, 1865-12-21
ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULr
TURAL SOCIETY.
"RuIapsn Notes on the Tenth An
nual Meeting.

HugH-The Illinois Fruit CFoJs OF 1gR:
-1ntrrcst1ng Reports Of Officers.
{Couesponderee Of tie Chicago Tsibnpe,1
fonaAL. Mclean To-, Dee, ~,
Tho tenth meeting Of the Illinois State Hor
tirultural Society met this morning at th.
Normal Institute. President Reynolds in tn,
chair. =
= Tho attendance Is quite large, numbering
sone ol tic most prominent frait growers /,
tho State.
President Reynolds delivered the usual
ANNUAL ADDRESS.
The address Is full of valuable surpestaon,
Among the most prominent Was tie recon-
mcndation OF State Eutomo1oeist, La iact
man 10 look after tho bugs. When wo con
slider the deprcdatfons made by the insec
tribes. VIC find that the damage In the State
amounts to millions of dollars annually, II
ward oa these destructoEB, We must study
their habits, aud thus learn low to destro1
them. AT the Inst session Of tie Legislatuyt
q bill was orawn for this purpose, bnt from
Al K statistical bureau Tor tho gathering Of a,
{nets in rcgnrd to farm products is mucf
needed. Allns1on wns also made to the Apri
cultural College, md the subject referred L
school md not TO divide the fund. He wouli
also recommend to the people to vote for NJ
man unless he Is pledged to this view.
The President also recommended that /.
:tree.plantinE association should be formed
bearing the name Of the late c. r. Overman
Tho address was short, pointed and eloquent
! TIE REPORTS OF oRF1cgRs.
The Treasurer, s. G. Minklcr, reported cast
in the treasury sixty nine dollars, showing
the Society in a healthy condition; and tha
Secretary reported one hundred md forty
Tho Vice Presidents were called upon 70,
reports Of the
/, CONDITION OF uoRrIcuL1URR
In their respective districts, and Mr. E. Bald
wln, Of the Sixth District, was the drst ont
who responded. He thought grape on tht
brain was better than no grapes 10 eat. Con
cord and Isabella bore good crops, peass bore
good CROP apples nearly failure, The
The codliDg moth did an immense amount oI
damage Thinks the winter should not bea,
al the blame for poor crops Of fruit, but g
Fart Of tt to be borne By the summer drought
and other causes.
s. D. Jones Of the 18th District, reported
verbally Strawberries balf crop peach crop
very fair; apples less than half q crop. The
loss Of this crop Ia attributed to the previous
summers drought, thus corrobornting Mr..
aldwin- The grape crop fair. Nortons
Virginia good, and the same OF Concord.
Fou7 stations, beginning at CaGondale,
shipped over ohe hundred thousand boxes OF
peaches, seyen thousand barrels of apples,
and twenty-five hundred boxes OF pears. The
amornt # olcaalding to come into bearing
from his district. The codding moth and
other insects 60 no email amount OF damage
to the apple cop. ,,..-. So.
The grape is attracting intention. Con.
cord, Eorton's Virginia, and Earbemept
are tie leading varieties. The curculio WAS
less destructive than usual on the peach CROP
The cherry crop Is future, and the curculio
destroyed all the plums.
Arthur Bryant, Of the 9th district, leported
that the strawberry crop was Hight, CuI7anis
full crop, Lawton Blackberry, winter
killed. Raspberry a fair CROP Grape ripeu-
ed badly, and crop poor. Tho Delaware was
badly leaf:blighted. Apple crop wns almost
Ben Davis, Jonathan md Willow :Twlg pro-
drced fair crop. The pear crop was good
one.
The Flemish Beauty, for the iIrst time, was
crooked and badly grown. Had never had
any crooked pears before this season.
Apples rotted on the trees and did not keep
well, with tho exception of the three varieties
named,
The Secretary, Mr.. Flngg. reported the
Alton HORTICULTURAL Society In most flourish
ing condition, with monthly meetings, the
proceedings OF which were fully reported and
PhplE Encu- -.
=: NEW SUGAR TREE.
Mr. D. b. Weir, Of Lacou, reported that be
tapped three trees Of the ash leaf maple or
Box Alder. The sap is about one-third IS
sweet as that II the Sugar Maple. -
smily Shepherd said that neIghbor tap
ped number OF trees, bet q freshek carried
Gil hts pans. Another told him that bo tap
ped tho ash leaf maple, and that The sap was
as sweet ne that OF the sugar maple.
~ all At H. l.
ment with the silver leaf maple. and found
that In boiling down the sap that 1t made
uo'asscs, one gallon from twenty-aix OF the
br. Huh had found that tlye: and half ea1.
Ions Of the sap of the sugar maple made one
required Of the ash leaf maple that the su-
gar had fine grain and Of good qualify
Nothing satisfactory has yet grown ont Of
this new source Of sugar, and 1t will prob
ably eoon be lost sight Of. -,
The Committee on tho Spread OF the Canads
1hts,lG were allowed further time to report.
The President reported that the Trnnsac-
tious Of this Society for the years 81, 'Go and
'63 ore 10 be published with the Transactions
Of the State Agricultural Society, and that
The Transactions for 1851 will be published In
pamphlet to the number Of i've hundred,
lhronglI Mr. Fell, that the southern half ot.
|hc State was opposed to any lar restricting
lock from running Mt large, and he would
that q law Of this kind should be
passed, applicable to The northern half Of The
state Mr.. Fell urged Tho great benefits to
se derived from = syste1n thht would compel |
very owner of stock to take care Of them, as
t would save m Immense amount In the cost |
II fencing.
The hours Of meeting were i1xed at Ok q. m. |
o : p. m. and p. m.-two sessions.
TIE coax1E1xHa.
On Fitfks-Dz. ]. A. Worder. Of Ohio: j, z. |
sttopgb, OF Alton; D. B. Weir, Of Lacou; Dr. Hull,
,aD,D, 81 y gssn s'A \ s. R;nsah Th!nay sDS p5 we4a
Cn Final Maoltdlons--0. n. Mfnier. j. y. Fcll, |
\. Dsyant, =. O. Mfukleg aud Elmer Baldwin 7 |
On ne PrsIid, nf'1 Addres.-Bm1ley ShephsFd.
I. 4. stough and j. T. Ltftle-
FRUIT On n1nIBt11oy
Newton pipptns, By Jas. E.. siough. End other
crI fnc varieties. Ester Buer1e and Vicar OF Wake
M eld EeaIs Wefe aanked BY bottled cask Of Con-
B. ". Davis, Of BcllsIlle- -Followater Newton
met Romantic.
esond crop Of Rcd juno Apples. half grown.
G. ". Mtnier, Of Tazewcll-a Wirnsay Rowles
anet: Yellow Dellhover, Harrison, Gllpin
.rg1l.h Golden Rlsset, and Seeding not
amcd. '.' |
B. L WILEY, Of Mokaens. Rowlcs Janet, Pecks,
lehsant Gi3pin and Newton PtppIns.
Aan!ost i Fsrris, Of Coles county, presented an
pp1e for name.
The above is proof Of the Hight crop Of
rples the past year. i
outI, Carolina and Repudfation-om-
csal Correspondence. II
EXECUTIVE DErAR7nEsT, sorru CAnoiNA,