Excerpt from Thirty-Seventh Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Horticultural Society of Michigan, 1907 The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Michigan State Horticultural Society, held in the auditorium in the city of Battle Creek, December 3, 4 and 5, is conceded by all present to have been the most enjoyable and profitable of any in the history of the society. Nearly every part of the State was represented in the attendance, besides delegates and visitors from 12 other states and Canada. The presence of such national authorities as J. H. Hale of Connecticut, W. H. Collingwood and Prof. U. P. Hedrick of New York and W. W. Farnsworth of Ohio added to the interest in the excellent program. The display of fruit, mostly apples and pears, was large and the specimens were of unusual excellence. The competitive fruit judging and identifying by a dozen students from the agricultural college, with Prof. Hedrick of Geneva, New York as referee, resulted in awarding the following cash prizes: First, $15, B. B. Pratt of Benton Harbor; second, $10, F. M. Barden, Casco; third, $5, A. L. Darbee, Caro. The society business meeting resulted in the reelection of President C. B. Cook of Owosso, Secretary C. E. Bassett of Fennville, Treasurer James Satterlee of Lansing, Vice President R. A. Smythe of Benton Harbor and O. S. Bristol of Almont as a new member of the executive board in place of Geo. E. Rowe, who had served the two terms allowed by the constitution of the society. The permanent fund of the society was increased at this meeting to $5,000, which meets the requirements in the will of the late T. T. Lyon of South Haven. It was with deep regret that the word was received that Prof. S. W. Fletcher, horticulturist at the Agricultural College, has accepted the position of dean of the Virginia experiment station, to take effect at once. One of the delightful social affairs of the meeting was the banquet given at the sanitarium. The banquet tables were handsomely decorated with fruits and flowers - the crimson blossoms of poinsettias, alternating with mounds of red and white grapes, golden pears and rosy apples, while the menu reflected the principles of the institution - the return to Nature's products and exploited to the complete satisfaction of the guests their epicurean value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.