, 1866-12-24
THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
FRUIT GROWERS AS.
ISOLATION,
Second Days Session.

Revts1on OF the Apple Llst-Electtou
Of Ofheers-The Next Mee1ln.-Rrui
Culture and Mulchtn@-Seedine II
GFnAH-H1anuIes-ha -habblts-The Rore,
Tho OFphts-The Goblin Moth.
Correspondence OF the Chicago Trlbpne.]
ConDEN, December 20, 1866.
! The Society held an evening session las,
night, aud revised the apple list continuing
the discussion where 1t was left of yesterday
afternoon. After considerable discussion,
the list WAS fixed up to suit the meeting
The following are the varieties Recommended
for Southern Illinois: Eatly Harvest, Caro-
line, Red June, Red Astrachna, Golden
Sweet, American. Summer Pearmaln, Lowell,
Wnliams' Fayorite, Buckingham, Rambo!d
Pryor's Red, Willow Twfg, Wine Sap, Ben,
Davis, White Winter Pearmaln, Newtoxu
PiPpin, Rawle's Janet, Yellow Belllour,
American, Golden Russet, Lady's Sweet,
Russet.
The meeting today was called 10 order by
the President Mt 81 O'Clock, a. nj.
"A committee was appointed to report on
the varieties Of fruits on exhibition, and In
strpcted to report at some future stage Of the
The Society went into an election Of ofli-
GERS TO serve during the year, with the fol-
lowing result:
FksIdent-Parker Earle.
ltss hsHd,ns,V :: 4 nego;
IftdsuFSf-John Buck.
noIs Rr:ee!o snor,%tngg ,M%guf g; Josec S: Ds'
A. Ii. Brown, G. l.. Brooks. o. Richardson.
! THE NEXT MEETING.
| The President suggested tha: the Society
| give IN expression Of Its Views aa to when
the next meeting Of the State Horticultural
Society shall be held, for the reason that
meeting at Golden. Various suggestions
| were made, and the Society finally concluded
that the people here could accommodate
the gentlemen likely to be In attendance at
the meeting better one week earlier than the
meeting Of the American Pathological soci.
| ETY. at st. Louis. -
FRUIT CULTURE.
The Society went into discussion Of tie
question Of the cultivation Of ffuits-,nulch-
Mr. Clark said he had mulched soma Of hls
pear trees, and lost none OF them. On an.
fother oceaalon he did not sauica, and lost
I many. -
MI. Earle said mulching seemed to pre-,
serve pear trees from that terrible dlkhse-{
leaf blight He knew of ~ nIan who had n
wood pile about Bartlett pear ttt5,- -khd II
aourished Tonderf1lly. e also tnsw an.f I'd
was the best pear tree be had.
Mr.. De5s spoke favorab1y Of mulching-'
BE also thought pear trees should be enltiva-
ted till the middle Of August. = In order to
the grouud should be deeply plowed.
Mt. Walktr said be set ~ acres Of trees In
wheat field. Others he planted in corn.
The former were not cultivated, the latter
we're. The former were killed 10 the snow-
line, and the latter foursahed. The cu1tiya-
ion. s1f& an %r1a nj ir&$ $1o T.
thought, saved them from the cold, freezing
weather He kept the ground loose and mel
low. He mulched his pear trees, and they
did better than when be cultivated them.
Mr. Hlnckley had mulched black-cap rasp-
berries With coFn-stalks. and they did much
better than when he did not mulch.
Mr.. Brooks planted clover in an apple
orchard, cut 1t down and piled 1t round the
trees. and they did we'll, bearing better by
means Of the mulching. He had lost sir
trees ont Of the orcharl-he could not ac-
count for that. He had some pear trees
grass AID piled It about the trees. Tie re- re.
suit Was very satisfactory. He had other
leaves fell of.
Mr. Wilgus had mulched raspberries and
eurrants with straw, and with good results.
sorghum mill, and the result vas disastrous.
Il nearly killed everything he mulched with
Dr.. Cht1ds had fine results from mulching
Strawberries and currants-
DR.. Curran had tried green sawdust fos
hut 1t killed currants.
~. Musson knasss Of man who mulc6aa
w1ln -slawberries once, but had discarded
Mr.. Clark had had great SUCCESS with saw.
dust as mulch for Strawberries.
MIR. Carpenter mu1ched strawberries with
straw and had great success.
Mr. Clay thought saWdust the poorest
mulch that can be used. It will communi-
cate disease to pear trees. Forest leaves are
good, If they can be kept from blowing away.
If vet season. he would not mulch at all,
for moisture is all the tree or plant wants,
and If 1t can get It naturally, It il better.
The only objection he had to mulchtng was
Its liability to communicate disease to the
trees.
Mr.. Richardson had used mulchine all the
year round IN the North, and would try It
here.
Alr. Lambert had mulched strawberries
with corustalks, and the result was good.
Mr. Baker said mu]ching was good when
Mr: Carpenter planted pear trees seyen
years ego, set in clover, and the land had
never been ploWed since. He uulched with
straw, and the trees were great success.
Of mulching to produce mice might be one
objection to 1t. The testimony on this point
was contradictory, some gentlemen contend
Ing that there was no danger from mice In
Egypt-otherB that there was.
Mr. Jones thought young orchards should
Of July. and then cease. Nov down weeds
and grass, and use them for mulch. He
would culnTatc an apple orchard till It was
five years old, and then giys 1t the entiru use
Of the soil.
Judge Brown said the great fruit grower
Downing, always mulched bis pears, thoush
others did not, for fear of Its producing fun
gus and insects.
DR.. Fa,rcl mulched his trees with ashes
with good results. Mulching with sawdust
produced the grub, which WAS ruinous to
ruined By the ground aphis, although the
trees we're mulched with ashes.
The Society took recess for fifteen min
utes at 1S =. m., then continued discussing
the question OF cultfvatlon.
sEEDEl'G TO oR4ss.
The NEXT question considered Taa-What
dItlonsl
Judge Brown thought that trees would do
peter without having grass growing among
them. He vas Of the opinion that blue
grass would kill an otchaid in few years.
He knew an orchard planted In clover, and
the trees did not grow at al1 for two years.
Mr. Jones said be had neighbor who seed
ed down n orchard in grnss, and be did not
get onc-quarter IS good crop as he Jones)
did, Who did not seed his orchard In grass.
Mr. Brooks spoke flvorablY Of seeding
orchards in clover
Mr.. Earle said the seeding of standing ap-
pic and pear orchards was good thing, and
quoted Mt. Mehan, distinguished pomolo-
gist, in support Of his views. The grnss pro-
duces nm equilibrium Of temperature. and