REPORT OF MEETINGS. 5G1 



The Governor lias also determined to appoint a committe of three experts, whose duty it 

 shall be to present at Chicago, at the proper times, and to receive, attach the proper names, 

 and display the fruits, selecting such as shall be most desirable for the purpose, — this latter 

 committee to lie also charged with the duty of conducting the necessary correspondence for 

 the more perfect working out of the object had in view. 



T. T. LYON, 



.J. M. STERLING, 



S. O. KNAPP, 



Committee. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FLOWERS. 



To the President and Members of the State Pomolofjical Society : 



Your Committee on Flowers would say that they have examined the numerous vases of 

 cut flowers and plants, and are very happy to make the following report : 



We find a very large collection of house plants exhibited by Mrs. I. E. Ilgenfritz and Mrs. 

 Daniel Ilgenfritz, which are very fine, and especially worthj' of a more extended notice than 

 we have time or space to permit ; also 1 amaryllis, from Mrs. A. E. Aldrich ; 1 cactus, by 

 Mrs. L. M. Diffenltaugb, which is very beautiful ; 2 tubs of ivy, forming a very beautiful 

 arch, from J. Weiss ; several hanging baskets, by Mrs. I. E. Ilgenfritz and Mrs. .1. M. Loose, 

 which are especially fine. Among tl>e cut flowers, bouquets and pyramids on the table, the 

 display is very beautiful, to say the least, and very creditable to the ladies of Monroe and 

 vicinity. 



Your committee do not feel at liberty to discriminate h\- mentioning any one or particular 

 entry, as they are all very fine, and are entered by the fidlowing persons : 



Mrs. G. and L. Manning, 3Ionroe, 1 pyramid of flowers. 



Mrs. C. Walldorf, Monroe, 6 hand bouquets of flowers. 



Mrs. G. Willets, Monroe, 3 hand and 1 saucer bouquets of flowers. 



Miss Belle Wing, Monroe, 1 hand bouquet of flowers. 



Miss A. E. Kendall, Monroe, 1 saucer of verbenas and tradescantia. 



Mrs. Whelpley, Monroe, 1 bouquet of roses. 



J. M. Randall, Adrian, 2 bouquets of flowers. 



Mrs. Rose, Adrian, 1 bouquet of peonies. 



Mrs. H. D. Haskell, Monroe, 5 hand bouquets and 1 saucer each of verbenas and pansies, 

 which are ver}' nice ; 1 stand of roses, etc. 



Mrs. Newton, Monroe, 1 large bouquet of flowers. 



Mrs. I. E. Ilgenfritz, Monroe, 3 hand and 1 saucer bouquets of flowers. 



The committee do not feel warranted in closing this report without tendering their sin- 

 cere thanks to the lady exhibitors for their exertions in helping to make the meetmg a suc- 

 cess, and hoping that their success during life may be made up of such successes as the 

 present meeting lias been. 



E. F. GUILD, East Saginaw, 

 MRS. H. DALE ADAMS. Galesburg, 

 MISS CORA REYNOLDS, Monroe, 

 MRS. H. B. CHAPMAN, Reading, 

 JOHN SUTTLE, Grand Rapids. 

 G. F. NEWTON, Millersburg, O., 



Committee. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE 0>s" "VTINES.* 



The committee to which was committed the examination of the several wines exhibited 

 at the Monroe meeting of the State Pomologieal Society, respectfully report that there were 

 four samples presented by the Pointe aux Peaux Wine Company, as follows : Concord of 

 1871, Norton's Virginia of 1871, Catawba of 1871, and Delaware of 1870. These names 

 represent the grapes from which the wines were made, and the year in which the wine was 

 made from them. 



* Note.— It was conceded by the -wine committee at Monroe that the wine made from tlie Norton's, Vir- 

 ginia grape was the best on exhibition. It is also known as "Norton's Seedling," and Downing says that 

 It is " a variety introduced by Dr. D. N. Norton, of Richmond, Va. It Is a most productive grape in gar- 

 den or vineyard, bearing very large crops (especially at the South, where many kinds rot) in all seasons. 

 It is valued for making a red wine. Bunch medium, shouldered, somewhat con-pact : berries small, round; 

 skin thin, dark purple; flesh tender, with a brisk, rather rough flavor: ripens with Catawba." This state- 

 ment of Mr. Downing's in regard to the productiveness of this grape does not agree with the experience of 

 the grape growers of Monroe. Mr. Sedlazeg, a grape grower of Monroe, says that it there grows with much, 

 reluctance, and to make a good wine requires a gravelly soil and not one well adapted to the Coiicord or 

 Delaware. Could it be produced in large quantities, the same as the Concord and Delaware, there is no 

 doubt that wine making would become very profitable, for this wine of the Norton's Virginia at Monroe has 

 but few superiors in the country. 



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