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THE POMOLOGIST. 



June 



lo-wa State Horticultural Society. 



For the convenience of those "who may wish 

 to correspond with the officers of our State 

 Horticultural Society, we present a list of the 

 officers and standing committees for the cur- 

 rent year: 



OFFICERS. 

 1 1 James Mathews, Knoxvllle, President. 



Suel Foster, Muscatine, Vice-President. 



D. W.;Adams, Waukon, Secretary. 

 David Leonard, Burlington, Treasurer. 



DIRECTORS. 

 J. L. Budd, Shellsburg, S. J. Comfort, Denni- 

 son, C. E. Whiting, West Fork, E. D. Morgan, 

 Pella, E. R. Heisz, Sock Grove, James Smith, 

 Des Moines, Mr. Allen, Wayne Co., G. B. 

 Brackett, Denmark, Dr. Kridelbaugh, Clarlnda. 



.STANDING COMMITTEES. 



PEARS, PLUMS, CHEKKIES AND PEACHES. 



G- B. Brackett, Lee county, Mark Miller, Polk 

 W. W. Waters, Muscatine. 



SMiLL FRTJITS. 



Mr. Allen, Wayne county, Mr. Parker, Clay- 

 ton, J. M. Pearmain, Scott. 



(EXPEKIMENTAI. HORTICULTURE,? 



James Smith, Polk county, James Mathews, 

 Marlon, D. W. Adams, Alamakee. 



NOMENCLATURE. 



E. R. Heisz, Floyd county ,',Z- Holllngsworth, 

 Lee, James Smith, Polk, 



APPLES. 



Mr. Mnrdock, Clayton county, E. D. Morgan 

 Marion, Mr. Caulkins, Polk, 



HEDGES. 



J. L. Budd. Benton county, H. C. Raymond, 



Pottawattamie, R. S. Willett, Poweshiek. 



FORESTRY. 



C. E. Whiting, Monona county, Mr. Tracy, 

 Winneshiek, G. W. Seevers, Madison. 



PREMIUM LIST AND JUDGES. 



S. J. Comfort, Crawford county, Suel Foster, 

 Muscatine, P. P. Spear, Blackhawk. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Dr. Kridelbaugh, Freemont;county, J. T. Hop- 

 kins, Guthrie, Dr. Alex. Shaw, Polk. 



■Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. 



SUMMER EXHIBITION, 



The Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 

 will hold its first Summer Exhibition at Osh- 

 kosh, on Wednesday and Thursday, June 22 

 and 23. The following is the Premium List 

 and Programme for the occasion: 



1. The Hall will be open on Wednesday for 

 the reception of articles, at 8 o'lock, A. M., at 

 which time, the Committee of Arrangements 

 will be in attendance; No article can be en- 

 tered for competition after 2 o'clock. 



2. The payment of one dollar will entitle the 

 exhibitor to tlie privileges of the Society, and 

 the free admisBion to the Exhibition of himself 

 and wife. Single admission tlekels 26 cents. 



3. The Committees on Fruits, i''lowers and 

 Vegetables, will be in attendance at 3 o'clock, 

 P. M., of Wednesday, at which time the books 

 of entries will be delivered to them, and they 

 will proceed to the examination and award of 

 premiums. 



i. Hall will be open for visitors at 2 P. M., 

 Wednesday. 



5. Articles entered lor competition must be 

 grown or produced by the person entering the 

 same. 



6. No article can be entered for competition 

 in more than one class, or receive more than 

 one premium. 



7. No premium will be awarded to unworthy 

 articles. 



8. Discretionary premiums will be awarded 

 for Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables, not enu- 

 merated in the list, that may be considered 

 meritorious by the Committees. 



9. Committees will report and return to the 

 Secretary their books .containing the awards 

 by 2 P. M., Thursday. At 3 P. M. the awards 

 will be read and premiums delivered. No ar- 

 ticle entered for competition can be removed 

 from the tables until after the awards are 

 made public; after which the Hall will be 

 cleared for a social party, with music in the 

 evening. 



G eo. E. Morrow, of the Western Farmer, will 

 deliver an address in the Hall on Wednesday 

 evening, June 22, — after which there will be 

 discussions upon Small Fruits, Varieties, Cul- 

 ture. Soil, etc, 



We are in correspondence with the various 

 railroads of the State, and it is confidently ex- 

 pected that they will grant the horticulturists 

 the tisual deduction in fares on the occasion 

 of the Exhibition, of which due notice will be 

 given. 



Stra'wberries. 



Committee.— W. T. Leitch, Madison; I. J. 

 Hoile, Oshkosh ; L. L. Fairchild, Rolling 

 Prairie; G. N. Smith, Berlin; J. S. Stickney, 

 Wauwatosa. 



Best and greatest named varieties, 



Chromo — Basket of Strawberries $8 



2d do Gold Pen and Holder 5 



Best 5 or moresorls named.. Chromo— .Spring 6 



2d do do Fruit Knife 3 



Best 3 oi more sorts Chromo — Morning 5 



2d do Hurticulturist one year 3 



Best quart any variety Chronios— Rest by 



the Roadside; Under the Apple Tree 5 



2d do Western Farmer one year 2 



Best quart Wilson's Chromo— After the 



Rains 3 



Best quiirt Agriculturist Chromo— Before 



the Frosts 3 



Best quart Green Prolific Chromo— Wild 



Roses 3 



Best quart Russel... Chromo— Easter Morning 3 

 Best quart Mexican Everbearing. ..Cbrorao^ 



Victory, and Journal of Horticulture 3 



Other fruits of the season that may be on ex- 

 hibition, will be examined by the committee, 

 and receive awards according to their merits. 



