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J ONE MEETING. 



Ilekl at society's rooms, Fuller's Bank, June 5th, 1871. Vice 

 President Holt in the chair. 



Minutes of last meeting read and approved. 



On motion, 0. L. Whitney, 0. H. Simonds^ A. T. Linderman, 

 S. L. Fuller, Ed. Bradfield, were appointed a committee to draft 

 and report a constitution and by-laws at the regular meeting 

 in July. 



Mr. Suttlc of the Valley City Greenhouses, Grand Rapids, 

 brought before the meeting a luscious show of strawberries, 

 among which was Bayden's Green's Prolific, considered by him 

 worthy all the praises ever bestowed upon thenij he having 

 vines of this variety set last fall that he was sure would pro- 

 duce one quart of berries to the single plant. A discuesion 

 arose about which was the best variety to plant for general cul- 

 tivation. Wilson's Albany seemed to retain its old standing aa 

 king. 



Mr. Husted exhibited several varieties of peonies, also some 

 twenty kinds of roses. 



Mr. Suttle also had a fine collection of peonies and roses. 



Chairman Holt exhibited a seedling, grown by him, which 

 was in a perfect state of preservation, also English Russett. 



WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE CUKCULIO ? 



Being the question brought up informally, for discussion, 

 and sulphur being spoken of as a preventive, 



Mr. Bradfield said — I knew a person in my vicinity that 

 tried the efiicacy of putting sulphur around the plum tree, 

 without any degree of success. 



Mr. Suttle — I had a friend who tried a compound, composed 

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