THE JANUARY MEETING. 



THE MICHIGAN FRUIT GROWERS IN COUNCIL. 



The meeting of the Pomological Society at Lansing, January 21, 1873, was a* 

 great success. To hold a fruit meeting in mid-winter at the Capital, was a 

 bold and novel nudertaking, and one that was attempted with a great deal of 

 uncertainty as to the result. But the lovers of the good cause rallied, and frora 

 all parts of the State came the best representatives of the fruit interest, and 

 with them came the finest specimens of Michigan's winter fruit. The Apple,, 

 in all its glory, was king of the occasion. All parts of the State were repre- 

 sented, — from Grand Traverse to Berrien, and from Monroe to Saginaw. The 

 generous and public spirited citizens of Lansing bid a hearty welcome to the 

 delegates. The old library room adjoining the Senate chamber, was tendered 

 for the exhibition, and the Governor and his associates, together with the Sen- 

 ators and Kepresentatives, were equally courteous in attentions to the needs of 

 the Society. Congratulations were tendered on all sides that the State had so 

 successfully passed through the recent unparalleled cold test, and a determina- 

 tion was exhibited to push forward the pomological cause to its perfect attain- 

 ment. 



FIRST DAY, 



Early on Tnesday, January 21, the fruit began to pour in from all directions^ 

 and soon additional tables were necessary to those already provided by the citi- 

 zens of Lansing. The room was soon thronged by an enthusiastic, intelligent, 

 good-looking and kindly-humored crowd. At about one o'clock, P. M., the newly 

 elected President, A. S. Dyckman, of South Haven, called the meeting to order. 

 C. J. Dietrich, the Secretary for 1872, read the extended minutes of the Decem- 

 ber meeting at Grand Eapids, which were accepted and approved. The Presi- 

 dent now called for reports of the 



FRUIT PROSPECTS FOR 1873. 



A large number of counties responded. The newly elected Secretary, J. P. 

 Thompson, read from a letter written by George Parmelee, of Old Mission, 

 Gi'and Traverse county, as follows : 



"If you have not studied our climate you will be surprised to learn that we 

 did not go below S^ below zero at Old Mission during the late cold snaps in 



