ANNUAL MEETING—1868. 657 
Hums. —Mr. Kellogg recommends the Lombard plum, which the Society 
confirm. 
Mr. Tuttle recommends the Miner for trial. 
Mr. Kellogg—Does the curculio affect it ? 
Mr. Tuttle—It generally escapes; is sometimes affected, but not so much 
as other varities. 
Mr. Kellogg recommends the Eldridge, a variety of the Green Gage; not 
very productive, but quite hardy; poor keeper. 
Mr. Lawrence finds the Eldridge nearly worthless, being insipid—not re¬ 
commended. 
Mr. Stickney—It was said by some that the Miner Plum could not be pro¬ 
pagated by grafting; he had been very successful; recommended grafting on 
the wild plum, all our choice varieties. 
Pears. —The Society recommend for cultivation the following list: Flemish 
Beauty for general cultivation, and the Early Bergamont, White Doyenne, 
Belle Lucrative, Winter Nellis and Onondaga for amateurs. 
Mr. Stickney reports 70 varieties of pears grown by Hon. H. Crocker, of 
Milwaukee, only three of which are hardy. 
Dishonest Tree Pedlers. —Mr. Stickney thinks the only way to get rid of 
the vender of poor fruit trees is to raise more at home. 
Mr. Kellogg—When we had plenty of trees, purchasers preferred to patron¬ 
ize Eastern nurseries. 
Mr.-. The reading public are fast learning to purchase only of well 
known reliable parties; but some folks seem to love to be swindled. 
Currants. —Tne White Grape and Victoria were recommended by Mr. 
Adams as valuable, the White and Red Dutch by Mr. Stickney, and also by 
the Society. 
The Society then elected the following officers: 
President —.To.seph Hobb’ns, Madison. 
Vice-President —J. C. Plumb, Milto.i. 
Recording Secretary —0. S. Willey, Madison. 
Corresponding Secretary —F. S Lawrence, Janesville. 
Treasurer —Geo. A. Mason, Madison. 
The President then announced the following standing committee, viz: 
Nomenclature —Messrs. Plumb, Atwood and Tuttle. 
Seedlings —Messrs. Lawrence, Stickney and Kellogg. 
Finance —Messrs. Lawrence, Stickney and Leitch. 
The following resolution of thanks was offered by Mr. J. C. Plumb: 
Resolved, that we do hereby tender our sincere thanks to the officers of the 
Supreme Court for the use of their commodeous room during this session, and 
also to the citizens of Madison for the generous entertainment our non¬ 
resident members have received at their firesides. 
Adopted. 
