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THE ILLZN-OIS FAKMEE 



Nov 



met for several years past at Bloomington, it 

 seemed to be the "impression that a change might 

 not be out of place. The subject, without reaching 

 any conclusion, was laid over. 



The Chairman named the following committee 

 on the subject of an Agricultural CoUej^e, viz : G. 

 W Minier, W. C. Fla^g, Dr. C. N. Andrews, Jona- 

 chkn reriam. Dr. B. F. Long, C. D. Wilbur and J. 



P. Reynolds. ci • - 



The subject of County Auxiliary Societies to the 

 State Horticultural Society, was discussed at some 



length. _ _ , 



Dr. Andrews spoke of the influence of these 

 HorticuUuial Societies, as seen in the increased 

 attention civen bv f trmers and others to the culti- 

 Tation of "fruits and flowers, and thus rendering 

 their homes more attractive. __ 



Dr. Warder said he frequently found men on the 

 broad prairies who could not tell a dahlia from a 

 hollyhock. He believed that Agriculture and Hor- 

 ticulture should go hand in hand. He believed it 

 a good thing to have separate Societies in many 

 localities like Rockford and some other portions of 

 the State, ond they should be encouraged, unless 

 they seemed to ignore or overshadow Agricultural 

 Societies. He was sorry to say that his State 

 (Ohio) had no Stale Horticultural Society. They 

 have a Tomological Society there, also in Indiana. 

 Further discussion was postponed. 



Mr. Bragdon offered the following resolution, 

 which was adopted : 



Resolved, That members present be requested to 

 make verbal reports of the amount of fruit, varie- 

 ties and bearing, causes which have contributed to 

 the success or faimre of the crop this season m 

 their respective localities. 



In aecord.mce with the resolution, reports were 

 called for, and the subject of apples was discussed. 



Mr T. G. MinUler, of Kendall county, said the 

 apple crop is prettv good, or better than last year. 

 Early varieti-s suffered from drouth. The early 

 prices were not so good as last year. Most of the 

 fruit was considerably wormy ; the early harvest 

 was not wormy, but small ; wine saps fair. 



Mr. Murtfeldt, of Ogle county, said the Early 

 Harvest is very fair, and abundant ; Caroline Red 

 and Pine Red were small, and inclined to scab. 

 Has some Rhode Island greenings which bear every 

 year while his other varieties do not. Yellow Belle 

 Flower is a shv bearer. Early Red is of no great 

 worth, which means worth nothing at all. His 

 Belle Flower trees are some fourteen years old. 



Mr Ilorsman, of Lee county, said his soil is 

 hazel brush, with clay subsoil. Early Harvest has 

 always been a shy bearer. The Early June is a 

 good bearer. Early Harvest bore better this year 

 than ever before ; but apples this year are generally 

 better. The Rimbo bears as well as any this year. 

 The Mav bugs had injured the fruit much They 

 generally appeared about sundown. In some locali- 

 ties they were troublesome. No caterpillars this 

 year of" any consequence. Apples started at |1 

 per bushel, but are now down to seventy-five and 



fifty cents. 



Mr. Cook, from Whiteside county, said his apples 

 were fair ; have been troubled with worms, particu- 

 larly pismires. The first fruit started at $1, but is 

 now down to fifty cents. Chamberlye destroys 

 the pismires. 



Dr. Long, from Madison county, ssdd ae never 



saw a greater crop of apples than this year. It 

 was five times larger than ever before. Trees are 

 completely broken down with the fruit. All kindg 

 are first rate. Pears are small on account of the 

 drouth. The price at first was $1 per bushel, but 

 it came down to fifty cents. The caterpillar infesta 

 the trees considerable now. Did not think the 

 pismires injured the apple tree. He thought they 

 destroyed many worse animals. 



Mr. Minier thought if we ever found a pismire 

 in a tree, it was after a worse animal. He believed 

 the best fruit in our part of the country were Early 

 Harvests, Carolina Red and the Red Streak. 



Mr. C. R. Overman said the fi uit crop in Fulton 

 was very large. The Early June and the Early 

 Harvest were abundant. The price opened at $1 

 finally fell to about 30 cents. The apple worm is 

 very plenty, and seems on the increase. 



Mr. Kimball, of Winnebago county, thought the 

 Red June needed much cultivation, and this year 

 he had cultivated them very thoroughly, and they 

 were larger tlian ever before. He sold them at 

 first at $1 "TS per bushtl, but they were now down 

 to $1. There is a big apple crop in Winnebago 

 county this year — bigger than ever before. The 

 size is smaller than before. 



Mr. Woodward, of MeUenry county, said the 

 crop of apples had been very good, considering the 

 drouth. The American Golden Russett is a favor- 

 ite with us. He also mentioned several other 

 varieties that had borne well. The price has been 

 $1 a bushel for good apples and that price remains. 

 The leap louse has been busy, and when they work 

 is found the pismire, but whether for mischief, he 

 could not tell. Early fruit requires more cultiva- 

 tion than late from the fact that it ripens at a sea- 

 son when there is apt to be a drouth. 



Mr. Galusha wished to correct the impression 

 that was very general that apples could not be 

 raised out on the open prairies. His experience 

 was different from tliis inipiession. His crop was 

 very l-rge, and he had to slmke the apples off to 

 prevent the trees from breaking down. In this 

 way his trees were saved. The apple worm had 

 not affected his Holland Pippin. He had watched 

 the pismire on the tree — on sickly trees — but on 

 close observation, he found that they were after 

 some animals. 



Dr. Andrews thought the leap louse were merely 

 the satellites of the pismire. The pismires trans- 

 port them from tree to tree, and when they disap- 

 pear, the leap louse disappears. 



The subject of pi-mires was further discussed by 

 Dr. Warder and others. 



Mr. Stewart, of Putnam county, said the apple 

 crop was a good one, but the fruit was small. The 

 worm has not been very troublesome, but the im- 

 pression is general that worms and other apple 

 vermin are on the increase. 



Mr. Galusha thought trees got lousy because they 

 were not well cultivated, just as cattle that are not 

 well taken care of get lousy. 



Mr. Nelson, of Indiana, stated that the apple 

 crop in Indiana is very fine — better than for many 

 years. This includes all varieties. All the fall 

 apples are excellent. The worm has been trouble- 

 some. Nearly all early varieties escaped the worm. 

 All of the winter apples are much troubled with 

 the worm. 



Dr. Warder said that in Southern Ohio the fruit 



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