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F. B. Hewlett, Pontiac. 

 Homer Cummings, Pontiac. 

 W. R. Marvin, Pontiac. 

 Chas. Knowles, Pontiac. 

 L. L. Seeley, Pontiac. 

 C. S. Bartlett, Pontiac. 

 Royal Fosdick, Pontiac. 

 Mrs. Royal Fosdick, Pontiac. 

 E. R. Deaban, Pontiac. 

 Harvey Walker, Pontiac. 

 Geo. W. Martindale, Pontiac. 



E. LeRoy Pelliter, Pontiac. 

 M. D. Davis, Pontiac. 



F. A. Wilkins, Pontiac. 



A. Whitman, Pontiac. 



B. M. Gates, Rochester. 

 T. E. Mosier, Rochester. 

 Wm. Foster, South Lyon. 



A. C. Bertin, Walled Lake. 

 Guy Seeley, Walled Lake. 



C. C. Wedon, Walled Lake. 

 Daniel Mathews, Walled Lake. 

 R. E. Crawford, Walled Lake. 

 Geo. Crawford, Walled Lake. 

 Tracy McMutty, Wayne. 



B. A. Holden, Wixom. 



F. G. Chapman, Ypsilanti. 



The Society has regular monthly meetings through the year, except during the 

 months of May and October. 



The annual meeting of 1914 was at Birmingham with Prof. Pettet as the princi- 

 pal speaker. 



April meeting with the Wixom Farmers Club at Wixom. 



June meeting at the residences of E. H. Seeley and Earl Banks near Novi. The 

 most profitable varieties of apples was the topic, and the choice of the growers 

 was: 1st choice. Steel's Red and Spy; 2nd choice, Snow, Jonathan and Baldwin; 

 3d choice, Rhode Island and Transparent. These results were obtained on a vote 

 by all the fruit growers giving a list of their most profitable five varieties. 



July meeting at the residence of the President, Chas. A. Bingham,' Birmingham. 

 The topic was Peaches. A committee was appointed to examine Mr. Bingham's 

 orchard of apples with peach as fillers and the report was that no mistake had been 

 made in so planting, as the location was favorable to peaches. The expense and 

 care of the apple trees from now on is largely increased, especially in the matter 

 of fertility, but from the heavy yields of peaches in the off years, this expense is 

 being readily met. 



August meeting was in entertaining the State Society. 



September meeting was in putting up a County exhibit of fruit at the State Fair. 



November, Apple Show at Pontiac. About 100 bushels of apples and pears 

 were exhibited in 360 dummy boxes. The Pontiac Commercial Association fur- 

 nished the Armory and the Horticultural Society made the exhibit. It brought 

 together about 5,000 consumers and growers, and from the arrangement of the 

 fruit much was learned as to the best kinds for various purposes. 



The December meeting was abondoned as many wished to attend the State 

 meeting at Kalamazoo, which was about the same time. 



The January, 1915, meeting was at Birmingham, and the February meeting at 

 Pontiac, being one of a three day meeting of the Farmers Institute being in charge 

 of this society. These two meetings are not yet held at the time of this report. 



All meetings were well attended, especially the summer meetings, where not less 

 than 100 and at some as high as 150 were present. 



R. J. CORYELL, Sec'y. 



SAUGATUCK AND GANGES POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 1914. 



OFFICERS. 



Edward Hutchins President. 



C. B. Welch Secretary. 



H. G. Welch Treasurer. 



MEMBERS. 



Hutchins, Edward, Fennville, R. 1. 

 Welch, Chas. B.. Fennville, R. 2. 

 Welch, H. G., Fennville, R. 2. 

 Crane, J. H., Fennville, R. 1. 



Davis, Chas., Fennville, R. 1. 

 Plummer, Wm. H., Fennville, R. 1. 

 Goodrich, H. H., Fennville, R. 1. 

 Gooding, T. L., Fennville, R. 1. 



