96 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Meeting called to order by Chairman Buskirk. The committee recom- 

 mends that a single list of commercial apples recommended for the 

 State of Michigan bo made, indicating the sections where the variety is 

 recommended. This motion was seconded and carried. After the dis- 

 cussion, Marshall moved that the conmiittee recommend the following 

 varieties to the Society for commercial planting in Michigan: Wealthy, 

 Jonathan, (Irimes (doiil)le worked), Mcintosh, Snow (Farneuse), R. I. 

 Greening, Steele's Red, J^uchess for Southern Michigan, Spy for Southern 

 and Central Michigan, Wagner for Northern Michigan and Hyslop 

 Crab. 



Also recommended that the Elberta bo fho only peach recommended 

 for commercial purposes for JVIichigan. 



The list of pears recommended to the Society as follows: Bartlett, 

 Kieffer, Seckle, Clapp for Southern Michigan, Howell for Southwestern 

 Michigan. 



The committee recommends that for efficient management, some sys- 

 tem of intercropping be followed in raising a young orchard. 



It was deemed advisable and recommended that the Society favor the 

 establishment of a quarantine on the importation of raspberry plants 

 into the State. 



It was moved and supported that the Boss pear be included in the 

 recommendations. Motion carried, and the recommendations adopted. 

 The recommendation of a quarantine to be put on all Raspberry plants 

 was then taken up. Professor Halligan explained this recommendation, 

 saying that he did not believe there was a healthy raspberry patch in 

 the State of Michigan and that diseases were becoming more serious 

 every year, and that the quarantine would help to eliminate Blue Stem 

 and other diseases. 



This recommendation was adopted. 



GROWING DEWBERRIES. 



MR. WM. DALEY, RIVERSIDE, MICH. 



This particular business is in a very immature state. We have not 

 gotten to the bulletin stage yet. There is considerable work being 

 started in this line and within a few years we will have a place along 

 with the other bulletins on the shelf. The best we can do at the present 

 time is to give you what we have. 



We have been getting different results in different ways. As a whole 

 the dew berry has given us excellent results. The average yield is 100 

 crates per acre. It is the largest of the blackberry family. We obtained 

 the best results by putting on a heavy coat of manure and plowing 

 before setting the field. The plants are set in rows about seven feet 

 apart and the plants are crowded together as close as 20 inches. 



They have to be covered every winter. The row builds up like a 

 dike and you have a ridge to contend with. The best results have been 

 obtained by the farmer, who removes this cover soil in the spring. 



The black scurf thrives best in an alkaline soil. The farmers that have 

 gotten the good results are those whose soil is acid. As yet we don't 

 know just when is the best time to spray, but we are going to find out. 



