REPORTS OF AUXILIARY SOCIETIES. -^5? 



WASHTENAW COUNTY POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



PREPAllED BY JACOB GANZHORN". 

 OFFICERS FOR 1883. 



President — J. Austin Scott. 



Vice-Presidejits — J. D. Baldwin, S. W. Dorr, P. L. Page. 



Secretary — Jacob Ganzhorn. 



Corresponding Secretary — Emil Baur. 



Treasurer — E. H. Scott. 



Executive Committee — J. J. Parshall, Wm. McCreery, Chas. H. Woodruff, CK 

 E. L. Crozier. 



Climatologist — Dr. Alex. Wincliell. 



Botanist — Prof. Volney Spalding. 



Ornothologist — Prof. J. B. Steere. 



Hygienist — Dr. A. B. Prescott. 



Entomologist — D. J. Higly. 



List of Members for 1882— F. B. Braun, J. J. Parshall, E. H. Scott, W. F» 

 Bird, Emil Baur, C. H. Woodruff, N. B. Covert, Benj. Day. E, A. Spence. John 

 Allmand, P. L. Page. S. Mills, Dau'l Hiscock, C. R. Gardner, B. E. Nichols, 

 G. F. Allmendinger, Jas. D. Duncan, E. Popkins, Wm.McCrearv, Frank Parker, 

 M. S.White & Co., I. N. S. Foster, Jos. Whitlark & Co., John Mead, H. Briggs, 

 E W. Coddington, John AVilliams, John W. Williams, N. Sheldon, H. Sessions, 

 John C. Bird, Mrs. Lucy Whitlark, E. A. Nordman, Felix Dounely, 0. F. Webster, 

 J. E. Sumner, Wm. Warner, Chas. Conrath, John Dounely. Jacob Ganzhorn, 

 S. W. Dorr, J. A. Scott. 



Honorary Members — Dr. Alex. Winchell, Dr. A. B. Prescott, Prof. V. M. 

 Spalding, Prof. J. B. Steere, D. J. Higly. 



The Iruit crop for 1882 was good, excepting the apple. The Baldwin, of the 

 latter, yielded best; in some orchards yielding a full crop. Prices of all fruits 

 ruled well, or satisfactory. First-class apples sold at $2 per barrel, buyers 

 furnishing barrels and doing the packing. The peach interest keeps spreading 

 and continues to oversliadow all other fruits. The orchards which had the 

 best air-drainage yielded the best crop; others suffered to some extent from the 

 severe late spring frosts. First-class peaches sold for $1.50 to 83.00 per bushel. 

 Late peaches brought the latter figures. Pear growing is increasing ; bearing 

 trees bore well. The fruit of the Flemish beauty was nearly all destroyed by 

 cracking, caused by the excessive wet weather in July. First-class pears sold 

 for $2.00 and upwards per bushel. Sweet cherries were injured by the spring- 

 frosts; the sour kinds yielded about a half crop. Price of the latter, $2.50 

 per bushel. 



Grape growing is steadily increasing ; it is mainly spreading among farmers, 

 who plant for their own use. The writer of this has eight acres planted, and 

 intends to keep adding from time to time. The Concord is the only grape 

 attempted to be grown for the market. The grape crop was very large, but 

 below an average in quality on account of the low temperature and excessive wet 



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