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THE ILLINOIS FAEMEE; 



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Proceedings of the Missotiri State Hor- 

 ticultural Society. 



Editor Illixois Farmer : — Believing that many 

 of your readers will be interested -with the sayings 

 and doings of the horticultural fraternity in our 

 sister State, I send you a synopsis of the proeeed- 

 ino's corrected from the columns of the Missouri 

 Democrat, for which it was originally furnished. 



This Society, organized at Jefferson City, on the 

 5th of January, 1859, held its 5th annual meeting 

 at the Court House in St. Louis, on the 13th, 14th, 

 loth and 16th January, 1863. The attendance 

 was larger than ever before, and the ability of the 

 delegates of a higher grade than ordinary. Dr. 

 Warder, of Cincinnati, the great pomologist of the 

 Mississippi Yalley, was in attendance and Rev. 

 Mr. Knox, "the Strawberry King," of Pittsburg. 

 The press was well repi-esented in the persons of 

 N. J. Coleman, of the Valley Farmer ; C. D. Brag- 

 don, of the Rural New Yorker, and W. W. Corbett 

 of the Prairie Farmer. 



The increasing importance of the horticultural 

 products of the country, which have gone up from 

 221,249 gallons of wine in 1850 to 1,860,008 in 

 1860, and from |'7,'723,186 worth of orchard pro- 

 ducts in 1849 to$19,'759,361 worth in 1860, renders 

 the encouragement of the public prints unnecessary 

 perhaps,but of much more general interest than 

 in years past. We shall, therefore, report the 

 more important things said and done in this Con- 

 vention, and especially the fruit discussions, com- 

 mencing with — 



APPLES. 



Upon this subject an essay was read by W. C. 

 Flagg, of Moro, Madison county, Illinois, followed 

 by a discussion of the varieties of apples in their 

 order of ripening, suitable for a market orchard in 

 this vicinity. The following varieties were recom- 

 mended for profit : 



1 Early Harvest. 



2 Carolina Red June. 



3 Red Astrachan. 



4 Hightop Sweet, (Sweet June.) 



5 Maiden's Blush. 



6 Fall Queen. 



7 Rambo. 



8 Wine (Pennsylvania Red Streak.) 



9 Fallawater. 



10 Rome Beauty. 



11 Pryor'sRed. 



12 Newton Pippin. 



13 New York Pippin (Baltimore Red.) 



14 Smith's Cider. 



15 Winesap. 



16 Raule's Jannet. 



IT Willow Twig. : , 



18 Gilpin (Smair Romanite.) 



Kirkbridge White (White June.) 

 American Summer Pearmain. 

 Large Yellow Bough (Swaet Bough.) 

 Newtown Spitzenberg. 

 Yellow Bellflower. 

 Jonathan. 



FTarly Harvest. — N. J. Colraan (St. Louis) con- 

 sidered this the most profitable early variety. F. 

 A. Quinette, (St. Louis,) found it a poor bearer and 

 not good for shipping. The Red June with him 

 was a more profitable variety. He had planted 

 large orchards of each, and found tliat though the 

 Red June sold at two dollars per barrel, it would 

 bring more money from its greater productiveness 

 than the Early Harvest at two dollars fifty per bar- 

 rel. L. D. Voteau (of Eureka, St. Louis county,) 

 had planted orchards of each in 1849, and the 

 Red June had proved much the more profitable. 



Carolina Red June. — H. T. Mudd (St. Louis) 

 found it scabby and unsaleable. Mr. Quinette said 

 this disfiguration had only appeared within the last 

 two or three years. N. J. Colman found a great 

 many of the apples small and specked. 



Red Astrachan. — N. J. Colman said this had 

 been cultivated under another name (Deterding's 

 Early Red,) in this region with great profit. The 

 objection to it was its irregular ripening. Dr. 

 Claggett (St. Louis) doubted the identity of the two 

 apples, which was further discussed by W. C. Flagg. 

 Isaac Snedecker ( Jersey ville. 111.,) and J. A. Pet- 

 tingill, (Bunker Hill, 111.,) all of whom mentioned 

 differences in color of bark, and fruit,time of ripen- 

 ing, &c. Both were pronounced desirable market 

 apples. 



Highiop Sweet (Sweet June). — F. A. Quinette 

 said this succeeded the last mentioned. A good 

 apple for baking, and one of the most profitable of 

 its season. Dr. C. W. Spaulding (St. Louis) said 

 it ripened with the Red Astrachan, and was one of 

 the finest cooking and baking apples of its season. 

 Mr. Mudd said it was a good grower and excellent 

 apple in Central Illinois. 



Large Yellow Bough. — ^Too poor a bearer for 

 profit : an excellent table apple. 



Golden Sweet — Redfield (St. Louis county) — ^pro- 

 ductive, early and bears well. Little demand for 

 sweet apples, said Colman. Quinette would plant 

 but few varieties for profit ; for 500 trees, would 

 plant five varieties : Early Harvest, Red June, Red 

 Astrachan, Hightop Sweet, and Sweet Bough (an 

 apple he has under that name.) 



KesvAch Codlin. — ^Muir (Melrose, St. Louis coun- 

 ty) has fruited it ; an upright but not close-headed 

 tree ; fruit uniform; carries well ;'good for market 

 Jonathan Huggins (Woodburn, 111.) has fruited 

 it the past year, and finds it large, regular and 

 handsome. Mr. Bayles (Carondelet) has seen one 

 on the Sigerson farm which has been in bearing 

 fifteen years, and has never had more than a peck 

 on it. 



Early Strawberry. — Geo. Husmann, (Hermann, 

 Mo.,) says it bears abundantly odd years, and some 

 every year ; of fine color ; does not hang on the 

 tree well, so much eaten by birds. Flagg has trees 

 twenty years old : a very strong,^ upright grower ; 

 abundant bearer ; drops its fruit ; must be picked 

 early. Warder — Not very good for cooking, and 

 rather small, but has made a good deal of money 

 in the Cincinnati market. 



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