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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The annual meeting of the Michigan State Horticul¬ 
tural Society at Lawton, was attended by many prominent 
horticulturists, including President T. T. Lyon, Hon. C. D. 
Lawton, Hon. Charles W. Garfield, R. M. Kellogg, T. V. 
Munson of Texas, R. Morrill and Professor L. R. Taft. 
Mr. Lawton, the pioneer, said that Michigan could still 
grow all kinds of fruits, but that in many sections grapes 
proved the most profitable. During last season 200 cars 
loaded with 3,000 baskets of grapes each, were shipped, be¬ 
sides 30,000 baskets sent by express as far even as Oregon and 
Texas. R. Morrill of Benton Harbor, in a paper on “ The 
Possibilities and Probabilities of Horticulture,” said that 
consumption of fruits was increasing as fast as production 
and the man who planted intelligently and largely would 
reap a large reward. He attributed much of the failure to 
the irresponsible tree peddler and nursery brokers of the 
East. Mr. Morrill said the acreage in the vicinity of Benton 
Harbor would be largely increased the coming spring. Not 
less than 250,000 peach trees would be set, besides an im¬ 
mense amount of other fruits. Mr. Munson said he was 
still looking for the ideal grape which was sure to come 
Many improvements, he said, are in sight. 
C. Engle, of Paw Paw, who had spent many years in 
growing seedlings and has produced several of the greatest 
promise, gave an interesting account of his methods. He 
mashed the grapes and allowed them to stand a few days 
when the seed would separate from the pulp readily. He 
put them in a tin pan and left them where they would freeze 
during the w inter, planting in the spring about an inch 
deep in yery rich soil, and gave thorough cultivation In 
the fall many shoots would be a foot long, and many w'ould 
fruit the third season. He w^as asked if he had yet found 
anything that would equal the Concord as a market grape 
and he replied that he had not, but had many of superior 
quality for his friends. J. H. Hawley, of Ganges, and N. 
W. Lewis, of Gobleville, said that the profits of the peach 
season had been very large and the increase of acreage the 
coming .spring seemed to be limited only by the supply of 
trees. The yellowcs were being held in check at all points 
and prospects w'ere brilliant. 
The election of officers resulted as follows : President, 
R. Morrill; secretary, Edwy C. Reed; treasurer, E. H. 
Scott; executive board, C. W. Garfield, F. J. Russell, T. 
T. Lyon. 
SOUTHWESTERN IOWA HORTICULTURISTS. 
The nineteenth annual meeting of the Southw^estern 
Iowa Horticultural Society was held at Glenwood on De¬ 
cember 19th. In a paper on “Future of Orcharding in 
Southw'estern low'a,” John Y. Stone said : “ It would re¬ 
quire the gift of prophecy to properly discuss the subject, 
yet .from present indications the future is promising. The 
bluff and hill lands of this region are peculiarly adapted to 
fruit, and our people are becoming aw^are of it. We are at 
the gateway of the market of the West and North, and 
with direct lines of transportation to the East, we shall be 
able to reach the markets of the world, and especially in 
long-keeping winter apples we are sure to succeed.” 
H. A. Terry gave seven best varieties of plums as being, 
Hawkeye, De Soto, Milton, Hammer, Charles Downing, 
Wolf and Wyant. In grapes, Moore’s Early, Worden, 
Concord and Pocklington were recommended; the Pock- 
lington was considered as the most reliable and best 
wTite grape. The Eaton had disappointed Silas Wilson and 
others, and the foliage of the Moyer is not satisfactory. Mr. 
Lotspeech succeeded in growing peaches by inducing sev¬ 
eral branches to grow from the root, or as low as possible 
to get them, and bending down and covering. The trunks 
are pegged down and kept there, while the tops are raised 
and staked. The spring of the wood allows the trees to be 
turned right and left, and thus they can be easily, covered, 
to be raised and staked each spring. 
The following officers were elected : President, M. G. 
PMwards, Glenwood; vice-president, W. M. Bomberger, Har¬ 
lan ; secretary and treasurer, George Van Houten, Lenox. 
Council Bluffs was chosen as the place for the next meeting. 
minnp:sota forestry association. 
At the annual meeting of the Minnesota State Forestry 
Association, Secretary J. O. Bartlett read a paper in which 
he urged the growing of timber lands and the planting of 
trees to perpetuate the growth of the valuable pine tree. 
Hon. Platt B. Walker stated that the destruction of pine 
forests in North America is appalling. The supply in the 
northern states and Canada is fast being exhausted, while 
that of the southern states is not suffering such rapid de¬ 
vastation, but is fast disappearing. The difficulty, he said, 
is in the low valuation of timber, which will continue until 
lumbermen are compelled, as in Europe, to plant a certain 
number of trees for every one cut down. The experiment 
of giving away prairie land with the understanding that so 
many trees were to be planted thereon was a most dismal 
failure. There are still 17,000,000 acres of forest reserves 
in the United States, and Mr. Walker stated that in 1892 
there were cut in the lumber regions of Minnesota and Wis¬ 
consin 4,530,315,000 feet of timber. 
PIASTERN NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
The Eastern Nurserymen’s Association held its annual 
meeting in this city on January 24th, and elected these 
officers : President, William C. Barry, Rochester ; vice- 
president, R. G. Chase, Geneva ; secretary and treasurer, 
William Pitkin, Roche.ster; executive committee, S. D. 
Willard, Geneva, N. Y.; George A. Sw^eet, Dansville, N. Y.; 
Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Wing'R. Smith, Syraeuse, 
N. Y.; C. W. Stuart, Newark, N. Y. 
