INDEX. 



REPORT FOR 1870. 



Pasb. 



Organizatiou of the Society 7 



Informal Meeting 7 



First Regular Meeting -.. 8 



Articles of Association 8 



April Meeting 10 



Remarks on the Cultivation and Varieties of Apples. 11 



Address of the Corresponding Committee 16 



May Meeting 17 



Grafting , 19 



Report of Committee on Apples 20 



Our Orchard System — Address — J P. Thompson 25 



Popular Varieties of Hardy Apples — W. L. Waring 35 



June Meeting— Strawberries and Cherries — H. S. Clubb 45 



Address — Hon. Flavius J. Littlejohn 55 



Among the Orchards and Vineyards — Messrs. Clubb and Fassett- 71 



December Meeting 78 



A State Test Garden— A. T. Linderman 83 



Fruit Lands of Western Michigan 89 



Premium List and Rules for First Fair 91 



The First Annual Fair 100 



Table showing Comparative Quality, Fruitfulness, and Time of 



Ripening of 27 Varieties Grapes — Ed. Bradfield 105 



Governor Baldwin's Address. 112 



SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT— 1871. 



Introductory ". 116 



Officers for 1871 119 



List of Members 120 



Laws affecting Horticulture 131 



Law for the Incorporation of Pomological Societies. .-. 131 



Law regulating size of Peach Baskets 133 



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