LIBRARY 



NhW YORK 



FORTIETH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MICHIGAN STATE HOR- 

 TICULTURAL. SOCIETY, HELD AT BENTON HARBOR, 

 MICHIGAN, DECEMBER 6-8, 1910. 



The fortieth annual meeting proved to be, without doubt, the best in 

 the history of the State Society. Not only Avas the attendance better 

 from all over the State, but the local meml)ers turned out in force 

 and from the moment when President Smythe called the first: session 

 to order until the last event of the last day the opera house was well 

 filled, there being over 1,000 interested listeners present at most of 

 the sessions. The Berrien County local society had done their best to 

 have evei'y comfort attended to and their numerous committees are 

 deserving of great praise. 



Much of the success of this annual meeting is also due to the manner 

 in which President Smythe presided — calling the sessions promptly on 

 the moment scheduled and conducting the program and discussions with- 

 out delay or allowing the discussions to get away from the question then 

 being considered. 



The fruit display was arranged on the large stage of the oi^era house 

 and, considering the poor frait year just experienced in Michigan, was 

 a very creditable showing. George Chatfleld of South Haven won the 

 silver cup, offered by the B. G. Pratt Co. of New York for the best three 

 boxes of apples, but will have to win it two more times to make it his 

 own. 



LIME-SULPHUR VERSUS BORDEAUX. 



Perhaps the most interesting exliibit at the meeting was the collection 

 of fruit from the various growers in the State, showing a comparison 

 of fruit from the same orchards sprayed with l)Ordeaux and with lime- 

 sulphur. The exhibit was collected by the horticultural department of 

 the AgTicultural College, from growers about the State who had made a 

 comparative test of Bordeaux and lime-sulphur for their own enlighten- 

 ment. The samples comprised a half bushel or more of each variety, and 

 the spray formulas used were placed with the exhibit, making it a very 

 instructive comparison. We give below particulars concerning these 

 exhibits, Avith a few notes on each: 



1. Wagner and Baldwin varieties from L. H. Stoddard, Kalamazoo Co. 

 Those sprayed with lime-sulphur, 3:2:.50, with ai-senate of lead, after 

 blossoming, had little russeting and very little scab. Those sprayed with 

 Bordeaux, three sprays, .3:4:50, and lime-sulphur last spray, 3:3:50, 

 had much russeting and the fruit was rather small, and dull in color. 



2. Mr. Alwin Coith, Van Buren Co., showed Wagners sprayed with 



