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Mr. Parmelee was not a local fruit man. When he went to Elk Rapids and 

 looked out on the beautiful farms and orchards he felt that they were his own. 

 And so, too, when he went to Torch Lake or Northport, or elsewhere, he felt 

 that he had a personal interest in all that was good and beautiful. There are 

 no best localities. The whole Traverse region is the best place in the whole 

 Northwest for fruit growing. We can raise more here that will do a man^s 

 stomach good than in any other country. 



Many men liave no faith in this country, but facts show that the yield of 

 wheat is equal to that of any county in the State. We raise peas '' without 

 having the meat put into them."' With proper effort we could have taken the 

 first premium on fruit at the State fair. The whole northern portion of the 

 Lower Peninsula will prove to be an apple couutry. There isn't a more beau- 

 tiful country on which the sun looks down than that on the east side of Trav- 

 erse Bay. Northern apples, especially those of Niagara county, N. Y., are 

 everywhere regarded as the best grown. Ours are far ahead of those of 

 Niagara. 



A. T. Linderman intends to make apple growing a business. Will plant an 

 orchard three-fourths Red Canada, one-eighth Rhode Island Greening, one- 

 eighth Cayuga Redstreak. 



Rev. Geo. Thompson read in the Herald, two years ago, that if the limb of a 

 tree was girdled when it was in full bloom it would be certain to bear a full 

 crop of apples. Had tried it with entire success. For two years in succession 

 the girdled limbs had borne full crops. This season the balance of the trees 

 produced no fruit. Could not say what the final effect upon the tree would 

 be. The limbs were girdled by cutting out a ring of the bark only. 



RESOLUTIONS. 



The committee appointed at the meeting of the Michigan State Pomolog- 

 ical Society, on Thursday evening, held at Leach's Hall, reported the follow- 

 ing resolutions by their Secretary, which were unanimously adopted: 



Resolved, That the enterprise, activity, good sense, and progressive principle exhibited, 

 by the officers and members of the Grand Traverse Union Agricultural Society are worthy 

 of praise, and a valuable example to the older agricultural societies of the State. The 

 officers and members of the State Pomological Society are grateful for the invitation to 

 visit the Traverse country, are thankful for attentions, and glad that iliey came. We shall 

 welcome the men and women of Traverse to our meetings and fairs, and shall ever cheer 

 them on in the noble work of State progress and improvement. 



Resolved, That the Fifth Annual Fair of the Grand Traverse Union Agricultural Society 

 is a grand success of which the pioneers of Northern Michigan may well be proud. In 

 fruits it is superior, and has not been excelled by any in the State, this year, for perfection, 

 texture, color, and health of its standard varieties. In vegetables it is fully equal to the 

 exhibitions of the oldest counties, especially in the samples of wheat, oats, and potatoes. 

 We recommend careful attention to the introduction of proper breeds of stock of all kinds. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the State Pomological Society, and all visitors from abroad, 

 are hereby gratefully tendered to the citizens of Traverse City for their polite courtesy and 

 unbounded hospitality. Traverse City has been on exhibition, and is awarded the first 

 premium for beautiful homes and kind hearts. The attractions of the city with its river; 

 with Boardman Lake by the fair grounds ; with the bluffs destined for the vine, the peach, 

 the pear, and the apple; with the grand Bay, broad and deep enough to float the fleets of 

 all the lakes, are appropriaiely the surroundings of an intelligent, patriotic, temperate, and 

 hospitable people. Their future is a brilliant one. as their past history has been alike hon- 

 orable and praiseworthy. We rejoice with them that they are ''■out of the woods.'" 



Resolved, That to Superintendent Wallen, of the G. K. & I. R. R. Co., our thanks are 

 tendered for his offer of an extra car to Grand Rapids : also, for his reduction of fare from 

 Grand Rapids to Grand Traverse. His efforts for our pleasure and comfort we heartily 

 appreciate. 



Resolved, That the true policy for all corporations is indicated by the public spirited 



