, 1862-12-06
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Assessors Of Mclean county for the
past two years have taxed the nurseries. The
nurserymen object to this, and urge that uur,
tery stock 10, lie any other gro sing crop,
exempt from taxation. No other county, it
would appear, has taxed the nurse,ies.
Mr.. Coima,,, Of Missouri, said thst nurse
rleB were not taxed ia that Sta1e,~aud the
general impression among the members that
the rurEery sock III oiher States is treated as
agroTfng crop,
Resosced. That It is the experience ot th nurse
m Gmen % o. This sosiety, that their sloeS has not
An able paper from c. A. Montross, of Cen
tral1a. on pear culture, was read. H. pruncs
at all seasons, manures and thoroughly cult:-
Vales The soil; has grown three pecks per
tree On tTc-year old trees, set in spring of
Bartlett. L. B. de Jrrsey, Belle Leucretia,
H'onaRocd, Mtseoiuip, Dus.hte=, Nxi:e Dog
ma, Flemish Beauty, i, cses anl Howell, are
vi Il him faVorlte SORTS. Pick the fruit Whau
ripe, and put acay to fully mature. Sets in
the autuuib; thinks dwarf pears sill pa;, at
least his do.
PRUNING OF PEARS.
Dr. Wa1der said, FIR wo,sd pru2e ii winter,
but never when frrz~r; but To- 1ruit, in sum
mer- If pruned When 1ruzun, the cut wood
Will turn black, and the stock beecms discol-
ored with the sap that rHns down o3er the
bark. The best lime is after tbs fall of the
~-N-t s~OA A4ANAA
condition we can Zee the tree in sll its parts,
and can see better how and What to cut out
and what to leave Tae subject Of summer
pruning is more dufaut matter, requiring
nice discrimination
TO MAKE CUTTINGS.
!. Would prefer sharp knife, to cut off cut
ttngs, but in nurseries, where large amounts
CT cuttings are USED, they are cut off in a
common cutting box, and often with shears:
and ne ha1 10 cGntcss that tney grew as well
as those cut off with 3 sharp knife with
the incest care. This will be interesting to
those who have large amounts Of Rillo cut
tings to make up. II this view Is correct,
which is doubtless true, it will make large
saving Ct laoor b. using cutting box for this
purpose: It is probable that i, 4,0o3, 900 or
5.e00,CC0 white willow cuttings will be sent
cut. To cut these one by one, ten inches
long, is slow and 1aborious process, and we
presume the cutting boz will be called into
Ivqnieiiior.
DISTANCE TO SET PEAR TREES.
Nearly all concrrreu in close planting, say
Eixteen to twenty feet, so as TO shade the
ground; all agreed in culciyating the orchard.
1sFAIl,8LE REMEDY FOR TIE PEAR BLIGHT.
Nh. Coleman stated that Mr., j. i Pettipsiil
OF Macoupin county h:s for sevar.l years been
in the practice, when his trees were first ut
tackled with the blight, to shave OFF the outer
bark OF the trunk or brarcfl anscted beloW the
affected nArt With q dfawiug knife or spoke
shaver, and that il eyrry instance the pTo4re5s
II ths disease ha.i been arrested. Mr. G. bad
tried tie remedy on several occasions, and
a'so named half dozen other gentlemen who
lad done so, ard thus far the remedy #as
SUCCESS. He Is not able to explaiu the reasons.
Eor hiss he full t1ith in it, but thus far II
lts history such are the facts. A1r Higgins
coIroborated the above IN case Of Mr. Pe55in-
gel1- A1r. Bryant had shaved off the affzc5ed
bark, but ss1'Aout success, cutting off the
Cead branches, Was OF no use. Iu all casss
slow and rapid growing sorts were equally
liable to the blight Several members took
part iu this prolific theme, and the result is,
that when We tathom the cholera, potato dis
case, and who struck Billy Patterson, that we
will probably have lghs en- tne subject.
EVENING SESSION.
An interesting paper was read from Prof.
Turner, Of which more will be said when it
comes up in order.
Since the opening Of the morning session,
the number OF members has Increased to
nearly hundred, and the meeting promises
to be one Of much interest. RURAL.