228 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MASON COUNTY FRUIT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION. 



REPORT BY G. C. MC CLA.TCHIE, PRESIDENT. 



At a meeting of the fruit growers of this vicinity held March 10th, 1882, a 

 society was organized, to ba known as the Fruit Growers' Association of Mason 

 County. The following officers were elected : 



Presiderit — Geo. C. McClatchie. 



Vice PresideJits — Wrn. Warner, Richard Hatfield, John Good. 



Secretary — L. W. Rose. 



Ireasiirer — 0. Quackenbos. 



Executive Committee — Charles Houk, Henry Beebo, L. W. Rose. 



Meetings have been held on the first Saturday of each month since, with one 

 exception, at which discussions have been had wliich have been interesting and 

 profitable to us; but being only beginners in fruit growing, they probably 

 would not be of general interest. 



President Lyon met with us in June; his ripe experience was listened to 

 with pleasure and profit. 



Our experience in raising plums — there are orchards of several thousand 

 trees in this vicinity — might warrant us in giving our opinion as to varieties 

 most successful here. We have found the following among the best: Lom- 

 bard, purple magnum bonum, red magnum bonum, yellow qq^o;^, Prince Engle- 

 bert, Bradshaw, Coe's golden drop, German prune, Pond's seedling, Canada 

 Qgg, and green gage. We find purple magnum bonum the most healthy, best 

 growing tree, and one of the best, if not the best, of plums in size, quality, 

 and color. Coe's golden drop is least liable to rot; green gage stands next to 

 it in this particular. 



