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THE iLLmois faeeer: 



Y9 



Broadwell, table, baking. 



Loadon Sweet Pippin, baking. 



Black, table. ^ ^ 



Swaar, table, baking. _ ■ . 



Dr Warder read a very interesting paper, con- 

 tainiiK^ the results of the experiments of a Mr. 

 Bradshaw, of DuQuoin, Illinois, who, over thirty- 

 five years ago, undertook the amelioration of the 

 apple by the Van Mons method of planting the 

 first seed of a seedling, and continuing this process 

 with the first seed of the seedling therefrom. Mr. 

 Bradshaw and his son have raised five genera- 

 tions of trees, but judging from the results given, 

 their industry and perseverance have not been re- 

 warded with improved varieties of fruit. 



PEACHES. 



The following list, " for profit," was made : 



1 Troth's Early. 



2 Large Early York. 



3 Crawford's'Early. 



4 Bergen's Yellow. ,. ' 



5 Old Mixon Free. 



6 President. 



7 Newington Cling. , ; 



8 Magnum Bonum. 



9 Washington Cling. 



10 Crawford's Late. 



11 Stump the World. 



12 Columbia. 



13 Kenrick's Heath. 



14 Heath Cling. 



15 Smock. 



The following discussion was had upon this 

 queen of orchard fruits: 



Troth's Early— Hadley, Collinsville, 111.— It rip- 

 ened at Makanda, station on Illinois Central Rail- 

 road, on the 15th of July in 1861; on 14th in 1862. 

 At Collinsville it ordinarily ripens from the 20th 

 to the 25th. Eearly Tillotson, Early Purple and 

 Serrate Early York, were a little behind it. No 

 peach of its season surpasses it. 



Pettingill's Early— Pettingill, Bunker Hill, 111., 

 — Is a seedling from a New Hampshire tree. Have 

 three trees almost identical. Is a regular bearer 

 when we have peaches, and ripens two weeks ear- 

 lier than Troth's Early. 



Hale's Early. — Knox. Pittsburg, Pa. — We have 

 favorable accounts of it from Cleveland. 



Warder — I have very high accounts of it from 

 those_ who have it. One ot the earliest. 



Quinette, St. Louis — Earliest peach here is 

 Troth's Early. 



Early Tillotson.— N. J. Colman, St. Louis— Best 

 early peach I have tried. Has not mildewed ; is 

 strong, beautiful and even in size on rich prairie 

 soil from trees four or five years old. 



Muir — Have trees seven years old. Mr. Haven 

 has them ten ; no mildew yet. 



Quinette — The fruit is rather small and thin 

 skinned. 



Early Cling — Snedecker. — Have such a peach 

 ripening at the time of the Large Early York. Of 

 good size. 



Quinette— I have a few trees ; nothing extra ; 

 can't recommend it. 



Morse — I am down on clings. 



Quinette— Can ship clings a great distance and 

 length of time. The curculio does not affect them 

 80 much. The Washington Cling sold best last 

 year. 



Large Early York. — Hadley — ^It ripens one week 

 after and finishes one week later than Troth's 

 Early. 



Cole's Early. — Huggins, Woodburn, 111. — Ripens 

 before Large Early York. Hardy on the prairies. 



Quinette — ^Too small with me, and liable to be 

 wormy. 



Pettingill — Fine with me. 



Beeler, Indianapolis, Ind. — Best early peach in 

 Indiana. 



Booth, Alton, 111. — ^I have a peach as large aa 

 Large Early York, and ripening just after the Ser- 

 rate Early York, which I think I got as Cole's Ear- 

 ly. A valuable peach with white flesh. 



Snedecker — I have it of Mr. Hilliard, of Bright- 

 on — a full bearer and a good peach. 



Beeler — Not a large peach in Indiana. Very red : 

 — ripens all at once. 



Snedecker — I have that peach also, as Cole's 

 Early Red ; a different peach. 



Hopper, Bunker Hill, 111. — I iK^ve twenty trees 

 of Hilliard. One of his most profitable peaches ; 

 very red at the stone, and a nice peach. 



Huggins — I got mine of Hilliard. He his of 

 Parsons of Flu.shing. 



Heaver, Cincinnati, Ohio. — The Cole's early of 

 Cincinnati is a little earlier than the Troth's in our x 

 clay soil. It is dry, not very good, nor large. ., 

 Good peach for market. 



Quinette — ^That describes my peach. 



Warder — Mr. Heaver tells the story. It is very 

 early, but not a table peach. 



Crawford's Early— -Quinette — ^Very nearly as 

 early as Early York. Hardy tree, very productive. 

 Fruit liable to frost. 



Yellow Rareripe — Hadley — It begins with the 

 close of Crawford's Early. A fine peach a little 

 tender for shipping, rots a little too easy in damp 

 seasons and in too hot weather. A fine grower. 



Newington Cling — Quinette — Have cultivated 

 and sold it for fifteen years, and every one was sat- 

 isfied with it. Uniformly productive, seldom 

 wormy, and second only in quality to Washington. 



Hopper — Large, showy, superior, serrate. Young 

 shoots mildew a little — profitable for a cling. 



Quinette — It has globose glands with me. 



Magnum Bonum. — Hadley — A red peach and 

 of fair size and good flavor ; carries well. 



Heaver — Pronounced the best peach exhibited 

 at Cincinnati. One of the prettiest and fairest. 

 A good bearer. 



Hadley — A sure bearer ; a sound peach. 



Harker's Seedling. — Hadley — Showy; carries 

 well ; a good table peach. 



Stump the World — Booth — Would plant 250 or 

 500 of it. Have taken the premium at Chicago 

 with it for two years. Hardy, good bearer, fiue 

 large fruit of good quality. Last year and this it 

 ripened with the late Crawford, and bore thirteen 

 baskets on a tree to three baskets of the other. 



Red Cheek Melocoton. — Quinette — With me 

 comes before Crawford's Late. • ,1^ 



Warder — Favorite peach with me. 



Columbia. — Quinette — The best peach yet. It 

 withstands curculio. Fine, large. 



Warder — Late, but not the latest. To my taste 

 one of the best. Ugly as it is, if you give a man 

 one he wants more. 5 



A seedling from a Virginia peach called Missouri 

 Mammoth and Virginia, was here discussed, which 

 some thought identical with the Columbia. 



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