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of the Baldwin. They were placed on the shelves of his 

 cellar when gathered, with all his other varieties, and no other 

 care was bestowed upon them. Large, brown, sound-looking 

 Baldwins were presentsd by Mr. Joshua Bradish of Grand 

 Eapids town ; grown on clay soil. Ionia county was repre- 

 sented by bright-looking Baldwins, sent by George N. Jack- 

 son of the township of Keene ; raised on gravelly loam. 

 When gathered they were buried under straw and covered 

 with soil. The town of Cascade, Kent county, was represented 

 by bright red Baldwins, from the farm of President Saunders. 

 Other specimens were presented by H. Holt of Cascade. A 

 plate of large, fresh-looking Rhode Island Greenings v/as 

 exhibited by Noah P. Husted of Lowell. The Russet family 

 were gathered together in friendly accord and rivalry. The 

 smallest was the American Golden Russet, or Bullock's Pippin, 

 sometimes called the Sheepnose; the largest and finest were 

 those presented by Dr. Saunders. Samples of the Golden 

 Russet, the Roxbury Russet, and the English Russet were 

 presented by Mr. Husted, Mr. Van Buren, Mr. Holt, and 

 others. Mr. Holt's samples of the SAvaar were very large, 

 handsome, and sound. His Wagener, Holt's Seedling, Esopus 

 Spitzenburg, Jonathan, Yellow Bellflower, Green Winter 

 Sweet, and Rambo all attracted attention. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a number of letters from 

 gentlemen residing in different parts of the State — among 

 others was one from Mr. Goodwin of Ionia : 



LETTER FROM H. n. GOODWIN OF lOXIA. 



Ionia, April 30, 1870. 



Deak Sir : — Feeling a deep interest in the fruit culture of our great 

 fruit State, I inclose the membership fee, and instruct you to put my 

 name to the constitution of the Society. I have an orchard of 400 apple 

 trees just coming into bearing; the soil is mostly of clayey loam, and 

 the trees are promising well, but the Wagener has gone beyond the 

 promising point, and for two years has been paying down for all it 

 received, and canceling the old score of purchase price and care which I 

 had charged against it. From the 35 Wageners that I have, I expect to 

 pick more fruit for the next five years, than from all the other varieties 



