand, those who kept up the spraying and care, in the 

 face of the situation, were rewarded by very fair yield, amounting 

 in many cases to between $150.00 and $300.00 per acre. One of the 

 causes of the general failure was severe frosts during the bloom- 

 ing season. It, however, was shown that in the orchards that had 

 been well taken care of and methodically sprayed the previous 

 year the injury was not so great. 



One session was largely given to the ladies. Mrs. Nora Burt 

 Dunlap, of Savoy, the well known advocate of social science in Illi- 

 nois, gave a splendid talk on the subject of vegetables and their 

 dietetic value. Mrs. Dunlap is a "brilliant and forceful speaker, and 

 her presence is an illumination to any program. The same is true 

 of her husband, the Hon. Henry M. Dunlap, who has long been a 

 prominent figure, not only in Illinois politics and as a champion of 

 the Illinois State University, but is also prominently known as one 

 of the largest and most successful orchardists in the United 

 States. He operates something over 1,200 acres of bearing orchards 

 in various parts of Illinois, and upon a system of management that 

 is very interesting. Mr. Dunlap's address in the subject of storage 

 for fruit is along the line that is at present of particular importance 

 to our northern orchardists. Mr. Dunlap annually stores many 

 thousands of barrels of apples for winter market. The gist of his 

 talk was that the older system of cold storage in which ventilation 

 was the basis is not as successful or desirable as the more modern 

 system of chemical refrigeration by piping. Apples should never be 



