Horticultural Meeting

The Juno meeting of the Washtenaw Horticultural Society, held lust Baturday, disoussed strawberriea, fruit pros- and transportation. Jacob Ganzliorn exliibited the Michel's early strawberry, which he considerad valuable on account ol ts season, being aboutthree days earlier than Crescent, though not aa good a yielder. The Veny possi the merite of a g i color, fair Bize and uniform shape. lts flowers are staminate, tlms enabling t to he used as a fertilizer for the pistillate sorts. The strawberry erop this season had heen a good oiie and brought fair prieea. The prospecte for other small fniits were considered good. I'nspberries, blackberries and grapes are now in fine condition and if druoght does not cut sliort the Iterries, or black rot the grapes a fiill erop is assured. Cherries are a light erop. Large fruits do not promise quite so vvell as early in the season. Winter apples blossomed sparingly and will be a very light erop. Peaches are doing well, though in soine orchards certain varieties failed to set as well as was expected. Plums generally blossomed well, but set only a light erop on account of the wet weather. B. ;. Bnell reported that most varieties of pears had blossomed and set well, though the Flemish Beauty failed to blossom, and the Anjou blossomed full but did not set. A. A. Crozier reported that the new Canrott raspbeny, tbongh makiog rather a liglit growth last fall, was growing flnely this season and promised a larga crop. Prof. J. B. Steere said that tlie outlook for celery was all right. He 8 putting in thirty aerea this year and expecta toincrease the área to one hundred acres next year. The land is all pure niuck, three to five feet deep, resting on clay and is drained by opon ditches and irrigated by artesian wells, sunk to a depth of f rom twenty to thirty feet. New plantationa of fruit were reported in good condition, exc.ept where the tree and plants were dainaged by delayed shipments. Strawberry planta in particular were liable to be injured if shipped froni a distanee. The transportatiou question was diseussed at length and the general conclusión reached that no agent of the Society was necessarv in Detroit to receive the fruit. B. J. Conrad as appointed coiniuittee on transportation for the season. The oxhiliited samples of splint baskets of various si.cs and excellent ciiality made by Wcslcy Leuis, of Kundee. The next meeting will be held on the first Saturday in August.