Plants and Flo'wers. 



PROFESSIONAL CULTIVATORS. 



Committee.— F. .S. Lawrence, Janesville; J. 

 Gripper. Madison ; Mrs. F. S. Lawrence, Janes- 

 ville; Mrs. Henry Ryan, Baraboo; Mrs. Geo. 

 Hyer, Oshkosh. 



Roses, and Plants in Pots. 



Best and greatest variety. ..Chromo— Sunset, SIO 

 M do Downlng's Fruits and 



Fruit Trees of America 7 



Best six Pei'petual.... Journal of Horticulture 



and Western Farmer 5 



Bust three Perpetual Horticulturist 3 



Best six Tea Chromo — .Springtime 5 



Best tliree Tea Western Farmer and 



The Western Pomologist 3 



Best six Geraniuras Gold Pen and Holder 5 



Best six Fuschias do do 



Best display of Plants, all sorts Chromo— 



Sunset, California scenery 10 



2d do Gentleman's Cane 6 



Cut Flowers, 

 Best and greatest variety Verbenas. ..Chromo 



—The Sisters 3 



2d do Chromo — May Flowers 2 



Best and greatest varltey Pansies... Practical 



Hoiticulture 2 



2d do do Western Pomoliglst 1 



Best and greatest variely Pinks Gard- 

 ener's Monthly 2 



2d do Chromo— Apple Blossoms 1 



Best and greatest variety Roses.. ..Parkman's 



Book of Roses 3 



2d do TeaBell2 



Best six varieties June Roses Chromo— The 



Baby 3 



ad do do Western Farmer 2 



Best display of Flowers Breck's Book of 



Flowers 3 



2d do Prairie Farmer.. 2 



Best round Boquet Chromo — Not Caught 



Yet 2 



2d do C^hiuaVase 1 



Best flat Boquet Chromo— Just Caught 2 



2d do China Vase 1 



Best floral design. ..Chromo— Playing Mother 5 



2d do Silver Fruit Knife 3 



Premiums of the same value will be awarded 

 to non-professional exhibitors. 



Committee— H. G. Roberts, Janesville; J. 

 Gould, Beaver Dam ; Miss A. Stevens, Madison; 

 Mrs. J. Richardson, Sheboygan; Mrs. Ell 

 Stilson, Oshkosh. 



Vegetables. 

 Committee.— Eli Stilson, Oshkosh; G. J. 

 Kellogg, Janesville ; G. P. Pefl'er, Pewaukee. 



Best and Greatest variety... Chromo— Have 



Patience 4 



2d do do Tea Bell 2 



For farther particulars, address 



O, S. WlLLEY, Sec'y. I. J. HOILE, 



Madison. Oshkosh. 



lo'wa Eastern Horticultural Society. 



The Iowa Eastern Central Horticultural So- 

 ciety will meet at Iowa City, June 20th, at 10 

 A. M., and hold a two days' meeting. This 

 Society, embraces the counties of Louisa, 

 Muscatine, Scott, Clinton, Jackson, Jones, 

 Cedar, Washington, Johnson, Linn, Buchanan, 

 Iowa, Keokuk, Poweshiek, and Tama. The 

 officers are: 



Suel Foster, Muscatine, President. 



J. Doran, Mt. Vernon ; H. Strohm,Iowa City, 

 Vice-Preside7Us, 



J. W. Pearmain, Davenport, Cor. Sec'y. 



J. L. Budd, Shellsburg, Pec. Sec'y. 



J. E. Ennis, Lyons, Treasurer. 



I wish to give notice that by new arrange- 

 ments. made last winter by the railroad com- 

 panies, persons wishing to attend this meeting 

 are requested to send me their names so the 

 rallrojid company may have time to print tick- 

 ets, and have one sent to each person who 

 wish to avail themselves of reduced fare, before 

 they leave their homes. 



The public are invited to attend. Papers in 

 the eastern part of the State please copy for the 

 good of the cause. 



Muscatine, May 20. 



Suel Foster, Pres't. 



Catawissa Raspbebrt. — The Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society's Fruit Committee say " the 

 Catawissa is one of the most tender and highly 

 flavored of any on the list, and by proper treat- 

 ment can be made to yield such a bountiful 

 crop in September, when all otheramall fruits 

 are gone, that it deserves a Place in every gar- 

 den. For a full crop the canes should be out 

 back nearly to the ground in April, and the 

 late crop will be upon the new growth." 



Rustic Names for Fruit. — The variations 

 and corruptions of the name of the Fallawater 

 apple are somewhat amusing, the following, well 

 known but not all found in books, being some of 

 them : Fatwalder, Fornwalder, Tutfehochen, 

 Brubacker,FaU de Walldes, Polly Wholluper, 

 and Molly Whopper ! The real name of the 

 apple referred to above is Fallen Walder or 

 Fallen Wood, 



