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If I had not succeeded in provoking a discussion before I came to this list, 

 I trust I have done so now. 



A. J. Baker — I would make a list about as follows: Summer Queen, Short 

 Stem Bough, Greasy Pippin, Northern Spy, Rhode Island Greening and Bald- 

 win. 



Mr. HoUoway — I would make a large per cent Baldwins. Red Canada 

 must be top grafted. Ben Davis will do very well for a wind-break. 



Mr. Tuttle spoke a good word for the Yellow Belflower. 



On motion of Mr. Coryell a vote was taken upon the varieties for planting 

 in Hillsdale county, which resulted as follows: 



Baldwin, 17; Northern Spy, IG; Rhode Island Greening, 13; Golden Rus- 

 set, 12; Red Canada, 8; Talman Sweet, G; Spitzenburg, 2; Limber Twig, 

 1; Grimes' Golden, L; Fallawater, 1; Wagener, 1 ; Peck's Pleasant, 1; Ben 

 Davis, 1 ; Jonathan, 1; Belflower, 1 ; Golden Pippin, I. 



ECONOMIC POTATO CULTURE 



was briefly discussed by 0. A. Sessions, P. M. Holloway and others. A great 

 deal of complaint was made concerning the ravages of the scab, for which no 

 one had a sovereign remedy. 



Evening Session. 



Prof. W. A. Drake opened the evening session addressing the convention 

 upon the topic, 



WHAT CAN OUR SCHOOLS DO FOR HORTICULTURE AND VICE VERSA. 



[The address was interesting and instructive and I regret that it was im- 

 possible to secure it for publication. — Sec'y.] 



Following Prof. Drake, several gentlemen spoke earnestly of the importance 

 of interesting children in growing things, and urged that some system of 

 instruction be instituted by means of which our primary teachers would be 

 enabled to employ the simpler facts in horticulture in common school instruc- 

 tion, thus engendering an interest in the children in things close about them 

 and stimulating inquiry in the direction of the science and art of plant growth. 



Prof. Drake offered the following resolution, which was unanimously 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That the State Board of Education be requested to prepare or cause to be 

 prepared, upon the subject of horticulture, a syllabus for a series of lectures before the 

 teachers of this State at the several State institutes held by and under the direction of 

 said State superintendent, and that he instruct such institute conductors and instructors 

 as he may appoint to participate in the forthcoming series of 1887, and thereafter to pre- 

 sent before the teachers attendant upon such institutes at least one exercise or lecture 

 whose aim shall be to indicate to teachers how they may with most interest teach the 

 simpler elements and rudiments of horticulture in the public schools of this State. 

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