292 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BAY COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



OFFICERS FOR 1SS3. 



President — B. F. Partridge. 



Secretary — A. Corbin. 



Ireastirer — N. Knight. 



Directors — Wm. Maxon, "Wm. Gafney. 



Mr. A. R. Wedthoflf, the Secretary of the society during 1882, died about the 

 time of the annual fairs, and the following report has been kindly furnished by 

 Mr. A. Corbin, the present Secretary: 



Secretary Garfield: Dear Sir, — From the records that I have at hand., 

 it seems there were but three meetings during the year 1882, and from the 

 records of our late Secretary I find them as follows : 



The first meeting was March 25th, with but few members in attendajice. 

 There were some very interesting discussions on different subjects. Society 

 adjourned to June 17. 



The June meeting was called to order by the President, B. F. Partridge, who 

 stated that this meeting was called for the purpose of exhibiting stravi^berries 

 and flowers. This was the first meeting of our society worth calling a horti- 

 cultural meeting. 



The exhibition of strawberries and flowers was grand. The table arranged 

 by Mrs. Freeman was a beautiful sight. Tiie following varieties of strawberries 

 were exhibited by J. R. Hall : Seedling, Sharpless, Jucunda, Monarch of the 

 West; by A. Corbin: Bidwell, Boyden, Glossey Cone, Tripple Crown, Jucunda, 

 Monarch, Captain Jack; by T. Rundell : Mammoth Wild and Longfellow ; by 

 J. F. Romer : Monarch of the West, Boyden No. 30, Chas. Downing, Bidwell, 

 and Early Scarlet; by John Jones : Wilson ; by A. Birch : Wilson, Downing, 

 President Wilder, Michigan ; by H. Meisel: Wilson. 



There was a very interesting discussion on the merits and demerits and culti- 

 Tation of fruits exhibited. The meeting adjourned to August 18th, for the 

 purpose of exhibiting fruit, flowers, and vegetables, and to make arrangements 

 for the State and county fairs. 



There is no complete record of the August meeting in the books or papers 

 that I have belonging to the society. There was a good display of fruits and 

 flowers, also an increasing interest manifested at that meeting. 



By the death of Mr. Wedthoff, our late secretary, we have lost one of our 

 most interested workers. He was always on hand and also made individual 

 efforts to secure the presence of others. He contributed largely to the interest 

 of the meetings by his own exhibits which M'ere especially choice. Tiie meet- 

 ing of August 18 was the last he attended, his sickness and death occurring 

 soon after. At the exhibition at that time the display of early fall fruits and 

 autumn flowers was exceedingly fine. Mrs. Freeman exhibited some canned 

 fruits which attracted a great deal of attention. Her method of preparing 

 and canning is a superior one. Mr. Albert Birch exhibited Red Astrachun, 

 Early Harvest, and Russian apples. Mr. Chas. Bradford exhibited Red Astra- 

 chan, Sour Bough, Sweet Bough, Lowell, Early Strawberry, Craig's August, 



