PROCEEDINGS OF THE WINTER MEETING. 



HELD AT BENTON HARBOR, FEBRUARY 28, MARCH 1 AND 2, 1893. 



Opening the winter meeting of the Michigan State Horticultural 

 society, at Benton Harbor, the evening of February 28, President Lyon 

 called Mr. C. J. Monroe, the society's vice-president, to the chair. 



Prayer was offered by the Rev. George Sawlin. 



Following this was a song by a quartet of gentlemen, R. A. and D. 

 Kneeland, F. a. Hobbs, and J. W. McEachlen, who at several other 

 times during the sessions placed the pomologists under obligation in this 

 way, a kindness which was highly appreciated and greeted always with 

 merited applause. 



■ A striking feature of the session was the address of welcome by Mas- 

 ter Willie Teetzel, " the boy orator." He is an orator by birth, cer- 

 tainly, for, though only seven years old, his recitations are remarkable for 

 genuine eloquence and grace. Chairman Monroe made suitable response, 

 and after another good song, the meeting was ready for the business of 

 the occasion. 



present status of horticulture in BERRIEN COUNTY 



was the first topic, to which the first response was made by Mr. W. A. 

 Brown of Stevensville, who said: There was a time, we old people 

 remember, when this was known as the St. Joseph peach region. The 

 peaches went, unfortunately, but other sorts of fruit, and other forms of 

 horticulture, were introduced, until now there is no other point in the 

 country making so large sales of such products. It took some time for 

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