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E. J. Shirts, of Shelby, Oceana county, a hundred miles north, is here ^itli 

 Tarieties of apples, pears, and plums. 



D. B. Williams, South Haven, has apples, the Belle Lucrative pear, and Dear- 

 born's Seedling. 



T. A. Bixby, of Casco, Allegan county, presents twenty varieties of apples 

 and pears, all from young trees, planted six years ago; soil sandy loam, sub- 

 soil clay ; has twenty acres in fruit. His peaches are the third crop from trees 

 set out six years ago. He thinks the Barnard best for profit. 



W. H. Hurlburt, of South Haven, a good variety of peaches, with several 

 specimens on the boughs to show the effects of overbearing, which is to reduce 

 the size of the fruit. He has 600 peach and 700 apple trees. 



G. W. Griffin, of South Haven, has twenty-three acres of land, twelve acres 

 being in fruit trees planted five and six years ago, and shows a large collection 

 of their products. 



G. W. Toles, of Benton Harbor, has a fine lot of grapes, pears, and peaches. 



A. J. Pierce, of South Haven, ice plant, rose potato, tomato vine seven feet 

 spread, okea and stertia plants, and sugar trough gourd. 



Mrs. A. Thompson has a fine display of rare and beautiful flowers. 



Master Woodie Law, of South Haven, has three varieties of pop corn. 



R. A. Law, Mexican white corn. 



A. C. Merritt, South Haven, Lowell pippin and other apples. 



Mr. Marshall Hale, of Schoolcraft, who returned this morning from a trip 

 to California, brings in a fair state of preservation, from A. H. Cummings & 

 Co., commission merchants in Sacramento, a basket of grapes and two or three 

 specimens of peaches and pears. Mr. Hale left Sacramento Thursday, August 

 28th, at two o'clock P. M., and arrived at South Haven this Tuesday morning, 

 September 2d, by boat across the lake from Chicago. He testifies that the Cali- 

 fornia grape, in its freshness, beats all other grapes he has ever laid tooth to, 

 but thinks that the most of their apples, pears, and peaches lack in the exquis- 

 ite flavor of our fruits. Their plums are luscious, however, and they have 

 strawberries, through careful culture and irrigation, from April to October. 



The storm having ceased before mid-afternoon, the veteran, W. H. Gregory, 

 followed by a large number of smaller exhibitors, came in to fill the unfinished 

 space upon the shelves, and by nightfall a multitude more of different varieties 

 of choice fruits, flowers, and vegetables set up their plump cheeks and shiny 

 faces for the admiration of the sight-seers. There was a good attendance also, 

 and with the coming out again of the bright sun all clouds vanished. 



Judge Ramsdell, of the Grand Traverse region, brought in some specimens 

 of peaches calculated to open the eyes of the most self-confident among old 

 fruit-growers farther south. 



AFTERNOON MEETING. 

 INCREASE IN ORCHARD PRODUCTS. 



The Secretary announced the resignation of W. K. Kedzie as meteorologist 

 of the Society, the Professor having been elected to the chair of chemistry in 

 the Kansas State Agricultural College. The resignation was accepted and a 

 vote of thanks tendered for the valuable reports made. 



A communication was received from the Centennial Committee of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, requesting the appointment of a delegate 



