(50 ANNUAL REPORT. 
grown by my friend in this (Henry) county, but having my hands full of my ¢ wI 
business, nursery and fruits, I did not give sufficient heed to the cane ir R. 
have, however, during the past few years traced the matter up, and am perfect aaa. 
sure that what was received from Wayne county from North Carolina was the _ 
direct product of seed carried from here by Mr. Lindley. I have sold the Early — 
Amber seed largely in the west and northwest during the last ten years, especially 
in Iowa and Minnesota. In thelatter state [have frequent customers about Long 
Lake and Lake Howard as well as occasional orders from many other localities. 
One enthusiastic manufacturer in your state told me that he considered the in- 
troduction of Early Amber in his state as one of the most paying farm crops. 
I have never given the attention to the subject of varieties of sorghum that I 
should, and do not certainly know whether the single seed found in the French 
seed was a ‘“‘sport,”” and a new variety, or whether it was a seed of a well known 
sort, that accidentally got in with the kind intended to be given me, nor whether 
the variety now known as Early Amber is not known elsewhere under another 
name. I have only written what I do know about Early Amber, and regret my 
want of knowledge. Respectfully yours, ; 
E. Y. Treas. 
P. S.—If a satisfactory method of separating sugar from Early Amber syrup 
is developed and made public at your convention on the 27th, I should be glad to 
get into correspondence with those having the process in hand. 
While the value of this industry is probably greater with you than with us 
who are nearer the eastern and southern markets, yet I am confident the sor- 
ghum interest will be recognized with us as of greater importance than it now is. 
Syrup is now worth forty to fifty cents per gallon, and much is sold here that is 
produced in Western Virginia and elsewhere. We should at least grow ourown 
syrup, and sugar also. Hoping your convention may be a profitable occasion, I 
am, Yours truly, 
E. Y. Tas. 
CRAB AND SIBERIAN APPLES. 
Motion was made and seconded to close the discussion on sugar 
and syrup and take up the revision of the list of Crab and Siberian 
Apples. Motion carried. 
Motion wos made and seconded to refer the list of Crab and Sibe- 
rian Apples to acommittee. After some little discussion the motion 
was lost. 
Motion was made and seconded that the names of the lists be 
first fixed. Motion carried. 
Motion was made and seconded that the first list be “recom- 
mended for general cultivation.” Motion carried. 
Motion was made and seconded to strike out names of lists 
adopted last year as follows: ‘Recommended for general trial,” 
“Recommended for general trial in favorable localities,’ Recom- 
mended for general trial in localities not subject to blight,” and 
“Recommended for general planting by those not afraid of blight.” 
Motion carried. 
