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set it- on wet ground in the fall. There is much less danger from frost after 

 fall setting here, than in most localities. 



As to peach trees, there is much risk in fall setting. If the bodies are cov- 

 ered with soil they are perfectly safe from freezing. Trees in the nursery are 

 shaded and not as hardy as those exposed in the orchard. If trees are set in 

 the fall, they should be set as early as the wood is matured, and in the spring, 

 as early as the ground will do to work. It will do to set trees much deeper in 

 light dry deep soils, than in thin or heavy soil. The ground should be 

 thoroughly underdrained, and if the soil is heavy, even then it is better to set 

 shallow and work the soil up to them. 



Mr. Hurlbut — If access can be had to a nursery near at hand, where the 

 trees can be safely left over winter, would it not be best to leave peach trees in 

 the nursery until spring? 



Mr. Lyon — Yes ; but such is not generally the case. 



Mr. L. H. Bailey exhibited an exceedingly beautiful red apple on yellow 

 ground, for a name: not named yet. 



Mr. A. J. Pierce passed around a basket of apples, a small yellowish russet 

 splashed apple, a little oblong, crisp, very tender, sub acid, almost sweet, and 

 decidedly rich and delicious. Also some Fallawaters uncommonly rich colored 

 and high flavored for this variety. They are said to keep reasonably well 

 until May. Mr. Pierce gives the origin of this name as follows: The tree 

 standing near a body of water, a little child just beginning to talk being near 

 by while the apples were being gathered, and seeing some of the apples fall into 

 the water, cried out •' Fallawater! Fallawater !'' from which circumstance the 

 apples were named Fallawater. 



The President, N. Phillips, exhibited samples of Pomme Gris, pronounced 

 genuine, 



Mr. Hurlbut raised the question as to whether the peach trees killed here were 

 killed by the severe cold, declaring his opinion from all lae had learned and 

 observed of such trees, that certain unhealthy conditions of the trees and 

 unfavorable circumstances in which they went into the winter, by neglect, were 

 the original causes. Being allowed but a column in the Sentinel, and these 

 reasons having been several times stated in these reports, we can only give 

 briefs of Mr. Lyon's observations and suggestions — that trees being killed here 

 on high sandy land where the snow was blown off, and on low clay and loam, 

 and at Grand Traverse, where the snow drifted about them five feet deep and 

 the ground was not frozen, all in the same wa}', being killed at the roots first, 

 it was difficult to judge what killed the trees. Much depended on the condi- 

 tion of the trees, their maturity when freezing commenced, their health and 

 vigor. It was a query whether the severe drouth did not weaken the trees. 



The question for the next meeting is seeding orchards. 



South Haven, Nov. 24, 1873. 



The Secretary being absent the Corresponding Secretary was chosen to write 

 the report of the evening. 



The question was on seeding orchards. 



Hon. W. H. Hurlbut said, being a poor hand at cultivating, he had a good 

 deal of experience at seeding to grass. A part of his Bangor apple orchard 

 had been in grass twenty years. The balance was cultivated, cropped, and 



