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executive board of three. We hold semi-annual meetings, in 

 September and January. The officers are chosen at the January 

 meeting. The society now consists of twenty members. 



The officers for the present year are : 



President — T. P. Looker. 



Vice President — James M. Brown. 



Secretary — H. C. Isbell. 



Treasurer — Jacob Stiegar. 



Executive Board — W. A. Springer, J. Wakefield, C. F. Eaton. 



Our last meeting was held March 25, 1881, at the residence of 

 C. F. Eaton. There was a good attendance, and some excellent 

 fruit was on exhibition. W. A. Springer had thirty-one varie- 

 ties, some in excellent condition, maialy seedlings. John Bil- 

 lington had several kind j , generally in good condition. A lot of 

 scions were exhibited, several of them showing hard usage from 

 the cold weather. It was the opinion of the society that our fruit 

 trees are generally injured. After an excellent dinner, the so- 

 ciety adjourned, resolving to hold another festival during the 

 the strawberry season. At the present time, fruit trees are look- 

 ing fair in this section, and bid fair for an average crop. Most 

 kinds of grapes are all right. At our regular meeting, in Janu- 

 ary, Mr. T. P. Looker was chosen delegate to the county society. 

 H. C. Isbell, Recording and Corresponding Secretary. 



REPORT OF GRAND CHUTE HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



The meetings held by this society the past year have been more 

 interesting than formerly. The discussions at the spring meeting 

 were confined to tree planting and best trees far the orchard. 



The summer meeting, held July 17, was well attended, and the 

 exhibition of fruits and flowers the best ever made by the society. 

 Specimens of the well known early varieties of apples were shown, 

 also "The Fourth of July," a new variety in this locality, which 

 promises to be valuable ; several kinds of currants and raspberries 

 filled the tables, and a handsome collection of cut flowers from the 

 fields and the garden adorned the room. 



