Michigan Horticultural Society At The State Fair

The Michigan State Horticultura Society wlH make its usual exhibit a the State Fair, in Jackson, September 19-24, 18S7. Arrangements are abou completed for displays of fruits frora Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin Iowa, Nebraska and California. One special feature will be a display of one hundred and fifty varieties of tomatoes from the hortlcultural departrnent o: the State Agricultural College. The florists of Jackson are to have charge of the display of plants and fiowers, and the arrangement of the hall will be especially suited to a complete exhibition of horticultural products. On Wednesday and Thursday evenings of the Fair there will be meetings of the Society probably at the circuit court room, for discussion; and at these sessions it is especially desirable that new and promising fruits be brought out for testing and recommendation. It is hoped that the horticulturists of the State will take advantage of the greatly reduced railroad rates and attend these meetings. There will be no long papers, hut the time will be taken up entirely with the free discussion of the followine touics and such others as may be suggested by those in attendance. TOPICS. New and Promising Varieties of the Larger Fruits; Value and Methods of Exhibiting Horticultural Products; Renewing Old and Failing Apple Orchards; Culture, Nomenclature and Varieties of Tomatoes; Returns from fruit Plantations - How Soon to Expect Them; Michigan's Future as a Fruit Growing State; Cultivation and Drouth; The Wage-worker's Garden; Suggestions Concerning Suburban Homes, and Possibilities of our Low Lands for Truck Gardening.