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advancement to that which in quality is best. He hoped the incoming 

 president would appreciate the importance of this, and not, so far as his 

 work and influence was concerned, subordinate all to pecuniary considera- 

 tions. The value of the best for use at table and in the home should 

 receive at all times the society's preference. He hoped to be thought of in 

 the future as one who had earnestly tried to do something for the benefit 

 of the horticulture of Michigan. 



Mr. Pearsall, the retiring treasurer, made similar expression of his 

 feelings. The society had, he said, been of great benefit to him, much 

 more than he could possibly have been to it. He spoke with deep concern 

 of his personal relations to members of the society during the time of his 

 seventeen years' connection with it as treasurer, and in speaking his 

 farewell paid a warm tribute to the personal worth and services of Presi- 

 dent Lyon. 



Mr. Monroe said many of those present would like to take time to say 

 complimentary things of Mr. Lyon and his work, but the large waiting 

 audience made it desirable that such expression be left to the committee 

 on resolutions. 



Mr. Lawton: Mr. Lyon modestly says he " hopes to be remembered as 

 one who has done something for the horticulture of his state." He does 

 not belong to this society, nor to the people of this state, but to the whole 

 country. Long before this society was organized, I received aid and 

 advice from Mr. Lyon, in the beginnings of my horticulture at this place, 

 and it was the best advice I could obtain anywhere. His work and his 

 honored self belong to the whole people. 



Mr. Morrill quoted what Mr. Stearns had said about the bad charac- 

 ter of the Chicago market so far as returns for the beat grade of fruit are 

 concerned. He had found that for the best fruit he could get better prices 

 in Chicago than in any other place. 



Then was taken up the regular work of the afternoon's programme, a 

 series of papers upon culture of the grape, the first being from Mr. T. V. 

 MuNSON of Denison Texas, upon 



PROGRESSIVE GRAPE CULTURE FOR THE NORTH. 



While the title of my paper is very much in appearance like " Progress 

 in Grape Culture," and in treatment may be similar to what such a paper 

 would naturally be, yet essentially the two subjects are very distinct. 

 Progress in grape culture would be essentially historical, while progressive 

 grape culture must be prospective, theoretical, prophetic, a judgment of 

 what may or will be done, based upon a knowledge of what exists, out of 

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