SUMMER MEETING, 18S2. G7 



Mr. Tracy: I met Mr. Satterfcliwaite, of Pennsylvania, who told me about 

 his experience witli chestnuts. Although he has a model pear orchard, still 

 his chestnut orchard lie makes the more profitahle per acre. He too has noted 

 the variation. One variety is larger, earlier, and of better quality, bringing 

 double the price in market. 



J. A. Keyes, Whiteliall : Will not one experience a good deal of difliculty 

 iu transplanting the chestnut? 



j\lr. Satterlce : Yes, the chestnut belongs to the tap-rooted trees, and 

 transplantation when quite young is desirable. But the one thing needful is 

 to have them out of the ground as short a time as possible. 



Mr. Jones: I had a thrifty chestnut standing alone on- my grounds which 

 blossomed for years but did not bear fruit until I secured a mate for it. 



VARIETIES FOR THE XORTH SHORE. 



The above subject was next taken up and u]ion request Mr. J. J. Hubbell, 

 of Bcnzonia, spoke first upon tlie topic. 



Mr. Hubbell; We are not old enough in Benzie county to know just what 

 we do want or what it is most desirable to have. Yet as the years come and 

 go, leaving with us bits of experience, we are getting at lists of varieties that 

 seem best adapted to our climate. Of the Ked Canada which is so much 

 lauded in the southeast of our Sta^ we have but two bearing trees in our 

 county, but we have done a good deal of top grafting to this sort. Our Ben 

 Davis trees are being worked over to this variety. 



Mr. Lyon: Is the Ben Davis even tolerable with you? 



Mr. Hubbell: No, we don't raise any better ones than other people. The 

 Northern Spy does well with us, but we have to wait 15 years for any returns. 



Mr. Lyon : Are you troubled with black speck in your Northern Spys? • 



Mr. Hubbell : No, not in the least. After 20 years' experience I should 

 place the Golden Kusset at the top of the list of market varieties. The 

 Khode Island Greening is not quite hardy with us. Here is the family list of 

 varieties made by our county pomological society that may give you a notion 

 of our ideas upon sorts for our locality : 



FOR AI^ ORCHAKD OF FIFTY TREES. 

 Summer. 



Early Harvest 1 



Sweet Bough 1 



Primate 1 



Red Astrachan 2 



"Wine (Benoni) 1 



Summer Pearmain 1 



Fall. 



Porter. 2 



Maiden's Bkish 2 



Cheuaugo Strawberry 2 



Hawley 1 



Lowell 2 



Gravenstein 2 



Jersey Sweet 1 



Early Winter. 



Belmont 2 1 Bailey Sweet 2 



Fameuse 2 ' Westfield Seek-no-farther 2 



Late Winter. 



Talman Sweet 2 



Golden Kusset 5 



Wagener 6 



Red Canada S 



Northern Spy 2 



Mr. McClatchie : We have no trouble in growing the Baldwin with us in 



Mason county. 



