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and Secretary Garfield was asked to secure appropriate cards for labeling the 

 fruit. 



Secretary Beal was instructed to immediately apply for space to exhibit at 

 least 300 plates. 



Soon after this meeting President Lyon suggested quite definitely what 

 should be the limits of the territory assigned to each for collecting specimens 

 for tlie exhibition. 



Tlie northeastern part of the State was to include the counties of Sanilac, 

 Tnscola, Saginaw, and all north of them and east of the meridian of Macki- 

 naw. 



Professor Beal collected the following specimens, mostly in the district as- 

 signed him : 



Sixteen species of wild fruits, nuts, etc., a bundle of Avild rice, three fruits of 

 Monstera Deliciosa from the greenhouse of the Agricultural college ; fruit of 

 paw paw, furnished by W. W. Reynolds, of Cassopolis; fruit of hickory, fur- 

 nished by C. Sumner, of Lambertville. John Creyts of North Lansing, fur- 

 nished him two sorts of crab apples; C. Goodwin of North Lansing, one sort of 

 pear, and one of apples; Jason Nichols, of North Lansing, two sorts of pears 

 and one of apples; George W. Phelps, of Okemos, three sorts of apples; Mr. 

 Bray of Okemos, two sorts of apples; Professor A. J. Cook one sort of apple. 



Professor A. J. Cook, aided by students of the Agricultural college, furnished 

 eight cases of injurious and beneficial insects. 



This northeastern district was not expected to furnish many specimens of 

 choice fruit. Notwithscanding the season was unfavorable, many specimens 

 were promised, and undoubtedly a fair proportion would have been furnished, 

 but the great fire in this portion of the State turned the attention of people 

 from the subject, and in some cases destroyed fruit which would have been 

 sent. 



The southeast division included the counties of St. Clair, Lapeer, Oakland, 

 Washtenaw, Lenawee, Hillsdale, and all south and east of tiiem, and was as- 

 signed to Mr. E. H. Scott. Mr. Scott selected from his own place twenty-one 

 varieties of apples, thirteen of pears, four of peaches, and four of grapes. He 

 picked up and purchased others ; from J. D. Baldwin, Ann Arbor, he obtained 

 one variety of apple; W. P. Grover, Northfield, seven varieties of apples; 

 Judge Edwin Lawrence, Ann Arbor, one variety of pear; Prof. E. Baur, Ann 

 Arbor, one variety of peach, four varieties of grapes, one variety of plum; A. 

 D. McDonald, of Ann Arbor, seven varieties of grapes; Hugh O'Kane, Ann 

 Arbor, two varieties of apples, two varieties of peaches ; Dr. E. Wells, Ann 

 Arbor, one variety of pear; J. A. Scott, Ann Arbor, seventeen varieties of 

 apples, seven varieties of pears, one variety of peach; J. J. Parshall, Ann 

 Arbor, four varieties of apples; C. H. Woodruff, Ann Arbor, two varieties of 

 grapes; E. H. Key n olds, of Monroe, fourteen varieties of pears, five varieties 

 of apples, two varieties of grapes; B. W. Steere, of Adrian, twenty-nine varie- 

 ties of apples, eighteen varieties of pears — the largest and finest contribution 

 from any single locality, w'ith the possible exception of Judge Ramsdell's 

 Traverse collection. A special beauty of this collection was the fact that the 

 varieties were carefully and correctly namdd; and, with rare exceptions, all 

 were free from blemish or imperfection. 



The southwest section included the counties of Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, 

 Van Buren, Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph, and Branch, and was the field assigned 

 to T. T. Lyon. There were received from W. A. Brown, and through him 

 from J. K. Bishop, of Millburg, Berrien county, thirty varieties of apples. 



