WINTER MEETING, 1S79. CI 



The Coldwater Horticultural Society has placed on the table 10 plates as 

 follows: Two 11. I. Greenings, two Kings, three Baldwins, one Wagener, one 

 Northern Spy, one Talnian Sweet, one Fall Pippin in a nice state of preserva- 

 tion, one Red Canada, one Yellow Bellllower, one Kanibo, two "Western Spy, 

 one Baltimore Red, and one of seedlings. 



A. Morris of Lawton, shows one plate of Peck's Pleasant. 



Antrim and Grand Traverse counties, represented by 0. P. Avery, exhibit 24 

 plates of apples of the following varieties : Four plates Northern Spy, live of 

 Golden Russets, two Roxbury Russets, one Wagener, one R. I. Greening, two 

 Baldwin, one Snow, tliree Ben Davis, one Davis Apple, one Ortley, one Yellow 

 Bellflower, one Talman Sweet, and one sweet apple with no name. 



Mr. H. C. Sherwood, of Watervleit, Berrien county, makes a sliow of the 

 following: One plate AVagener, one Baldwin, one King, one R. I. Greening, 

 one Roxbury Russet, and one Jonathan. It is but simple justice to say that 

 this collection of six plates is superior to any other collection of the same num- 

 ber, and entitles the exhibitor to very much credit. 



The collection shown by the Ingham County Farmers' Club, consists of the 

 following: One plate Baldwin, one northern Spy, one King, one R. I. Green- 

 ing, one Red Canada, one Wagener, one Talman Sweet, one Golden Russet, one 

 Roxbury Xiusset, one Swaar, one Yellow Bellflower, one Esopus Spitzenburg, 

 one Hubbardston Nonsuch, one Rambo, one Westfield Seek-no-further, one 

 Twenty Ounce, one Pound Sweet, one Minister, and one llyslop crab. 



Prof. 0. L. Whitney, of Muskegon, has in charge nine plates of apples of 

 the following varieties and contributed by the following persons : G. A. Whit- 

 beck, one plate Baldwin and one King; H. S. Tyler, two Baldwin and one 

 Roxbury Russet; E. AVilson, one plate Golden Russet; C. Culver, two Bald- 

 win, one Hubbardston Nonsuch. 



Hillsdale county has a large collection here which are credited to the follow- 

 ing parties : Mr. John Chilson, one plate King, one Twenty-Ounce, extra fine, 

 one Long Pearmain, one Belmont, one Fallawater, one Yellow Bellflower, one 

 R. I. Greening ; Mr. A. Hewitt, one plate American Beauty, extra good quality, 

 one Walcot, Peck's Pleasant, and one Baldwin; Mr. Henry Lyon, one Bald- 

 Aviu, one R. L Greening, one Northern Spy, one Ben Davis and Newtown 

 Pippin; E. Webster, two plates Baldwin and one R. I. Greening. 



F. M. Holloway sends one plate Golden Russet, one Northern Spy, one Red 

 Canada, and one Peck's Pleasant. 



S. J. Moffatt, one jolate Newtown Spitzenburg. 



J. Quackenbush, one plate Fallawater, one Rhode Island Greening, one 

 Baldwin, and one Fameuse. 



J. F. Fitzsimmons, one plate Baldwin. We find in this collection one plate 

 Baldwin and one Newtown Pippin not credited to any one. 



Eaton county's contribution is made up of twenty-four varieties, to-wit : one 

 plate Beauty of Greece, very fine ; one Baldwin, one Rhode Island Greening, 

 one Northern Spy, one Snow, one vSweet Wine Lass, one Golden Russet, two 

 Esopus Spitzenburg, one Flower of Genesee, three Rhode Island Greenings, 

 three Westfield Seek-no-further, and three Romanite. Also in this collection 

 is one plate of Baldwin, one Golden Russet, and one Swaar credited to Wm. 

 Foster. 



Mr. A. L. Sturgis, of Okemos, Ingham county, has one plate Snow apple, 

 two Baldwins, one Northern Spy, one Yellow Bellflower, one Rhode Island 

 Greening, one Golden Russet, one Roxbury Russet, one Fallawater, one Esopus 

 Spitzenburg, one American Beaut}^, one Peck's Pleasant, one Belmont, one 



