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apples. Said I, they look like Michigan apples. Well, said they, so they 

 ought, for they came from there; we cannot get them anywhere else. Our 

 pear trees for the first time are being affected. They appear to be bark-bound. 

 Our quinces are a fair yield. The sweet cherries are a very light yield. 



INVITATION TO BOSTON. 



A letter was read from President Wilder of the United States Pomological 

 Society, inviting the pomologists of Michigan to exhibition of his society, to 

 be held at Boston August 2, 1873. On motion, the President was authorized 

 to appoint delegptes to the exhibition at Boston. 



Mr. Husted said that the Concord would stand the severest cold of our win- 

 ters when the wood of the vines have fully ripened in the fall. 



INVITATION FROM GRAND TRAVERSE. 



Judge Eamsdell asked the society to fix the time for meeting at Grand Trav- 

 erse in October. It was subsequently agreed that the meeting at Grand Trav- 

 erse should be on or about October 10, 18?3. 



OTHER INVITATIONS. 



The Society accepted invitations from Messrs. Lawrence & Chapin to visit 

 their foundry ; from Dr. Van Deusen to call at the Asylum ; from Bragg & 

 Sterns to visit their nursery and take tea; from Erastus Davis to visit bis 

 grounds. 



COATMITTEES. 



The President appointed the following committees: 



On Sweet Cherries for Lake Shore. — Messrs. Parmelee, of Grand Traverse ; 

 Waters, of Spring Lake; Bidwell, of South Haven; Nowlin, of Benton 

 Harbor. 



On Cherries for Central Michigan. — A. W. Slaytou, of Gratton ; J. N. 

 Stearns, of Kalamazoo; P. D. Sneathen, Boston, Ionia county. 



On Cherries and other fruits. — S. 0. Knapp, Jackson ; C. W. Garfield, 

 Grand Rapids; P. C. Davis, Kalamazoo. 



On Scions and Fruit Trees. — D. R. Waters, Spring Lake; A. T. Linderman, 

 of Grand Rapids; L. G. Bragg, Kalamazoo. 



On Straioberries and Canned Fruit. — Judge J. G. Ramsdell, Grand Trav- 

 erse; C. L. Dietrich, of Grand Rapids; J. D. Husted, Lowell. 



On Flowers and Evergreens. — Prof. C. J. Whitney, Muskegon ; Judge H. 

 G. Wells, Kalamazoo; Prof. J. Beal, Lansing. 



EVENING SESSION. 



At 8 o'clock the convention came to order. Judge Ramsdell and Mr. Whit- 

 ney were added to the committee to report on proportion of varieties of trees 

 to the one hundred to be set out. 



•* DISEASES OF THE PEACH. 



Prof. Holmes, of Detroit, read a long and interesting report upon the sub- 

 ject of "The Diseases of Peach Trees," and many letters received by the com- 

 mittee in answer to inquiries. It was followed by discussion. The committee 

 "was requested to continue their investigations and report at the next meeting. 



