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OAKLAND COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ORGANIZED FEBRUARY, 1883. 



Pursuant to a call, a number ol Oakland county people met in the court 

 house in Pontiac for the purpose of organizing a county horticultural society. 

 Byron 0. Stout was called to the chair and E. J. Kelley acted as temporary 

 secretary. Secretary Garfield gave an account of the work of the State Society 

 and its auxiliaries. A. L. Aldrich, secretary of the Genesee county society, 

 was called upon, and addressed the meeting upon the usefulness of county 

 organizations in the interests of horticulture, and gave an outline of the work 

 of his own society, supplementing the account with valuable statistics of the 

 fruit products of Genesee county. 



On motion of Mr. WyckofF, the meeting proceeded to form a permanent 

 organization, adopting a constitution, and selecting the following officers for 

 1883: 



President — S. Van Hoosan, Rochester. 



Secretary — I. B. Merritt, Pontiac. 



Treasurer — H. A. Wyckoff, Pontiac. 



Vice-Presidents — Emmet Green, Farmington ; G. A. Terry, Avon ; Jos. A. 

 Graley, Bloomfield; Prank Miller, Groveland ; O.L.Murray, West Bloomfield; 

 Wm. Caldwell, Commerce; George Green, Oakland; Josephus Smith, Troy; 

 Geo. King, Independence; G. M. Shattuck, Pontiac; Jackson Voorhies, White 

 Lake; Robt. Soults, Royal Oak ; C. V. Babcock, Southfield; Gad. Chamber- 

 Iain, Addison ; C. Lockwood, Highland ; C. E. Uewey, Waterford ; H. A. Kipp, 

 Milford; A.J.Crosby, Jr., Novi ; Henry Winkley, 1st ward, Pontiac; W. L. 

 Coonley, 3nd ward, Pontiac; John R. Taylor, 3rd ward, Pontiac; B. G. Stout, 

 4th ward, Pontiac ; B. P. Miller, Groveland. 



There was a creditable show of fruit by A. E. Green, of Farmington; 0. 

 H. M. Huested, Holly; and an especially fine lot of Baldwin, Red Canada, and 

 Jonathan, by Mr. Stout. Vegetables and Amber Cane Syrups were shown by 

 Henry Winkley, Joseph Graley, Mr. Huested, and others. 



The society started out with a membership of twenty-five, and a promising 

 future. 



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