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THE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



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Apples for Illinois. 

 In the fall of 1857, the " Northwestern 

 Fruit Growers' Association" held a meeting 

 at Alton. There was a large number of 

 fruit growers present, and we believe nearly 

 every portion of the State was represented. 

 Their proceedings were highly interesting. 

 Among these were the selections made of 

 different kinds of apples for this State. It 

 will be recollected that this convention was 

 held after the severe winters which destroy- 

 ed many of the varieties of apple trees 

 which before had succeeded well in 

 our orchards. A list of the selections made 

 was published at the time, but it was so ob- 

 viously ineorreet, that we did not copy it 

 into the Farmer. Wo have now before us 

 a true copy; which we give, furnished to the 

 Prairie Farmer, by the Secretary, Hon. M. 

 L. Dunlap. 



Lilst of Apples. 



Eecommended hy the Nbrth-wesfern Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association, at their Meeting at Alton, 

 October, 1857. 



Eds. Prairie Farmer : — The committee 

 reported a list for Northern Illinois, and 

 AVisconsin, and one for Central Illinois, and 

 one for Egypt. We shall designate them by 

 the letters N, C and E : 



1 Early Harvest .- N C E 



2 Red June N C E 



3 Red ARtrnchan „ E 



4 Sweet Bough E 



5 Sweet Juno C E 



6 Summer Host* „.... C £ 



7 American Slimmer Pearmain C E 



8 RHinrdell's Sweet N E 



9 GoMep Sweet C E 



10 Yellow June C 



11 Kottick CoUIin N C 



12 Dana C 



13 flocking N C 



U FrI I'ine N C E 



15 Maiden's Dlnsh N C *i 



16 Uhodo Island Green E 



17 White llellllower C E 



18 Rambo C E 



19 Hubliardsou's Nonesuch E 



20 BaokinghRm K 



21 I'eck's I'leasaiit E 



22 Prjor's Ked E 



23 Jonathan „ N C 



24 Autumn Swuar (sweet) i C £ 



25 Duwnlni^'s Paragon C 



2(> Funiense N C 



27 K->man Stem C 



28 Kirly Wliiter Sweet C 



29 Ydlow DellH.jwer N C 



30 Swaar N C 



SI Fulton N C 



32 Sweet ^■llne^<uch N C 



33 White Winter Pearuiaiu N C 



34 EarlvPenuock N 



35 L well N 



3() ija'iies' Sweet N 



37 Domine N 



;i8 Tlf refordshira I'earmain N 



39 White Pippin N 



4l) Whitney's Uu-aet N 



41 Baiey's Sweet N 



42 Minkler's Sweet N 



43 R.fl Canada E 



44 Willow Twig N C K 



45 Wine.«ap N C E 



46 K«ule"s Janet C E 



47 Newton Pipiiin C E 



4S Gi pin 13 



49 TiiUman Sweet N 



No. 12 was recommended by the late 

 William Stewart, of Adams county. The 

 name is doubtless local and may prove an 

 old sort. 



Nos. 11, 2G, 31 and 40 were unanimously 

 recommended for general culture, at the ' 

 meeting at Bloomington, and the only ones 

 out of several hundred named that stood the 



tC5t. 



No. 20 was supposed by Dr. Warder to be 

 Fiill Queen, of Kentucky. Dowuing's de- 



scription would seem to confirm the doctor's 

 opinion. : ; 



No. 33 does remarkably well at Jones- 

 boro. 



No. 42. Its origin is uncertain and the 

 association called it MInkler, after Mr. S. Gr. 

 Minkler, of Kendall county, who introduced 

 it. 



No. 47 is in my estimation the apple of the 

 lime mud J rift of Egypt. 



It should be borne in mind that many of 

 these varieties passed by a close vote. 



This association being held upon the heels 

 of the hard ivinter, everything was rejected 

 that yielded to the severe frost of that long to 

 be remembered winter. Rambo was re- 

 tained for the centre by a close vote. Those 

 trees that were protected stood well, and 

 their owners insisted on retaining this popu- 

 lar old sort. When orchardists protect their 

 orchards by belts of deciduous or everirrccn 

 trees and underdrain them, we shall probably 

 hear less complaint of tender sorts. 



