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STATE HOETICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



McClatchie, of Ludington, Mason county; besides occasional and valuable incidental 

 aid from various other persons. 



The following gentlemen are members of the standing committee on catalogue for 

 the year 18S2, to any one of whom information may be communicated: 



First District— B. W. Steere. Adrian, Lenawee county. 



Second District — E. W. Cottrell, Detroit, Wayne countJ^ 



"J'hird District — H. Dale Adams, Galesburgh, Kalamazoo county. 



Fourth District — W. A. Brown, Stevensville, Berrien county. 



Fifth District — George C. McClatchie, Ludington, Mason county. 



Each of the above is empowered and expected to appoint three or more residents 

 of his district as a sub-committee for the district, he being, ex officio, chairman 

 thereof; tiie duty of such sub-committee being to collect information respecting the 

 introduction and testing of varieties of fruits in the district; and also as to the "uses 

 and values" of the varieties grown therein, and to forward the same to the general 

 chairman as aids in the next revision. 



It is deemed desirable and important tliat such sub-committees be appointed at an 

 early date, and that they be called together occasionally during tlie season at which 

 fruits are maturing, for the comparison and identification of varieties. 



It is also deemed important that there be at least one meeting during the year of 

 the general committee, for the purpose of general consultation, and the arranging of 

 plans for the coming revision. 



T. T. LYON, 

 Chairman of Committee on Catalogue. 



The wish of the society is not to avoid criticism, but rather to invite it, for 

 perfecting the worlc that is begun. We want the friends of Michigan horti- 

 culture to aid us by advice and kindly assistance, that we in turn may aid the 

 planters who look to our association for counsel. By thus aggregating the 

 experience of the best observers, we hope to secure the people who come to 

 abide with us, in developing the fruit interests of our State, from many of 

 the errors which others have made from a want of information. 



Seceetaet. 



CATALOGUE FOR 1SS2. 



ABBEEVIATIONS, APPLICABLE THEOUGHOUT THE CATALOGUE. 



The season of maturity given is, as nearly as practicable, that of«the second 

 and third tiers of counties, reckoning from the south line of the State. 



The nomenclature adopted is that of "Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of 

 America" — latest edition. 



