PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUMMER MEETING 3 



William B. Andriiss of Allegan has placed on the tables seven plates 

 of well-known and finely preserved -varieties of winter apple. 



L. K. TAFT, 

 M. A. THAYER. 

 R. M. KELLOGG. 



RESOLUTIONS. 



Remembering that when God had created a world, and then, as a 

 sample of a perfect work by a competent architect, invented Adam and 

 Eve, and pronounced the work "good", and as a suitable employment 

 placed them in a garden and bade them keep it; and remembering that 

 the limited market required not the generous assistance of good-natured 

 commission men to dispose of the crop: and gladly remembering that the 

 employment proved most agreeable and the profits large; and yet, sorrow- 

 fully remembering that their love of fruit could not be satisfied until the 

 last was tasted, we now have a fellow-feeling of sympathy with all who 

 like fruit, and we hope their number will soon embrace as large a pro- 

 portion of the world's population as it did then; also. 



Remembering the fireworks and the circus of our boyhood days, we 

 do not exactly blame any one for the empty seats which have welcomed 

 our presence here, and we do fully appreciate the difiiculty in securing 

 a large attendance at such a meeting at this busy time of year for labor, 

 and most attractive time for recreation in the outdoor Eden. 



Remembering that lovers of fruit prize quality above quantity, we are 

 truly thankful to all the good people of Grand Haven and Spring Lake 

 for the hearty welcome we have received here, for the cordial sociability 

 W'hich has pervaded all our intercourse, and for the pleasant remem- 

 brances we shall all bear away to our homes. 



Remembering that the new broom sweeps clean, and learning that the 

 custodian of this fine building has brushed around here more than a score 

 of years, we wish to suggest that an old broom may sweep cleaner, judg- 

 ing by the exact tidiness of every crack and corner, and perfect neatness 

 pervading every part of this courtly home, and we do thank him for his 

 many courtesies, and all others who gave us this temporary biding-place. 



Remembering that our friends here and away have remembered us by 

 these fragrant flowers, tokens of immortality, we thank Prof. Taft, Mr. 

 Hancock, and others who adorned the foreground. 



That the lessons of the past should make the hours of tlie future 

 brighter, better, and happier, we all resolved. 



A. W. SLAYTON, 



C. D. LAWTON, 



D. R WATERS. 



