FAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF MICHIGAN POMOLOGY. IS"- 



specialties result in wealth, the world over. We helieve that in this industry 

 there is a broad foundation for future wealth. 



THE ADVANTAGES OF THE STATE. 



Surely no State east of the Rocky Mountains has such an extended area 

 suited to the production of first-chiss apples. And, with our nearness to non- 

 producing regions, giving us the best of markets, and with our adaptation to 

 the production of the other staple fruits of the temperate clime, we are not 

 behind. We are surely favored beyond the adjoining States, 



OUR FRIENDS. 



Our Society needs the co-operation of all the intelligent fruit-growers in the 

 State; we are steadily drawing them to our aid. 



In some of the counties, the people have not had a convenient opportunity 

 to meet with us, but wherever we have met we have gained valuable friends.. 

 We must keep what friends we have, and we want more. 



We want friends and we want help, because we are reaching for grand 

 results. 



We Avork to see the aggregate acreage of fruit multiplied by a large figure; 

 to see valuable sorts instead of worthless or indifferent ones; to see good 

 management, such as shall result in heavy crops of the fairest fruit; to see 

 trees pruned so as to be able to bear their burdens ; to redeem from insects the 

 millions of dollars that are now destroyed ; to place the whole business of 

 packing and shipping on an honest basis; to freight the long trains with 

 Michigan fruit; and to see it one of the great money resources of the State. 



We must not be afraid of new ideas : they are the foundation of all 

 progress. 



Pomological literature has its errors. We must try every theory by the test 

 of practical results, and by that comparison it must stand or fall. This will 

 make the teachings of our Society a valuable guide to the cultivators within 

 our own borders. 



The State itself suitably acknowledges the value of our work by publishing 

 our report. 



The State Agricultural Society takes a sensible view of the matter, and 

 stands by us generously. 



The State Agricultural College helps us cordially and well, as it has oppor- 

 tunitv. 



A large number of the best farmers and orchardists are heartily with us. 



OUR PROSPECT 



for another year's successful work seems to be good. 



If love of the work is our mainspring of action, we very properly have an 

 auxiliary to it in the pride we feel in the advancement of tbe State in wealth 

 and its attendant blessings. 



