REPORT OF MEETINGS. 545 



TUESDAY EVENING. 



Inaugural address — George Parmelee. 

 Economic entomology — Prof. A. J. Cook. 

 Ornamentation of houses — C. "W. Gartield. 

 Michigan at the Centennial. 



U'EDNESDAY A. M., FEBRUARY 10. 



Pruning peach trees — Hon. A. S. Dyckman. 



Discussion opened by D. R, Waters. 



Money in fruit — Hon. E. Buell. 



Manufacture and application of manures — Frank A. Gulley. 



WEDNESDAY P. M. 



New varieties — T. T. Lyon. 

 Pruning apple trees— Prof. W. J. Beal. 

 Neatness and order — James Satterlee. 

 Discussion begun by II. D. Adams. 



WEDNESD.VY EVENING. 



Address by President T. C.Abbot — Agricultural Education. 

 Organization among farmers — R. E. Trowbrulj-e. 

 Destiny of Northern Michigan — W. L. Webber. 



THUKSDAY A. M., FEBRUARY 11. 



Where to buy our trees — A. G. Gulley. 



Discussion commenced by C. W. Garfield. 



Marketing fruit— D. W. Wiley. 



Setting trees — N. Chilson. 



Resolutions — Miscellaneous discussions will occur at different times during the meeting. 



Secretary Thompson stated that owing to the absence of some of the speak- 

 ers, the programme would be changed ; and he would first introduce the sub- 

 ject of the catalogue of the American pomological society. He stated that the 

 fruits of Michigan were very imperfectly represented, and gave several instances 

 of these imperfections in relation to apples and peaches. 



T. T. Lyon, after calling J. M. Sterling to the chair, agreed with the secre- 

 tary in his remarks, and would offer a resolution to the effect that a committee 

 of three be appointed to complete and send a list of fruits to the secretary of 

 the American pomological society for insertion in their catalogue. The fol- 

 lowing is the committee: T. T. Lyon, of South Ilaven ; G. Parmelee, of Old 

 Mission ; H. Dale Adams, of Galesburg. 



N. E. Smith of Ionia then gave a short talk on the thinning of fruits. He 

 spoke first of thinning grapes, describing the method by which he was enabled 

 to raise four tons to the acre, of superior quality. As to peaches, he would 

 shorten in the branches and thus would gain two objects, — to control the 

 amount of fruit, and produce new shoots. These shoots should be cut back 

 one-half, and thus produce a central growth. As to thinning apples, he 

 thought it would be too expensive. 



Mr. Bidwell, of South Haven, preferred to do his thinning by means of 

 pruning. He objected to growing peaches in the center of the tree, as they 

 lacked in color. Mr. H. D. Adams spoke of Mr. Engle's peach orchard, in 

 which was practiced both pruning and thinning; a very fine crop was the 

 result. About fifty trees could be thinned in a day. 



C. Monroe of South Haven thought that in this discussion pruning should 

 be kept separate from thinning. He gave his experience in thinning peaches. 

 He thinned 700 trees at a cost of $35. The result was at least a double crop, 

 and the peaches were of superior quality. 

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