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THE ILLINOIS FAEMEK. 



August 



The first orchard set in this county (Ghampaiga) 

 80 far as we can learn was set out by Henry Sado- 

 rus, about one mile south of Sadorus Station, on 

 the G, W. R. R., in the spring of 1830. They were 

 sprouts of an old orchard of the Milam, brought 

 from a point some fifty miles south of Terre Haute 

 The winter of '55 seriously injured them and the 

 orchard is now in its last days ; lor thirty year* 

 did not fail of a crop. Dunlap's Nursery was estab- 

 lished in ISSY. Root grafting of the apple, graft- 

 ing of cherry and plum, budding the peach. The 

 planting of apple trees is rapidly on the increase, 

 and the county must at no distant day stand 

 among the first, for apple, pear, May cherry and 

 the small fruits. — Ed. 



on varieties, and sufficient shelter must be resorted 

 to to make up the waste of the old wood lands. — 

 Here we began at the bottom round of the ladder 

 and slowly climb, as belt after belt of wood is add- 

 ed to the prairie farm. 



Ohio Pomological Society. — ^We have the re 

 port of the winter meeting of this Society, and 

 find it unusually interesting. The revision of the 

 fruit list is to the point, and must prove valuable 

 to the State at large. Here is what they say of 

 some of our favorites : 



Jonathan — This apple was spoken of as doing 

 remarkably well in central and southern Ohio. — 

 Fruit very fair and good, not large, but just right 



grower, 



but 



for the dessert ; tree rather a slender 

 very productive. 



Give the fruit good culture and it is of fair, if 

 not large size. It has a genuine Spitzenburgb fla- 

 vor. We have ten trees, set out in the spring of 

 '58, bearing the 2d good crop. 



"Benoni, much approved where known; espe- 

 cially South." 



^ "Dominie, not generally known ; good and pro- 

 fitable for market." 



"Early Pennock, or August; good for market 

 and cooking." 



"Fallawater, {lulpehocken), large and popular 

 everywhere, though second rate." 



Snow, generally approved where known ; espe- 

 cially North." 



"Gilpin, or Jtomanite ; approved as a long keep- 

 er ; small, second rate." 



"Hightop Sweet, or Summer Sweet ; small, but 

 approved as earliest sweet." 



"Keswick Codlin, ; esteemed for cooking and 



market," 



"Lowell, or Orange ; productive and profitable; 

 generally approved." 



"Rambo, everybody wants it, and wtJH have it." 



"Ramsdell Sweet, or English Sweet ; productivs 

 and profitable ; good grower." 



"Rawle's Janet, much approved South and South 

 west ; small North." 



"White Pippin, popular wherever known ; espe- 

 cially Central and South. " 



"White Winter Pippin ; much estemmed in 

 Southwest." 



The clearing up of the large forests begins to tell 



American Pomological Society. 



CIRCULA.R. 



April 1, 1864. 



Dear Sir : 



The undersigned beg leave to remind you that 

 the next meeting of the American Pomological Soc. 

 will be held in the city of Rochester, N. Y., on the 

 13th, 14th and 15th days of September next, and to 

 request you to forward as early in the season as 

 may be in your power, any additions or alterations 

 you may have to recommend in the Catalogue of 

 Fruits for your region, with such information on 

 the subject as may seem to you important. 



Observations upon the effect of the severe cold 

 of January last upon different varieties and under 

 various circumstances will be particularly valuable. 



If you do not possess a copy of the Society's 

 Catalogue, you may procure one by addressing the 

 Chairman of this Committee. 



Hoping to hear from you at your earliest con- 

 venieuce, we are very respectfully yours, 



P. BARRY, Rochester, N. Y. 



J. S. CABOT, Salem, Mass. 



J. A. WARDER, M. D. Cincinnati, Ohio. 



CHAS. DOWNING, Newburg, N. Y. 



C. M. HOVEY, Cambridge, Mass. 



F. R. ELLIOT, Cleveland, Ohio, 



JOHN J. THOMAS, Union Springs, N. Y- 



M. L. DUNLAP, Champaign, 111, 



M. P. WILDER, Prest., (Ex-oflacio.) 



Committee on Revision of Catalogue. 



It is important that the list for this State be 

 thoroughly revised, and to this end I would ask all 

 fruit growers in the State to aid me in making up 

 a more perfect list. It has been my intention to 

 attend the next meeting at Rochester, but find that 

 it will be out of the question ; the last call for 

 men in the army has settled the point beyond an 

 appeal. But this need not interfere with the re- 

 vision of the Catalogue and the sending of speci- 

 mens, and I trust that others will be more fortu- 

 nate in time at disposal and attend the meeting. 

 This State has never been fully represented in the 

 American Pomological Society, but I trust that 

 such will not continue after the close of the war. 

 All communication on the subject of revision 

 should be addressed to the undersigned, who will 

 forward to the Chairman of the committee. 



M. L. DUNLAP. 



