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First Annual North ern Illinois Horticultural Society Meets
The first annual gathering of the Northern Illinois Horticultural Society opened on February 11 at Hettinger's Hall Freeport with about a hundred members present. Mayor Sunderland spoke, praising horticultural study and urging practical education, while President Edwards outlined goals and the need to cultivate timber hedges for the prairie region. Experts from multiple states discussed apples, orchard methods, marketing, and storage, emphasizing root grafted trees, careful sorting, and cool, ventilated cellars for storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois, Horticultural Society
Hettinger's Hall
Samuel Edwards
la Moille
Bureau County
Mt. Carroll
D. B. Péck
C. C. Miller
McHenry County
I. EB. Carey
Sunderland
Northern Illinois Horticatural Society
Pule Society
North-west
Edwards
Freeport
Northern Illinois Horticulture Society
Illinois Industrial University
Northern Illinois Horticultural Society
Messia
Kenney
Rockaland
Bleinder
McHeniry
Baldwin
Sallé County
E. H. Skinner
Marengo
Palestine
England
United States
FE. H. Skinner
Chicago Commission
Skinner
Ben Navis
Jeanettes
Russell
Wayne
Mr. Coe
Rock Island County
McWharter
Minkler
Kendall
Mr. Minkler
Rawles
Janet