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apples, 6 pears, 7 plums, 1 nectarine, 3 peaches, also two or three varieties of 

 cherries, nearly all from the orchard of Judge Kamsdell. This exhibit also 

 included a fine plate each of Golden Russet and Roxbury Russet, the gro\Yth of 

 1880. These, with the addition of the eight nicely put up and classified cases of 

 insects from the State Agricultural College, and the "Glimpse of Michigan 

 Horticulture," with the large illustrated map prepared by Secretary Garfield, 

 conspired to constitute the Michigan exhibit, as characterized in the remarks 

 of President Wilder "the glory of the show," — a characterization largely due 

 to the resolute exclusion of all blemished, wormy, defective, undersized, and 

 excessively large but worthless specimens and varieties. 



Probably one of the features of this exhibit which attracted more attention 

 than almost any other was the collection by Prof. Beal, of the wild fruits and 

 nuts already spoken of, and one of the still more singular and to us unac- 

 countable circumstances connected with it was the fact that the curious exotic 

 known as Mo7istera diliciosa, was almost; always the first to attract the atten- 

 tion of visitors and arouse their curiosity to a pitch of persistent questioning 

 such that one at least of the commissioners found the mass of queries more 

 than a match for his patience and seriously tempted him to direct its removal 

 from the table. And yet this infliction seems to have had in it a measure of 

 fascination, since the notorious curiosity respecting it had the effect to induce 

 Hovey & Co., of Boston, to introduce another exhibit of the same from their 

 greenhouse at Cambridge. 



The election of officers of the American Pomological Society resulted as 

 follows: Marshal] P. "Wilder, of Boston, Mass., President, Patrick Barry, of 

 Rochester, N. Y., First Vice President, with a vice president for each State, 

 province, territory and district; Prof. W.J. Beal, of Lansing, Mich., Secre- 

 tary ; J. E. Mitchell, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Geo. Thurber, N. Y. ; J. F. C. Hyde, 

 Mass. ; P. J. Berckmans, Ga,, and J. H. Masters, Nebraska, Executive Com- 

 mittee; Benjamin G. Smith, Boston, Mass., Treasurer. The committee on 

 Revision of Catalogue, the general Fruit Committee, of one from each State, the 

 Committee on Foreign Fruits, that on New Native Fruits, on Synonyms, and 

 on Rejected Fruits were also announced. T. T. Lyon was continued as Vice 

 President for Michigan and Chas. W. Garfield was named as member of gen- 

 eral fruit committee from our State. 



At one of the sessions Mr. Lyon, chairman of the Michigan commission, 

 offered the following resolutions, which were adopted : 



Whereas, The American Pomological Society recognizes the establishment of a 

 correct and appropriate nomenclature as one of the first and most essential steps to- 

 ward the general dissemination of correct pomological knowledge; and 



Whereas, Our State and local agricultural, horticultural and pomological societies 

 now are and seem likely ever to be, the chief means through which desirable improve- 

 ments of this character are to be brought home to the great mass of our people; 

 and, 



Whereas, There is, at present, little apparent harmony of action on this subject 

 on the part of such societies generallj^, so far as the naming, displaying and examin- 

 ation of the fruits, as well as the principles upon which awards should be made are 

 concerned; and, 



Whereas, Such lack of harmonious action may resonably be, in a great measure, 

 attributed to the want of a well digested and generally recognized set of ideas, 

 principles, or rules of universal application, therefore, 



Besolved, That a committee be appointed, charged with the duty of framing a set 

 of such principles or rules, to be put forth and recommended by this society, for the 

 adoption and use of all, whether individuals or t^ocieties, who may have to do with 

 the naming, classifying, arranging, exhibiting or judging of fruits, including also the 

 naming of new or newly-introduced varieties. 



Besolved, That when such schedule of principles or rules shall have been framed and 



