86 GENERAL HISTORY. 



The secretary in his report says: "In collections of fruits, there was 

 never such a display before, there being nearly fifty collections of apples 

 alone upon exhibition." 



The annual meeting of the State Pomological Society convened at Paw 

 Paw on December 3d to 5th, 1878, with a large attendance from abroad. 



Professor Lazenby wrote from Ithaca, N. Y., suggesting " Marketing 

 Fruits" as an important subject for discussion. 



A. Winchester could not be present. He believed he had the first peach 

 trees in Michigan affected with yellows. 



Letters were read from N. Ohmer, of Ohio, S. W. Fowler, of Manistee, B. 

 Gott, Arkona, Canada, Dr. Mattoon, Monroe. 



Verbal reports of the fruit crop were generally favorable. "N". H. Bitely, 

 of A^an Buren, and M. B. Williams, of Allegan, expressed much anxiety 

 concerning the encroachment of the yellows. 



J. N. Stearns, of Kalamazoo, opened the subject of " Horticultural Im- 

 plements," several of which were described and commended. 



T. T. Lyon described the scope and object of the fruit catalogue now ready, 

 whereupon a committee was appointed to review the same and report. 



At the evening session, in pursuance of a resolution of the meeting, the 

 president appointed G. W. Lawton, M. B. Williams and J. J. Woodman a 

 committee to make recommendations concerning the reconstruction of the 

 present " Yellows law." 



" Market vs. Amateur Orchards " was called up and extensively discussed 

 with little apparent result. 



" Arborculture and Forestry " was the subject of a paper by George Tay- 

 lor, of Kalamazoo, who treated the subject exhaustively, closing with the 

 following description of a noble beech tree, "situated in the pleasure 

 grounds at Newbattle Abbey, the seat of the Marquis of Lothian, near Edin- 

 burgh. Its height is one hundred feet, and the circumference of its branches 

 is three hundred and sixty feet. The circumference of the bole at one foot 

 from the ground is thirty-three feet, and at eight feet from the ground, 

 twenty-seven feet. Its lower branches arch over until they reach the ground, 

 when many of them assume an npright growth. Its exact age is unknown, 

 but it is believed to have been planted in the sixteenth century." 



Mr. J. D. Baldwin, of Ann Arbor, followed with a talk on " How shall we 

 Utilize our Rainfall ?" 



The president being engaged with the committee on the fruit catalogue, 

 the meeting was called to order on Wednesday morning by Vice-President 

 Holloway, of Hillsdale. 



C. Engle, of Paw Paw, opened the subject of "Orchard Cultivation and 

 Fertilizers," and was followed by R. F. Kedzie, of the Agricultural College. 

 The discussion took a wide range, nearly all, however, favored cultivation of 

 orchards. Barnyard manure, ashes and lime were generally approved as 

 fertilizers. 



S. W. Dorr, of Manchester, treated the general management of orchards, 

 followed by several speakers on the subject of clover and peas to be consumed 

 on the ground or turned under as fertdizers. 



The next topic — " Size versus Quality in Market and Family Fruits " — was 

 opened by a short paper from Emmons Buell, who decided in favor of large 

 specimens. 



Pr fessor Beal continued the discussion with a short answer to the question 

 " What shall be our Rules for Judging Apples ?" He remarked: " Without 



