Washtenaw Pomology

Forty-eight varieties of Chrysanthe mums were exhibited by Mr . J . Toms the florist and the elite of Ann Arbor wo mankind admired them. It was a sight indeed. But to a fruit-crank like the scribe who thinks the history of the world began with pomology will very likely end with it when Paradise wij have been regaiued, the fruit show took the lead. Indeed the women with their instinc tive longing for the fruit of the tree looked as eagerly at the luscious apple and pears and made as many inquine about them as they did abouttbscbsrm ing floral dispUy. The honorable founder of this so ciety, Mr. J . Austin Scott, with his experienc of over a half a century in fruit growing, lead with the zeal of a youthful pomologist in the exhibition of apples. It coutained the ■' Austin" which he had originated and wasnamed after him by Marshal P. Wilder, the late president of the American Pomological Society; it is a winter apple of fair size and beautiful color. The Greniwinkle, a sweetred fall apple best for baking; Belmont, Fall Pippin, Ben Davis, Greening, LadiesSweeting, Talman Sweet, Winter ermain, called by Mr. S. the richest apple, Canada Red, Swaar and Jonathan . Over this highly colored apple, one lady got quite into ecstacy. That beautiful light and bright spot which often marks this apple on the underside, had especially attracted her attention . Our honored president, Mr. J. D. Baldwin, to whom tuis society is much indebted for ctical results, exhibited the Baldwin, the King, the GreeDing, the Southern Vandervere apples and the Le Conté and Kiefier pears. So far Mr. B. gives the latter pear the preference over the former. E. Baur exhibited ten varieties of apples: Greeuing King, Ohio Nonpariel, Pippin, Spy Canada Red, Red Kusset, Wagner, Jon" athan and Gloria Mundi; ten varieties of pears: JLouise Bonne, ünondaga, Rose, Anjon, Mount Vernon, D'Aremberg, Vicar, Winter ííelis, Kieffer, and Angonleme. Also red raeplierry and pear syrups which were enjoyed by all who tasted them. The pear syrup is made trom fully ripe Bartlett and Flemish Beauty pears in large quantities without any sugar or spices as these pears contain, when fully ripe, plenty of sugar and of flavor. To the request to describe this pear exhibit with reference to quality and market value the undersigned would say that it would require more time, space and labor than people generally imagine. Suffice it to remark, that.the pear is one of the finest fruits. At present the Detroit and Chicago markets are overstocked by carloads from western New York. Yet for a specialist who is not afraid of hard work, and scientific investigation to overeóme the diseases and enemies of this tree there is room at the top of , the ladder. Miss Sarah Fleteher had a fine exhibit of jellies. Mr.Toms showed besides his ilowers, Plnsalis Alkekengi, fcommonly called ground cherry in natural and preserved state, which tasted delicious. Prof. B. E. Nichols reported as chair man of the committee on transporta" tion. He stated that the fruit transportation by the Michigan Central R. R. Co. in some'respects had not been satisfaïtory. The failures were caused by the Ann Arbor office which failed to telegraph to the Detroit office the number of cars which contained Ann Arbor fruit. Something must be done in the future to avoid such irregulanties. Mr. Clough was requested to report on the fruit factory bonus. But Mr. Mar tin Clark, wnom he expected to give the amount of collections was not present at the time. Quite si discussion in regard to the usefulness of the fruit Cactory to the fruit growers as well as to the community in general aróse and it was decided that the factory would do ten times as much good if it would go into canning. It was reported that the Ann Arbor Preserve and Pickling Company located on the south Pittsfleld road had sold out their whole stock of cannd goods. This shows that can. ning of fruit from Washtenaw county will have a future. All the committeespromisedafull report at the annual meeting of the society which occurs on th flrst of December.