MICHIGAN STATE POMOLOQICAL SOCIETY. 159 



FEBRUARY MEETING. 



The February meeting was held at the Society's rooms, 

 Fuller's Bank, Tuesday, February 7th, 1871 ; 



The President in the chair. 



The Secretary read the minutes of last meeting, which were 

 approved. 



THE DISPLAY OF FRUIT. 



Very fine specimens of the Wagener, Northern Spy, Newton 

 Pippin, Swaar, Jonathan, Cayuga Eedstreak, Peck's Pleasant, 

 Lady's Apple, Red Canada, etc., were shown by Messrs. Husted, 

 Knapp, and other earnest, enthusiastic and intelligent fruit 



growers. 



Opportunity was afforded members to test, in the most 

 approved style, samples of Concord grape jelly, Transcendent 

 Crab apple jelly, offered by Mr. Husted. Samples of the lona 

 and Diana grape, etc., presented by Mr. Bradfield, were rich 

 and exquisite in taste ; and Mr. Wm. Haldane, with a liber- 

 ality which was fully appreciated, dispensed his celebrated 

 Isabella wine, both sweet and sour, three years old, and pro- 

 nounced by good judges to be equal to any native wine in the 

 market. This was high commendation for the Isabella, which 

 has not ranked at the head of the list of wine grapes. 



COMMU^ IC ATIONS. 



The following letter from Dr. Nelson, addressed to the Sec- 

 retary, was read : 



NoRTHPORT, Leelanaw Co., Mich., | 

 January 2, 1871. f 



Dear Sir: — I am in receipt of your circular from the 



Pomological Society, a society very much approved. I hope 



in the course of another year to submit to the Society speci- 



