114 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



Numerous additions have been made to the number of varieties under 

 trial, by {^ifts of trees and scions from various nurserymen and the 

 National Department of Agriculture, as well as b}^ purchase, so that 

 the collection of varieties is very complete. 



The crop secured in 1900 from trees old enougli to bear was a good 

 one, and notes upon the behavior of the difierent kinds were printed 

 in the report presented by Mr.- Fulton in December. 



STATE FAIR AND EXPOSITIONS. 



As in previous years, exhibits of fruit, both from the college and 

 South Haven, were made at the State Fair in Grand Rapids last fall. 

 Including walks, a space measuring nearly 800 square feet was occupied. 

 This is nearly twice the space that has been secured in the horticultural 

 building at the Pan-American exposition for the entire State. By 

 placing the early varieties in cold storage as they ripened, it was 

 possible to show all of the more valuable varieties of tree fruits that 

 matured after the middle of August. 



At the request of Col. G. B. Brackett, Chief of Horticulture for the 

 United States at the Paris exposition, a collection of apples and pears 

 obtained from the college and sub-station orchards was shipped to 

 Paris about the middle of September. We had hoped to show one 

 hundred varieties of apples and fifty of pears, but the injury from the 

 severe wind and rain storm of the previous week was so great that 

 but about twb-thirds that number of varieties could be secured. The 

 fruit reached Paris in good condition, although it was shipped as 

 ordinary freight without cold storage, and was placed on the tables 

 for the exhibition of October 10. A portion of it was also shown on 

 October 2-1 and on both occasions received a gold medal diploma. 



As the State had made no arrangements for an exhibit at Buffalo, 

 no attempt was made to carry over the winter any of the fruit of the 

 crop of 1900, but arrangements have been made with the Michigan 

 State Pan-American Commission for a showing of fresh fruit as it ripens 

 during the remainder of the season. Four cases of wax models of 

 fruit were shipped to Buffalo May 1 and will remain on exhibition 

 during the entire season. 



INSTITUTES AND HORTICULTURAL MEETINGS. 



During the summer of 1900, the writer attended a series of three 

 one-day institutes in Alcona county. I was also present at the institutes 

 at Charlotte and Concord. At the State Round-up at the college I had 

 charge of the horticultural section and presented a paper on '^Spraying 

 Mixtures and Spraying." During the year I have attended the annual 

 meeting of the Michigan State Horticultural Society at Grand Rapids, 

 and its June meeting at Detroit. I was also present at the winter 

 meetings of the Indiana State Horticultural Society at Indianapolis, 

 and the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society at Oshkosh. 



My assistant Mr. Dean also spent fully a month in institute during 

 the winter. 



