863. 



THE ILLINOIS FAKMEK. 



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and with the aid of such a work, they can easily 

 do it. 



The work is sold by E. B. Myres, 111 Lake 

 street Chicago. 



-«•»- 



Annual Meeting of the State Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



In our last nutrber we had written up the 

 proceedings of the third day, and now resume. 

 In our last several typographical errors occurred. 

 The President is 0. B. Qalusha, of Lisbon, Ken- 

 dall county ; K. H. Fell, of Bloomington, is the 

 Vice-President of 8th district; G. H. Baker is 

 from Union instead of Marion county. 



In the discussion of apples for Northern Illin- 

 ois, the writer of this stated that he had fruited 

 in his orchard at Leyden, Cook county, over 

 two hundred varieties, and that out of this large 

 number only the following varieties had borne 

 good crops the past season, and that only a part 

 of these he considered good market sorts: 



Twenty Ounce, Late Golden Sweet, Holland Pip- 

 pin, Milam, Winter Bough, Red Gilliflower, Stan- 

 nard, Winesap, Early Harvest, Summer Queen, 

 Early Pennock, Belmont, Keswick's Codlin, Snow, 

 Tewksbury Winter Blush, RamsdelVs Sweet, Jona- 

 than, Flushing Spitzenburgh, and Pound Sweet. 



This is a large cutting down of the list, and 

 even these must have a further thinning. Those 

 in italics aie only such as have proved at all 

 profitable for market, and the other may be 

 mainly dispensed with. Of these, four are sweet 

 apples, all productive, but as the demand for 

 for sweet apples is limited, they should not be 

 planted on a large scale. The Late Golden 

 Sweet is one cf the best autumn sweet apples for 

 the table. Pound Sweet is Lyman's Pumpkin 

 Sweet. 



Were we to select for a market orchard from 

 these, say fifty trees and over of each variety, 

 Holland Pippin, Stannard, Winesap, Summer 

 Queen, Early Pennock, Keswick's Codlin, Snow, 

 Flushing Spitzenburgh and Jonathan, would only 

 find a place in it. Of course some of the others 

 are profitable to a certain extent, and could not 

 be dispensed with. 



OEAPBS AND ORAFE CULTURE. 



One of the most interesting and valuable dis- 

 discurred on the above subjects. 



THK DELAWARE. 



We copy the proceedings as published, correct- 

 ing and adding to them from our own. 



Mr. Dunlap — I have seen the Delaware this 

 year in many localities. It grows variously as 

 to strength. Have had it myself four years, and 

 from two sources, Rochester and Columbus 0. 

 It grows poorly with me. There can be no quee- 

 tion that soil has a powerful effect on it, as I 

 have observed that on all light colored soils, like 

 those of Adams county, it does well, while on 

 the darker loams in the central and north part 

 of the State it is less vigorous. In Champaign 

 county, unless we discover some new mode of 

 culture, it will prove of no value. Stewart, of 

 Quincy, who makes these grapes a speciality, 

 has the best I have seen. Would recommend 

 this variety for special soils. In the grounds of 

 Mr. Merrick in Quincy, I have seen shoots fifteen 

 feet long. 



Kidder — I have seen them grow twelve or four- 

 teen feet in one year. 



[Mr. K. is at Evanston, on a sandy soil, but 

 we did not understand him to say that these 

 vines were upon his own grounds, but at Pitts- 

 burg and Cincinnati, thus agreeing with Dr. Hoy, 

 that at Racine, on the lake shore, it was not es- 

 pecially vigorous-] 



Baldwin — I think the Delaware is a capricious 

 grower. 1 had a vine of Dr. Gr-int a year ago 

 last spring; it grew eighteen inches last year, 

 and twenty four this, but a graft cut off grew 

 five feet, lived through the winter, and this year 

 grew ten feet, and gave me as many layers ; the 

 old vine has done nothing; I live in touth part of 

 LaSalle county. 



Nash — In the spring of 1858, I bought a rine 

 said fo be the Delaware, in Connecticut. I pre- 

 pared the ground ai I do for others by trenching 

 two and a half feet deep, I have nursed it care- 

 fully since and have got it up eighteen inches. 

 In 1859, I bought one not so good looking of Mr. 

 Phoenix, which grew six feet last year. I cut it 

 back to two eye ; this year it bore five bunches, 

 and grew canes of ten or twelve feet. 



Thompson — The grape is everywhere allowed 

 to bear too early; it is a rich feeder. 



Willey — Is not feebleness of the vin' sowing 

 to excessive propagation? 



Bragdon — I visited Mr. Brush, of Ottawa, who 

 wanted no stronger growth than these made, 

 when properly propagated. 



[Mr. Brush is on the bluffs at Ottawa, a strong 

 limestone soil of heavy clay, well adapted to the 

 grape.] 



Overman — What amount of deterioration does 

 layering froiL fruit bearing viries produce ? 



President — The deterioration is in proportion 

 to the amount of layering; the old viae must not 

 be neglected. 



Phoenix — Dr. Grant says a grape vine can be 

 layered to death. 



Bliss — The Delaware does not make so mach 

 wood as other grapes. 



President — I had a Rachel plant layered to 

 death. 



Kidder — I think grapes have not been taken 



