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STORING CELERY FOR FAMILY USE. 



The subject was opened by a letter from P. W. Johnson, of Grand Rapids, 

 read by the secretary. 



His practice had been to pack in boxes and store in the cellar. He had 

 heard Sphagnum highly recommended for packing about the roots. 



Others had trenched in sand. 



W. W. Tracy said bleached celery is very liable to rot if allowed to become 

 wet. 



F. E. Skeels, Grand Rapids, read a paper entitled 



GROWING AND MARKETING WINTER SQUASHES. 



He found great care requisite in handling, and the results uncertain. 



W. K. Munson thought there was no other business so near gambling as 

 squash growing. 



C. A. Sessions had a neighbor who realized $3,800, in Boston market, from 

 forty acres of squashes. 



SWEET CORN 



was next discussed, the subject being opened by U. B. Webster, of Benton 

 Harbor, followed by remarks from H. W. Davis, of Lapeer, and W. W. 

 Tracy, of Detroit. 



"The Farmers' Table Supply" was the subject of a very practical paper 

 by Mrs. Mary N. Allen, secretary of the Lenawee and Hillsdale Horticultural 

 Society, which was followed by a short discussion. 



"Easy Management of Window Plants" was the title of a paper read by 

 Delos Newton, of Cooper. 



An early recess was taken to alford time to visit a package factory and 

 examine a method of fastening fruit packages by means of wire instead of 

 tacks. 



The Wednesday evening session opened with the consideration of the fol- 

 lowing, offered by J. N. Stearns, of Kalamazoo. 



"It having frequently come to our knowledge that the employes of express com- 

 panies have, through carelessness or wantonness, destroyed the value of many pack- 

 ages of fruit which, by more careful handling, might have been preserved in good 

 order ; that the continued abuse of fruit packages has led many fruit growers to 

 abandon the transportation of fruit over lines controlled by the express companies, 

 and that such gross carelessness, if continued, will destroy the trade to many towns 

 only reached by such express companies; 



Resolved, That this society condemns, in the strongest terms, such wanton careless- 

 ness. 



"Climbers and Their Uses" was the first topic of the evening, and its dis- 

 cussion was commenced by Professor L. H. Bailey, Jr., of the State Agricult- 

 ural College, with some additional remarks by W. W. Tracy. 



C. W. Garfield, of Grand Rapids, introduced the discussion of the topic, 

 "Making and Managing Lawns, which evolved a short discussion. 



"Twelve Good Native Shrubs" were then named and described by 0. C. 

 Simonds, of Chicago, comprising Prickly Ash, {Zanthoxylum Americanum); 

 Burning Bush or Waahoo, {Euonymus atropurpureus); Early Wild Rose, 



