60 ANNUAL REPORT. 
Recommended for general cultivation : 2 
Wilson’s Albany. 
Recommended for cultivation by amateurs : 
Green Prolific, as an abundant bearer. 
Recommended for cultivation fer home use: 
Downer’s Prolific. 
Recommended for general trial : 
Charles Downing. (14 for, 5 against.) 
Recommended for trial : 
Michigan Seedling. (9 for, 0 against.) 
Hart’s Seedling. 
A number spoke in favor of recommending Hart’s seedling. 
Mr. Smith explained that the action of the Society in passing 
it over was in accordance with Mr. Hart’s wishes, who desired to ex- 
hibit it at the summer meeting before it was recommended. 
Prof. Phelps then invited the Society to hold sessions at the 
Normal School building, and to be present at the morning exer- 
cises of the school the following morning. 
The invitation was accepted by a unanimous vote. 
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
The meeting was called to order by the President at 10: 25. 
The Normal School. 
The members of the Society had previously witnessed the morn- 
ing exercises of the Normal School. The order, discipline and 
training displayed in these exercises delighted every one and called 
forth expressions only of satisfaction. At a given signal the pu- 
pils of the Normal Department found their seats without noise or 
confusion. At another signal the pupils of the model school en- 
tered in three divisions, each headed by its leader. On entering 
the room each division formed fours, halted, faced about and re- 
mained in the aisles during the exercises, after which they formed 
