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1864. 



ilKE ILLINOIS FAKMEH. 



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disposing of this grant, though he could not pass 

 any law, he would sign no law that should not re- 

 spond to the wishes of the people. 



A committee was appointed to report at an ad- 

 journed meeting, viz : B. G. Roots, of Perry coun- 

 ty ; Capt. J. N. Brown, of Sangamon ; Jonathan 

 Periara, of Cook; 0. B. Galusha, of Kendall; and 

 Dr. Fellows, of Vermillion. 



Gov. Yates being present, was called out. He 

 would say that he was charged with derellections 

 of duty to the farmer and the mechanic, but to 

 this charge he could not plead guilty. He would 

 say that he had not given this subject much atten- 

 tion, but that he had always stood by the cultiva- 

 tors of the soil. * 



The subject was further discussed^ when the 

 meeting adjourned to meet at the same place on 

 Thursday evening, to hear the report of the com- 

 mittee and to take further action in the premises. 



THIRD DAY. 



Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1864:. 

 This morning the attendance is immense, and 

 the grounds have never before been so well filled. 

 Contrary to the expectation of the most sanguine, 

 the number of entries show little falling off from 

 last year, whHe the receipts are greatly in excess 

 of last year. 



FLORAX HAIX,. 



Alas for Flora and Pomona I Few offerings are 

 laid on your shrines ; your halls look desolate. — 

 But there is one consolation, the Saaitary Fair is 

 the gainer, and at least partly accounts for this 

 neglect. The premium list is also at fault. May 

 we not hope to see it more ample for the next 

 show ? 



APPLES. 



Charles H. Rosentiel, of Freeport, makes a good 

 display of 32 varieties of apples Of grapes, he has 

 Hartford Prolific, Isabella, French Wine, Concord, 

 Diaaa, Catawba, Clinton, Delaware, Golden Chas- 

 selas. White Sweet Water, Marfaseen, Union Vil- 

 lage, liittle Burgundy, Black Cluster, Ontario, Ar- 

 roof. Certainly a large collection when we take 

 into consideration his Northern location. Mr. R. 

 has been very successful with the grape. He plants 

 6x8 feet apart, and trains on trellis. He has also 

 five varieties of pears. 



Beth C. Jones, of Carbondale, shows 20 varie- 

 ties of apples and four of pears. All this fruit is 

 large and fine, as usual, from Egypt. This collec- 

 tion was grown on a six year old orchard, and is 

 part of a crop of 6O0 bushels of apples. A very 

 good beginning for 1000 trees. 



Wm. Yates, of Springfield, from his orchard in 

 Perry county, exhibits a large collection of pears. 

 Among this fine display we note Duchess smaller 

 than usual; Belle Lucrative, Swan's Orange, Stev- 

 en's Genessee, very ne ; Deurre Dial, White Doy- 

 enne, &c. On the whole, the size is below the usu- 

 al standard for Egypt. 



W. H. Hauson, of Lee county, has the largest 

 collection of apples — ^in all 64 named varieties — 

 and six varieties of pears. Mr. H. is one of the 

 most successful orchardists in the State, and his 

 collection of course is superb. He says he can 

 grow pears as cheaply as the apple. He is a be- 

 liever in locations favorable to the pear and these 

 should be saaght.out 



Stillman Barber, of Piatt county, shows 40 vari- 

 eties of apples ; a good eoliection for a farm or- 

 chard. W. & A. J. Cutter, of Adams county, have 

 a good collection, comprising fifty varieties of the 

 grape; very fine Concords. ; ;.,. 



CAPPS' MAMMOTH APPLE. 



Capps' apple is a perlect Brobdignag for size 

 nearly round, with a fine blush on a yellow ground 

 These enormous apples first attracted my atten- 

 tion at the State Fair held at Jacksonville. They 

 average about two pounds each. Of course a knife 

 about them would be contraband, and we cannot 

 enlighten the public in regard to their eating qual- 

 ity. 



Martin Allen, of Mendota, La Salle county, shows 

 35 varieties of apples and two of plums. One of 

 these is the "Lombard," the most valuable plum 

 for the prairies that has come under our observa- 

 tion. 



C. Wi Murtfcdlt, of Rockford, has a good dis- 

 play of apples, but the drouth has lessened their 

 size. 



Dr. Shroeder, the little Dutchman from Bloom- 

 ington, nearly monopolizes the grape show. Ca- 

 tawba in great clusters. Concords with their am- 

 ple berries covered with, bloom; "the grape for 

 the million ;" "Bland," that resembles the Diana, 

 etc. ; Mead's Seedling is later than the Catuwba, 

 and at this time presents in this respect, a marked 

 difference ; Ann i which the Dr. calls a humbug, 

 though Dr. Grant lauds it highly ; "Lincoln," not 

 hardy ; "Red Nonkey," a seedling from the Cataw- 

 ba, but of less value ; "Louisa," similar to the Isa- 

 bella; "Hartford Prvolifie," a very valuable grape; 

 "Perkins," an early and valuable table grape — 

 hardy ; "Hyde's Eliza," a tough skin — poor ; "Mus- 

 catella,"a rich, early, hnrdy and productive grape;- 

 "Blood's Black," the earlietit of American grapes — 

 rather musky ; "Herberaont," not ripe, a good 

 wine grape; "Crevellinj;," early and large; 

 "North C^irolina Seedling." large and showy; 

 "Mary Isabella," like th Isabella; "Muscadine 

 Franklin," similar to Clinton ; "Lenoire," a small, 

 late grape for wine ; "Norton's Virginia," the 

 great ^vine grape. 



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This hall is not so well filled as it should have 

 been ; yet there are several valuable collections. 



A collection of wo^ds of Illinois, with leaf, 

 twigs and flower, by Frederick Brendel, of Peoria. 

 This collection is quite fine smd attracts marked 

 attention. 



Prof C. D. Wilber, of the State Natural Histo- 

 ry Society, has an extensive collection from their 

 rooms at Bloomington. First among them is a 

 large collection of fossil plants, from the coal 

 mines of St. Johns, in Perry county, numbering 

 about one hundred species of the flora of the old 

 carboniferous period, far away beyond the time of 

 Adam. A lady visitor called the attention of her 

 gallant to the Ueautiful "fish .scales" on tliose 

 rocks. Prof. Wilbur d-iew a -long sigh and said, 

 "Ah, yes, Jlsh gcales .'" 



A fine collectien of petrifaction and corals are 

 flanked by a jaw of the mas' oden, dug out of some 

 hill side in Madison county. The c-Hection of 

 fresh .water shells is.qjiite complete for this State. 

 The collection of Illinois flora, by Dr. Vaaey, of 

 McHenry county, is very fige and valuable for the 

 botonist. 



