38 . STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A Member: Will you tell us about top grafting — are there any 

 special trees to prefer in top grafting? 



Prof. Hallagan : I woulrt prefer Tolman Sweet because they are 

 straight grained, long lived, and do not si)lit easily, but some other 

 varieties are often used. 



A Member: How about the Astrakau? 



Prof. Hallagan : I haven't had any experience with toj) grafting with 

 this variety. 



A Member: The reason I asked this question is that I have seen 

 some very thrifty Astrakans, that gave good results. 



A Member: Have you ever tried the Salome? 



Answer: I have tried the Salome and while it is good, it is not as 

 good as the varieties I mentioned. 



A Member': This apple (showing a specimen) was handed to me 

 with the request to know Avhat it was; it is said to have every a})pearance 

 of a Spy and yet it came off of a tree that was near a Delicious tree. 

 It looks somewhat like a Delicious, and the query was whether trees 

 growing so close together could not interchange their fruit qualities. 

 AVhat is your theory on cross pollenation^ — is there any such a thing 

 as cross pollenation? 



Prof. Halligan : We have been carrying on experiments along this 

 line and have found that if a Spy apple is crossed with a Greening 

 apple, it does not effect the resulting fruit, but the seed. If you planted 

 the seed you would get a cross between the Greening and the Spy. 

 But once in a while you would get an apple which may be green in 

 color and when crass pollenated with the Baldwin you will find just a 

 section of that red, perhaps a quarter or an eighth of the apple which we 

 are convinced from our experience this is an example of cross pollena- 

 tion. 



HORTiriTLTriJAL INTERESTS OF MICHIGAN. 



HON. C. J. MONROE^ SOUTH HAVEN. 



Michigan has five great industries, viz. : Agriculture, manufacturing, 

 Innibering, mining and nuirine. 



Quoting from a 1)nlletin on "Michigan Agriculture, Its Present Status 

 and Wonderful I'ossibilities," by Dean Shaw of our Agricultural Col- 

 lege, '"These industries are sufficiently developed so that all are im- 

 l)ortant to the nation as well as the commonwealth ; none are incidental, 

 all having "been develoi)ed s(tmewhat uniformly.'' 



Quoting again from the same bulletin, "The agriculture of Michigan 

 is notable because of its annnal i)rodncti<>n and the unsurjtassed variety 

 of its product." "This industry might well be divided into two groups, 

 viz.: Agriculture and Horticulture, because of the prominence of the 

 latter." 



Horticulture's prominence among the industries of our State may 

 be judged not merely from number of trees, acreage and value of prod- 



