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THE ILLINOIS FAEMEK. 



Jan. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIST. 



Flushing, Spifzenburgh ; tree hardy, a good 

 fruit, wiih fair crops, tree spreading, with wavy 

 branches. Stannard, Dunlap, Dr. Kennicott, 

 and others, spoke highly of this fruit, ccnsider- 

 ing it one of, if not the most profitable winter 

 apple for the north part of the State and Wiscon- 

 siu. This fruit must at no distant d^y take a 

 high stand among our standard winter apples. 

 The tree is a vigorous grower, ))earB young, fruit 

 large, good for both the table and cooking. 

 Waggoner, pronounced by several too tender. 

 Mini, ler, a valuable apple. Dunlap suggested 

 that it might prove identical with Brantiywine 

 and EllGworth, that of Ben Davis apple; it is 

 doubtless some old kind, and was named Mink- 

 ler some years since by the Northwestern Fruit 

 Growers' Society. It was added to the list for 

 general cultivation. Ramsdell's Sweet was added 

 as a valuable sweet apple. It is a very productive 

 and early bearer. 



FOB GENERAL CTLTIVATION IN CEKTRAL ILLINOIS. 



White June, sometimes known as Kirkbridge 

 Whire, was added to the list. It should be grown 

 in limiteii qumtiiies, unless handy to market — 

 its season is short, and bruises badly in carriage, 

 and soon becomes unsaleable. Fall Wine — 

 changed to amateur list ; season too short to 

 pint largely. Rambo, added te li't; should be 

 top grajted; is tender, but with all its draw- 

 back-j, is a valuable and profitable fruit, and not 

 easily dispensed with. Fameuse is to be here- 

 after called Snow Apple, which is the English of 

 Pomme de Niege. Trenton Early, or English 

 CoUiin, added to the list, is valuable for cooking, 

 bears early p.nd large crops. Hubbardson's 

 Nonesuch, after considerable discussion, was 

 added to the amateur list. Fulton, considered 

 one of the most valuable, and is an Illinois seed- 

 ling, yrown by Mr. Elijah Capps, of Fulton 

 county, an abundant bearer, tree hardy, with a 

 beauiitul symmetrical head. White Bel'flower, 

 stricken from the general list, and placed on the 

 am ituer list. Yellow Belflower disposed of in 

 the same w*y. Limber Twig, stiicken out of 

 the list to give place to that of the Willow Twig. 



Adjourned to partake of a lunch with T. B. 

 Bryan. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Esopus Spitzenturgh was stricken from the 

 list as one of no value for prairie orchards. 



A moiion to strike Downing's Paragon, an 

 nil (lis seedling, from the list, was lost. Red 

 Canadi was highly commended by our Michi- 

 gan friends. 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE STATE AOEICULTDRAI. SO- 

 CIETT, 



One hundred cipies of the Transactions were 

 presented to the Society by John P. Reynolns, 

 Esq., rorre.=ponding Secretary, for which the 

 tbft'>k« of the S ciety were tpndered. This val- 

 uable work will be distributed gratuitously to 

 the members. 



A GRAND EXHIBITION. 



Mr. Starr, of Alton, offered the following're- 

 solution; 



Resolved, That it is best for the interest of the 

 Society, that it hold an annual exhibition, and 

 that the first one shall be held in ihe city of Chi. 

 cago in September or October next, as may be 

 decided best by the Executive Committee, so as 

 not to conflict with the Slate Fair. 



Messrs. Starr, Minier, Overman, Dr. Kenni- 

 cott, Ellsworth, Bragdon, Dunlap, Kidder and 

 Galusha spoke warmly in favor of the measure. 

 This is not intended to interfere wiih the horti- 

 cultural department of the State Fair as now 

 a-ranged, but to hold an exhibition of horticul- 

 tural products, including veget>tbles, fruit and 

 flowers, and for which a liberal list of premiums 

 will be ofi"ered. It was cntend d that Chicago, 

 being the great central point for the di trlbuiioa 

 of fruits, it is the proper place to hold such an 

 exhibition. 



Mr. Starr stated that the railroad booVs at 

 Alton presented the fact that 40,000 barrels of 

 apples, 800 barrels of pears, 10,000 bushels of 

 peaches, 300 bushels of quinces, 600 bushels of 

 plums, 200 boxes of grapes have been sh pped 

 trom that point the present season. Our Michi- 

 gan and Wisconsin friend^ were much p eased 

 with the proposition, and pr mised to lake an 

 active part. At this comniprcial metropolis, not 

 only of 11 inois, but of Michigan and Wisconsin, 

 if. was proper (hat all local or secrional in- 

 fluences should be thrown aside, and that the 

 gardeners, the fruit growers and fio'ists of the 

 Northwest should join hamis and hold an exhibi- 

 tion that should be a credit to the Northwest. 

 The exhibion is not only for a show of horticul- 

 tural produces, but it is intended at the same 

 time to continue those discussions which hare 

 given so much interest to the annual meetings. 

 There is no doubt that the exhibition will be one 

 of the most successful of the kind ever held in 

 the United States. The West has the means and 

 the ability for this, and it will be done. 



MAT CHERRY. 



For the past two or three years this cherry 

 has attracted no little attention. The main ques~ 

 tion is. is it the Early Richmond of Downing ? 

 Dunlap, Edwards and others coi, tended that.it 

 was not, or, at best, not the cherry sent out by 

 the Rochester nurserymen as that variety, but 

 as that better known as the Early M»y of Cin- 

 cinnati. E Iswortd, Phoenix, Braf-don and Over- 

 mon contended that it was the same that J. J. 

 Thomas has sent out far the Early Richmond. 

 There is one thing certain, that this is the only 

 cherry of value to the prairie farmer, let it be 

 called what it may. It has been long known ia 

 Kentucky, Ohio, Inf^ianaand Iliicois as the Early 

 May, and doubtless a sub variety of the Kentish, 

 or Early Richmond. 



The subject wis disposed of by a resolution 

 to appoint a sp cial committee of ibree to inves- 

 tigate the identity of thfse fruits, and to report 

 such other facts in regard to its history that may 

 prave of value. 



Adjourned to 7 o'clock h. m. 



