GENERAL HISTORY. 67 



Professor Beal named Concord, Agawam, Delaware, Clinton, Hartford, 

 Adirondac, Ion a. 



The treasurer's report showed $336.05 in the treasury. 



C. W. Garfield was chosen as delegate to the annual meeting of the Ohio 

 Horticultural Society and H. Dale Adams to that of the Western New York 

 Horticultural Society. 



Mr. Bateham, by request, gave a short address on " Plum Culture and the 

 Curculio," staring that, from the best information, there were 150,000 plum 

 trees in orchard in Ohio. Two-thirds of these are in five or six counties in 

 the southwestern part of the State, near Cincinnati, of which the majority 

 are damsous, mostly '' Shropshires." The curculio is kept in subjecdon by 

 the jarring process. 



The following preamble and resolution was offered by E. Bradfield, and 

 supported by Professor Beal: 



Whereas, The society did, by its vote yesterday, refuse to adopt a name recognizing 

 anything but the cultivation of fruit ; therefore, 



Resolved, That all premiums not connected with the cultivation of fruit be stricken 

 from the premium list of the society. 



The resolution was referred to the executive board. 



The society was invited to hold its next annual meeting at Grand Kapids. 

 The invitation was tabled till the next meeting. 



After the adoption of a series of complimentary resolutions the society ad- 

 journed sine die. 



The State Pomological Society's winter meeting was opened at Pontiac, on 

 February 6th. 1877. 



Eeports as to fruit prospects were not very favorable, and the injury to 

 trees from the severity of previous winters was quite fully discussed, together 

 with the question of the ability of black hearted trees to overcome such injury. 



H. Dale Adams submitted his report as delegate to the Western JSTew York 

 Horticultural Society. 



C. N". Merriman gave an address on " Helps, Hurts and Hindrances to the 

 Pomology of Michigan." 



The president then delivered his annual address, in the course of which 

 various suggestions were made respecting the action of the society. 



On Tuesday evening Hon. Byron G. Stout welcomed the society to the 

 city and county, which was responded to by the president. 



A paper was then read by Mrs. William Satterlee, of Pontiac, on " Window 

 Gardening." 



Hon. Byron G. Stout was the next speaker on '^The Apple Crop — shall we 

 increase it — and how — and what shall we do with it ? " The address was full 

 and exhaustive, and was discussed by Professors Beal and Whitney and C. N. 

 Merriman. 



The secretary next read a paper from George Parmelee, of Old Mission, 

 on "Pruning," replete with valuable suggestions drawn from long years of 

 orchard experience. It elicited a few remarks by T. T. Lyon and John 

 Thomas. 



S. B. Mann, of Adrian, closed the evening session with a paper on " The 

 Pomology of Lenawee County," in the course of which he refers to the . 

 plantations of Mr. Peter Coller, Porter Beal and Dr. Bailey, the last of which 

 was being ruined by the canker worm. 



