Pomological

The August meeting of the Washtenaw Pomological society was well attended witli lir. JUaldwin in the chair. Tlie cliairmau of the committee on transportaron reported that in future the meiubert of the society Bliould well coneider, that siuce tlie express company has raised the rates from 85 to46cents$er 100 pounds to Detroit, a car coukl bc had from the Michigan Central for 19 cents per hundrod pounds. One hu nd red and thirty-five bushels wou ld bè necessary to lili the bill. The fruit growers from thls vlciuity sliipped one week 1,000 busbelt of berries mostly to Detroit. Another year we ought to go Into it. Our 1 ruit would be handled more ciirefully and we could bring In our fruit uutil 8 o'clock p. m., while with the express company we have to hurry to get there 20 minutes ! past 4 p. m. Many bushels of berries were I lost tothe growernot haring time ennugh lo gather all that was matureil. Prlces are so low in Detroit, that with the rUe in freiglit and the high prieel of fruitpackages, there wal no jiroflt for the grower. The pieker had the besl part of the job. CHKAP PAOKAGE&. Mr. Baldwm stated that oar crates wcre too high ; m.iny werc lost throOgb the se;i8on. He liad a return ciato froiu Ohio, which could bc made for 30 cents. It was used by the pomologieal society of the state of ühio. Boxes which were seldom returned frora Detroit cost the fruit growers a cent a iuce at Rochester, N. Y. Tliey could be made for $S pet 11.000. S. Mills: It would have been better if we had left the berries on the Wnea thia year. He paid pieker 15a cent per quai t for red raspberries and one cent for black berries. In niany instances losses occurred to shippers. Fruit growers aru not able to hire. I wlll continue to grow fruit for the fun of it, but will just grow what I can work myself. J. II. Clough: The rlght hnpTesaioa in regard to the prolits of small fruit growing otight to go out. If wc ve au honest statenieut we bouclit our.selva and others. W. F. Bird : No qastioU but Lin:ill fruit growing is overdone. What ghai] W8 üo to get out of it? Xo doubt the Darwinian theory ''the strongest will survive" will be applic;ible to fruit growers. Eveiy inclustry asks for piotection. Wliy not the fruit grower? Cider vinegar is made without uu apple in it. All kinds of jellies are made from corn, potatoes and bugs. Apple iyrup is manufactured without au apple in it. If we preserve our fruit we cannot compete with the scamps. The coiisumer want the cheaper article. Kev. Mr. Day: I hardly expect tlial legislatures will take measures to protect the fruit grower. The two principie?, demand a8 well as supply, govern tliis as well as any other business. The supply is grcater than the detnand. The future does not look very bright. The ftddreai of Mr. Williams of New Jersey, an cxpcrieuccd fruit grower, at the American Pomologlcal society at (iranii Rapids, on the proöts of fruit growing, has great weight with me. He stated that the New York and Phihidelphia murket is so gluttcd with fruit that fruit growing is no more a paylng business. Since rny boyhood I was engaged in fruit grpwittg. We used to get from 40 to 60 cents per quart for our first-class berries; nou we jet 4 cents and hardly tliat. E. Baur: We still feel the elTocts of hard times caused by strikes and otlier social and business disturbanceí. lienies are a luxury. People will lirst purebase uecessities. S. Mills: The workingman has now better times than ever. He gets three times the wa;es I had when 1 i'ollowed my trade, and clothin and all commodities mude of lron and steel, alao of wood, groceries, etc, cost now one-half of the prlce we had to pay iu those days. The highest commodUy now fc .liireil help. Whisky and cigars aro tlie workingman's luxuries, not berrieá. Kruit of all kinds is healthful and beneficial. It beloDgs to the neeessities of a hygiciiic diet, while the luxuries named créate disease, poverty, crime and dissattsfactlon. The reaolutiou "Xliat soiall fruit growng at present does nut pay," was uu inimously canied. aitAi'BS. J. Ganzhorn: My grape look botter than ever, very littlo rot. Aa sS as the buds started I used in my oldfst vineyard air-slaked lime. In anotlier viucyard I applied carbolic acid and sulphutc of' copper. In anotlier I lost one-third by rot throngh late application of above preventions alter blooming. Wm. MeCreery: 1 applieil oue pound of sulpliur to one gallon of v;tt(;r vvith force pump. The berrïes that shovved any sign of rot werc carefully gathered anti destroyed. Prospccts of a lina erop are very good. C. M. Bowen, of Lima, spoke bf bia experience in grape culture at VJnfeland, N. J.: "If yon cover your vines they will not rot Ive's seedlings nevct rottej witli us, Coiicord the worst. W. F. Bird: Tlie Niagata make ;i good showing. NEW VARIETIES OF UASPIiEBi: 1 1. S. Mills : No improvement lately. The old Doolittle still the best black cap; Cuthbert the best red, Marlborrow not wortli raising. Lou ILill : M.irlbormw dld wcll witli me; it needs scvere prunlnr. Obio, a black cap, diicd uil up. Kot one-foin tlr of a blackbcrry erop. 8. Mills: If the drouglit had DOl prleÖ up three-fourt.lis of the Cutlibertí #here would we havo (band nu outlet for our icd raspberrici ? Prlces were so low that the last shipinent of strawberries ran me in debt. Those that had black raspberries would haye done best if they had dried thera. Schaefer this year lias done well. Ohio íin cutiré failure; Saukegan dried dried np. J. Altmand: Sehuefer raakes such largc lateral that it falls to the grouml. TUK FRUIT EXUIBIT. C. M. Bowen : Wilson's Early blackliorry, larget of the season. W. F. Blrd : Early Beatrice the handsoniest and most fragrant early peacli. A whit secdling peacb inueh like Early lürers. N. B. Covert: Tlie Early Joe apple wblcb he distributed freely among those present. E. Baur : Astraehan apple, Clapp's Favorite pear, Qiffard pear, Rostiezer pear, Dearborn Secdling and Madeline pear. These pears were ripe. Tl Gif - l'ard's shipped in July. This society shows vigor and push and should be patronized better by its merubers and the fruit growers of WashteBftW. Emil Baur, Cor. Sec. Albert E., infant son of Wm. and Mary Cleaver, of the Cth ward, died August 8d, of cholera infantum. 'J'he back pension secured for Mis. Jacobus by Mr. Matthews, $3,800, is said to be the largest ever secured in the Munty.