1862 



THE tlli:nois farmee. 



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black; tender, juicy, sub-acid, rich. Tree small 

 and elenler ; makes a fine bush on the Mahaleb. 

 If trained on a North wall, it may be in use all 

 the month of August. Valuable. 



Plumstone Morello. — Large, dark red, rich and 

 fine ; the best of all the Morellos. Tree a slen- 

 der, slow grower ; makes a nice bush on the Ma- 

 haleb. July and August. Valuable. 



Reine Hortense, (Monstruevse de Bavay). — A 

 new French cherry of great excellence ; large, 

 bright red, tender, juicy, nearly sweet, and deli- 

 cious. Tree vigorous and bears well ; makes a 

 beautiful pyramid. "Lemercier" of our former 

 Catalogues, proves identical with this. 



Rumseifs Late Slorello. — A variety of the the 

 Plumstone, ripening gradually from August 

 through September. Originated at Fishkill, N. 

 Y. 



It will thus be seen that these gentlemen who 

 have sent out the Eaily Richmond do not claim 

 that their Early Richmond is the Kentish of 

 Downing, but the Montmorency, while Downing 

 puts down as a synonym of Flemish a member of 

 the same family of acid cherries. It would be 

 doing these gentlemen injustice to charge them 

 with sending oui: their early Richmond as our 

 May cherry, as we do not think they have done 

 any such thing. If their customers have made 

 the mistake it is the'r own fault, or the tree 

 ped Hers who have imposad upon them. We shall 

 yet arrive at the bottom of this whole matter 

 and be able to sort out the spurious from the 

 genuine. We can only repeat our advice to those 

 who wish to obtain the genuine May cherry 

 (Kentibh of Downing), to order them from par- 

 ties who have fruited them and know that they 

 are above suspicion. 



We have several May cherry trees in the or- 

 chard grafted on Mazzard stocks, but they make 

 but feeble growth and produce very moderate 

 crops. The Mahaleb is little better. The Mo- 

 rello is doubtles the most valuable stock for this 

 most valuable of all the cherries for the west. 



County Faiks for 1862. — 



Bureau County. — E. S. Phelps, Jr., Secretary, 

 Wyanent. Fair at Princeton, September 14th to 

 17th, inclusive. 



Carroll Co — James Shaw, Secretary, Mt. Car« 

 roll. Fair at Mt. Carroll, September 17th, 1 8th 

 and I9th. 



Cass Co. — Henvy S. Savage, Secretary, Vir- 

 ginia. Fair at Virginia, September 1st to 3d, 

 inclusive. 



Christian Co. , Secretary. Fair 



at Taylorville, October 7th to 10th, inclusive. 



Coles Co. , Secretary. Fair at 



Marshall, September 10th to 13th, inclusive. 



DeKalb Co.— 0. S. Vaughn, Secretary, De- 

 Kalb. Fair at DeKalb, September 24th to 2'5th, 

 inclusive. 



DeKalb Co.—W. H. Beavers, Secretary, Syc- 

 amore. Fair at Sycamore, September 10th, 11th 

 and 12th. 



Knox Co. — Thomas Muir, Secretary, Knoxville. 

 Fair at Knoxville, September 28d, 24th, 25th and 

 26th. 



Lee Co. — J. T. Little Secretary. Fair at Dix- 

 on, October 7th, 8th and 9th. 



Logan and adjoining Counties. — Atlanta Union 

 Agricultural Society, S. D. Fisher, Secretary, 

 Atlanta, fair at Atlanta, 8eptember23d to 26th, 

 inclusive. 



Macoupin County.— Son Tunnell, Secretary, 

 Carlinville Fair at Carlinville, September 23d 

 to 26th, inclusive. 



Macon Co.— J. K. Warren, Secretary, Decatur. 

 Fair at Decatur, September 22c', 23d, 24th, 25th 

 and 26th. 



Madison Co. — John A. Prickett, Corresponding 

 Secretary, Edwardsville. Fair at Edwardsville, 

 October 7th, 8th, 9th and lOth. 



Morgan Co J. H. Bancroft, Secretaiy, Jack- 

 sonville. Fair at Jacksonville, September 9th to 

 13th, inclusive. 



Pike Co. — J. M. Bush, Secretary. Fair at 

 Pittsfield, September 17ih to 20th, inclusive. 



Randolph Co. — William Addison, Secretary. 

 Sparta. Fair at Sparta, September 24th, 25th 

 and 26th. 



Sangamon County. — John P. Reynolds, Secre- 

 tary, AS'pringfield. Fair at SpsingfieM, Septem- 

 ber 22d to 26th, inclusive. 



Shelby Co.—K. T Hall, Secretary. Fair at 

 Shelbyville, October l^t to 4th, inclusive. 



St. Clair Co. — S. B. Chandler, Secretary.— 

 Fair at Belleville, October 7th to 10th, inclusive. 



Tazewell Co.— Seth Talbot, Jr., Secretary, 

 Tremont. Fair at Tremont, September 24th, . 

 25th and 26th. 



Winnebago Co.— H. P. Kimball, Secretary, 

 Rockford, Fair at Rockford, September 16th to 

 19th, inclusive. 



Clothes Wringer. — We again call the atten- 

 tion of our lady*friends to the great labor saving 

 value of this candidate for their favor. Since 

 the invention of the sewing machine, there has 

 been no new thing sent into the economy of the 

 household, of such inestimable value as this. — 

 Not less than one-third of the most laborious 

 part of the washing is dispensed with by its use; 

 as a starcher it is equally valuable ; add to these 