Rural. 



West Urbana, Feb. 28, 1859. 



The War. 



Is there to be a general European war ? 

 On the surface, every thing looks like it, but 

 our belief is that such a war will not now 

 t^ke place. The crowned heads have too 

 much at stake in a general war — thrones, 

 kingdoms, dynasties. If war is the result of 

 the invasion of Sardinia by Austria, and 

 France and Russia act together, these two 

 will be the great powers~ of Europe ; and 

 they will divide out Europe and portions of 

 Turkey in Asia, as will suit them. France 

 will have the control of Italy ; Russia of the 

 Danubian provinces, and Constantinople 

 and the country in its neighborhood. Hun- 

 gary may be made a nation to cripple Aus- 

 tria and Germany ; and England, with all 

 her wealth and strength, will sink to a sec- 

 ond-rate power. Thus speculations are now 

 running ; but the result of battles may change 

 the prospect, and Napoleon, instead of being 

 King of Italy, may again be an exile from 

 conquered France. 



The results of war in Europe are so un- 

 certain and so vast, that even crowned heads 

 contemplate with fear. What else has pre- 

 vented Austria from striking a blow in Sar- 

 dinia ? With an immense army there she 

 is doing nothing. Sb.e could have had Sar- 

 dinia at her feet before this time, had she 

 dared to avail herself of the advantages of 

 her position. France is pushing forward her 

 troops, but does not strike. 



AVe await further news from Europe with 

 anxiety. If a general war does take place, 

 we trust that our country may still enjoy the 

 blessings of peace. Our sympathies are with 

 the smaller powers of Europe, but we are 

 sure that little benefit will result to the hu- 

 man race there, from war. What benefit to 

 man has been the result of the Napeleon 



wars ? Is France better off now than under 

 the Bourbons? Where does man in Eu- 

 rope now enjoy more of the " rights of life, 

 liberty and the pursuit of happiness," than 

 half a century ago ? Echo answers. Where ? 



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The Season. 



In Bome portions of Illinois, the spring 

 months have been very wet, and even at this 

 time there is much land which, under favor- 

 able circumstances, would have been put in 

 corn, that is not yet plowed. As a general 

 fact, however, a vast extent of land is planted 

 with corn. There is time yet for corn plant- 

 ing for two weeks. Good corn was made 

 last year planted on the fifteenth of June. 

 On the whole, the prospect for a corn crop 

 is good — very good. Of wheat, we hope to 

 have an ordinary crop; and the same fact 

 we may state in regard to oats. We are told 

 that our farmers are planting an unusual 

 quantity of land in potatoes. We hope that 

 Sangamon county will not have to import 

 most of the potatoes required for the con- 

 sumption of her people, another year, from 

 Missouri, Michigan and Minnesota. Mead- 

 ows look well. We trust our farmers will 

 heed the experience of the past, and provide 

 fodder for their stock the coming winter. 

 Now is the time to do it. Hungarian Mil- 

 let will yield from three to aeven tons of the 



richest fodder per acre. Sugar cane millet 

 will do more than this, the seed sown broad- 

 east and harrowed in, and the ground after- 

 wards rolled. 



The eyes of our whole country are upon 

 the farmers of the West. We hope to have 

 good crops, and we anticipate good prices. 

 Let us have one good crop season, and the 

 faces of our people — farmers and business 

 men — will assume a cheerfulness not much 

 witnessed for the last two years. 

 ••• . 



Ilog Cholera, 



We have seen it published in the pa- 

 pers that there has been hog cholera at 

 Farmington in this county, and near 

 CarroUton, in Green county. We have 

 our doubts upon this subject, and will 

 explain. Our opinion is that the hoo^s 

 which were said to have been killed bv 

 the cholera had been fed drj food for 

 the winter, and were turned upon the 

 fresh herbage of Spring, which, in con- 

 sequence of excessive rains, possessed 

 but little nutrition, that thej gorged 

 themselves with this green food, and 

 that it purged them to death, Tliat is 

 our explanation of the matter. We hear 

 of no further losses of Hogs in Farming- 

 ton, and the farmers in that ncin-hbor- 

 hocd are hearing no loss of their hogs 

 from cholera. 



A disease which would sweep off our 



