, 1873-01-25
HORTlCULT TURE.
Northern Illinois Horticul-
tural Society. =
Seventh Annual Meeting.
Vegetable Gardening --- fruis-
Growing---SeHing tr1llt
=: by Weight
Neutrality-suspicious. Of omeers".'Ihe
Industrial Un;;rers:tr-.-1aeorgani"
Eation Of the State Horu-
cultural Spciety.

Industrial Tn, An4"
xation Of the State Horu- ~
... cultural Society.
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From Our Ocn Correspondent.
- FnxEponr, IL, jan. %, 1873.
=. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
srr. Penam, of the H'este:n Rural Chicago,
,ava p plsin. practical talk On this subject. He
said that, as general thing, the farmer had
noor garden, ard, as the garden was for the COM
+o~t Of the. family, that it should be most in
nroyed. De accounted for this apathy to tie
garden as the result Of a dislike OF the Western
-~fgrmer to 60 much hard work as the garden ia
supposed to demand In order to obgiate thls,
ye mus. put tho garden on the same basis es
that Of onr hoed crops, and so arrange the plat
.ss to plant long. rows, to be cultivated with
horsepower. An acre OF garden ground
-.nust have at leEst 40 two horse wagon-loads
Of manure per annun,. Asparagus needs three
"Tesrs to bring it to maturity, after which it re-
nuires littlo attention. The city gardeners use
implements for cutting weeds, in place Of the
common hoe, an implement not much used. Tho
:seeds must :be planted in straight rowH, 80 TINT
the cutters can run close TO" the plants. - Seeds
are eener ally sown with drills, though small lots
: Of vegetables may be planted by hand, using
line to lay out the row, and :nasnpg q mark for
- the seeds with Il hoe, using a corner OF it for
this purpose. Mr.. Hill would sow radishes with
onions for the first crop; as the radishes will be
matnred and out OF the WY Of the onions, which
st first arc s1ow to start, and the culture OF the
radishes prepares the soil for thu onion crop.
VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY.
Mr. n. 81. McAfeo read sn interesting paper
on this subject. This branch OF the natural
sciences is, at this time, beginning to attract
attention, and is to hold place in our COM
mon schools. The want OF proper c1ass-boolln
for our schools is felt at this time; that is. one
that should be divested Of al the lumber Of the
library is what is much needed-
MeaErs. McWhorter, Loomis, and Douglass
discussed this subject latter showing how
plants adapted themselves to wide range Of
conditions,
FRUITS FOE TIE SoBTH.
Nr. L. G. Tuttle, OF BG-aboo, Wis, discussed
tte shove subject. He stated that the apples
culEizsted in MinneBota and Wisconsin are about
the same varieties rs; those grown in
Northern Illinois, He had seen the Duch-
ees Of Oldeaburgh apples kept for months
in tbs open air it was then:-putin barrels, and
Is in good condition at the present time. Apples
Eiu Keep almost indefinitely if they can be kept
1T low Temperature. In regard to the Wal
bridge apple, he had fonnd it very hardy, and,
ms it is productive it is giving great satisfaction
Among tie fruits, as g sort Of right flank, are |
zamples 1T cider made from the Siberian crab |
APPLES from the orchard Of A. R. Nhitny. which |
the COMMITTEE, who alone have been permitted /
to taste, pronounce superb but just what that |
term may N can, cannot possibly imagine With |
out tasting tive cider: but, as it has sll dsap-
peared, the thing must remain mystery, and |!
the teader IS much myshfoQ as myself. |
r~f1En
Mr. S. G. Minller presented report on this !
subject. Tho fruit crop for the past year has |
been remarkably gs,od in fact, 80 good that tho
market for summer aud fan apples was com-
ter apples is good This should teach ns that
we must plant moro largely OF winter apples. !
Lnrge quantities Of cider Were made, but for |
that there was little demand, on account OF its |
having been made too early in the season for |
keeping. The cherry crop was not so full as il |
some years, on account OF bad weathe- at the
time OF blooming. j
/. HARDY VARIETIES OF Apq1E.
-Hf, PfeiHer, Of WiEcon6lp, road paper on the
above subject. he took. exception to the views
Of Mr. futile. Hardness depends much on the
condition Of the wood. That which is fully ma
tured will benr grehter degree OF cold than
same a-:ety may suffer moro one year than
mother for this cause. The Duchess OF Olden-
'u1gh, tsetopsky. and other Russien varieties
Ippear to. be the most hardy, and among tnem
nay b in. 5uded the Siberian crabs. He pre-
entd eamr les OF sciopts Of different varieties to
how. how L MT ,7ere affected By frost. He also
theplantin.T OF eeedllnEs, to be top
RATED after pming into bearing. These seed
ngs should b. from caret .ully cross-pfea aeeo,
ne parent toem 5-ace hardinc. 9 and bearing quai-
ties The speal er gave dos. ription Of cross-
=; but, as there WAS no new 1eatufe'
ae reader is refer .ed to the boob Tor 1n1orma-
on. In regard to tenperature, atateu i ina1
ID IN the abscne< of .7ild 9pela g, tsd 3roe1
ID nor enaanger theacrop, ,whlo reps ,a'eo 1foez~
}gs and thawings we.n TO- rs feared
CHANCES IN TIE CoN. .;11TuT1oEo
Captain Beebee moved to change the> Co4ss -. w..
.:.o,. so as to make the PreEn1ent ano 1oL
1es1dents the Exec utiye COMMITTEE. oaa ' .sra
be wives of mem] oers were made memI $efS
ithout fee. .,'
- PRu SISd-sxn |ARs-, l.
ere presented, ma le at Sterling. III. y
Mr. ,7n,sis SELLING F3u1T Fl y 1aHr hst al, frn;ts
'ould be sold by weight: Sew Gal members
!oSe u favor Of th motion, and i. WIG Passeul
1iout opposition. This is a regul1 alon 'nA'
4ss 4 5oon come into general use. o,a,
II. LIE EArron the Stnte Entomologist, 1eAo !
pes on the subject Of /,
He said that noxn ,us insects moved forw. "a
q backward in thei periods OF destruction
Is year doing Little harm yet, next year swarm
!. therefore, know in advance Just how much
this force We may have to meet The chinch- al
3 at one time may spread over 40, 600 square l.:
les, and sweep away q great por- IL
n Of the er3p. They do not ov
ne cut Of the eartt hut are bred in the rec11- P]
order OF nature. fhese insect-sconrges have a
.ir emem!ea that laold them in check, The I'll
'ter bark-louae is proyed upon by small CT
olsis ~ that borcs a round hole through into 20
sae4 and the yoang OF tho fly fced On tile |
g OF the bark-louse. This accounts for thn g1
eck that this berl-louso has met Of late, tx
'rs, IN tie orchards OF tho northern mart nft vi
&a@e. Had it not been for eome such check II
growing Of apples would bo hardly possible., fu
thought it quite practicable to Transport til
se cholsis flies to distant orchards, as hndt} OF
N proved BY Captain ,;3eebeo,~ Of Galena, 81.
0 took these f1ies from Geneva, on ar
Fox River, to Galena, with tho most perfect ar