INDEX. 



381 



Page. 



Life memberH. list of 370-373 



Librarian, annual report of 73 



ijibrary, Lyon, additions to 73 



Lilly, L. A., remarks by 351 



Lime water for curculio 88 



Lyon, T. T., annual address by._ 86 



bulletin by ....241-261 



letter from 128 



pai>erby.._ 29, 47 



remarks by 18, 24, 26, 50. 51, 64, 79, 



113, 339. 343, 344. 348 



M. 



Manure, in orchai'ds. Iiow to apply 10 



Manurinff twice each season 12, 13 



Maple sugar, methods of making 80-86, 87 



makini? of inOceana county 86 



utensils for making 81-85 



tapping trees for 82 



boiling, storing, packing market- 

 ing 84 



making, profits of ...85, 86 



Markets, glutted, means to avoid 13-20 



Market ing, honest methods in _ _ .74-76 



Meehan, Thos. B., paper by 296 



Messener, Mr., paper by 292 



Membership, inducements to... . 68 



Michigan, advantages of for fruitgrowing 337 -339 



Michigan .Agricultural College 36 



Michigan fruit, what affects prices of 337, 338 



Mildew, powdery, of the plum 96 



treatment of 96 



Missouri, grape industry in 292 



Monroe, C. J., remarks by 20, 26, 31, 115, 339, 366 



Morrill, R., paper by 14, 117, 345 



remarks by .74,75,76,78,111,126,127,340, 342 



Mulberry, notes on at sub-station 260 



Russian, quality of 327 



N. 



National flower, choice of a 64 



Nebraska, fruitgrowing in 3.58 



New York Horticultural Society, proceedings 



of ....318-3.33 



New varieties, how introduced 341-344 



Nichols. Benj. E., obituary of 363 



Nomenclature, reform in 304, 308, 312 



Northern fruits, increased consumption of 48 



Nursery business, status of 61 



improvement of 283 



Nurserymen, American, proceedings of 283-317 



Nursery, the, commercial fertilizers for 296-299 



green crops as fertilizers for 298, 299 



Nursery stock, how best to procure 120, 345 



best sizes and condition of 345-347 



Nats, notes on at sub-station ... 261 



o. 



Oceana county, peach-growing in 76-78 



first peach orchard in 77 



maple sugar making in 86 



plum growing in 98 



black knot in 103 



Officers and committees of society vii 



Onion, mold of 262 



Orchards, apple, in southern Michigan 50, 53, 64 



cultivation of_,_ 26 



manure in, how to apply 10 



Organizations for fruit shipment 16 



Osage orange for hedges 65 



Owen. Dr. W., remarks by 48, 51, 52, 59 



P. 



Packing of fruit.. 14, 339 



Packages, standardfor fruit... 76, 115 



/^. •4»i«r/cawa, free from curculio 40 



Payne, W. H., remarks bv .340 



report by..'. 365-367 



Peach, crop of in Washtenaw county 360 



hardier varieties of 333 



methods of culture of 77 



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Peach, preferred varieties of 78, 113-114 



newer varieties of 313 



notes on at sub-station 259 



Peach-growing, discussion of 112 



in Oceana county .76-78 



Peach marketing in Delaware 352, 356 



Peach orchard, best location for 79, 112. 357 



Pear blight, results of in New York 319 



Pear, preferred varieties of 152 



lejif-blight of... 265 



orchard, dwarf varieties for 348 



Pearsall, S. M., remarks by 19, 20, 31, 87 



report by 72 



Peas, tests of at experiment station 238 



influence of soil upon 269 



Phillips, Walter, remarks by.. 343 



Phosphoric acid, use of as a fertilizer. 11 



Plants, chemical elements of 10 



hardy herbaceous.. 320-321 



Plant food, paper on 9 



Plum, diseases of the 87-97 



culture of in Oceana county 98-100 



preferred varieties of 90, 111, 154, 330-331,327, 357 



notes on at sub-station 260 



notesonby 8. D. Willard.. 288, 831 



discussion upon varieties of the 309 



best root stocks for grafting of the 309 



Plums, discussion concerning 289-292 



insects injurious to 831 



Plum bladders or pockets 94-95 



treatmentof 96 



Plum culture, in Oceana county 98-100 



profits of ...99, 100 



preparation of soil for 330 



obstacles to 331 



Premiums, list of, awarded in 1889 134-140 



President's annual address 66 



report upon 101 



Proctor, J. B., remarks by 347 



Prunus Simoni, qaality of 327 



Pomology in department of agriculture 101 



Pomona and her fruits, a dialogue 21-24 



Potatoes, tests of at experiment station 206-225 



tests of varieties 207-225 



characteristics of sorts tested 210-213 



methods of culture 213-220 



how to plant 220-223 



Potato rot, prevention of.. 268 



Potato scab, of what it consists 228 



treatment for 225 



Potash salts, value of as a fertilizer 11 



muriate of, cost per ton 11 



Q. 



Quality in fruits, relative value of 129 



Quince, leaf-blight of 265 



R. 



Radish, notes on varieties of... 240 



Raspberry, culture of _. 61 



discussion upon varieties of the 295 



preferred varieties of 333 



varieties of grown in Michigan 162 



tests of at sub-station 251-256 



notes on varieties of.. ...252-2.56 



Ramsdell, J. G., of South Haven, remarks by... 339. 



344, 347, 351, 353, 366 

 Ramsdell, J. G., of Traverse City, remarks by. . , 13, 



17, 19 



Reid, Edwy C, remarks by 64 



report by ....70, 131 



Resolutions by society.. 40, 65, 102, 128 



Reynolds. S., remarks by 87 



Roberts, A. C, paper by... 32 



Rose Chafers, treatment of 116 



Root grafting, best stocks for 309 



Roots of plants, action of in process of growth. 9 

 Russell. F. .J., remarks by 86, 87 



S. 



Sales by auction 118 



Science, what has done for horticulture 351 



Scott, B. H., remarks by 49, 50, 61 



