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an attempt to epitomize. It might, very profitably, become a pocket refer- 

 ence book by the student of viticulture. 



This was followed by the discussion of varieties of grapes. 



At the close of the discussion of varieties, Geo. W. Campbell, of Ohio, 

 gave a valuable paper in continuation of the general subject. 



This was followed by the report of the committee on native fruits, presented 

 by Eobert Manning, of Massachusetts. 



W. I. Chamberlain, of Ohio, then gave a paper on " The Needs and 

 Methods of Gathering Fruit Statistics." 



Parker Earle of Illinois, then addressed the society on the " Packing and 

 Shipping of Fruits." 



*• Fruit Trees for the Northwest" was the subject of an address by Peter 

 M. Gideon, of Minnesota, in which he gave his personal experiences in the 

 origination of new fruits adapted to the climate conditions of his own state. 



Professor James L. Budd, of Iowa, continued the discussion by adding 

 some account of the experiments of himself and others. He spoke also of 

 the difficulties of nomenclature to be overcome in the case of introduced 

 Eussiaii varieties. 



A paper was read by J. Saul, of the District of Columbia, on '' Fruits of 

 the South." 



George W. Lawton, of Michigan, followed with a paper on " Hard Prob- 

 lems in Pomology." 



The closing paper of the afternoon was an exhaustive essay on '• The Cul- 

 ture of the Cocoanut," by E. T. Field, of Red Bank, New Jersey. 



The evening session was mode*led after the usual closing sessions of the 

 Michigan Horticultural Society. Happy speeches were made by twenty gen- 

 tlemen, called out by sentiments announced by Charles W. Garfield, 

 of Michigan, after which the audience joined heartily iu singing the Dox- 

 ology, and the session adjourned. 



The joint annual fair of the State Agricultural and Horticultural Socie- 

 ties was held at Kalamazoo, on September 14th to 18th, i8b5. 



Although the hall had been increased in size since last year, it still proved 

 inadequate to accommodate all the entries, which numbered one thousand, 

 comprising four thousand five hundred plates of fruit and five hundred pots 

 of plants. 



The collection of on' hundred varieties of pears from President Wilder,, 

 of the American Pomological Society, shown at Grand Rapids the previous 

 week, made a part of the present exhibit. 



Miss Ida Stearns, who had been charged with the ornamenting of the 

 hall, displayed excellent taste in her arrangements and in the choice and 

 use of material for the purpose. 



At a rather late period of the exhibition a fine collection of apples came 

 from the Midland Fair Association, and although not entered for premiums, 

 were placed on exhibition. 



An exhibit of pears and oranges from Santa Clara, California, and a fine 

 display of foreign grapes, grown under glass, by A. Sigler, of Adrian, were 

 attractive additions to the exhibition. 



A. very considerable quantity of fruit brought for exhibition was not un- 

 packed for want of space. 



The annual meeting of the State Horticultural Society for 1885 was held 

 at Benton Harbor on December 1st to 3d. 



