. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 'I'HK C'WAKIAN HOKIICL'! riii: mi(Iiu;a.\ i-rlit (irowkrs. I ihc retiucst of our Directors, I attt-ndcd the meeting of the State Horticultural Society, of Michigan, hcUl in Port Huron, on the iSth and 19th of last month, and herewith append you a few notes of their proceed in jis. Tlu' meeting, though not (juite as large, in point of numbers, as I expected to see (being held outside of their great fruit growing district), was from beginning to end a very enthusiastic one, and their papers and discussions Mer
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 'I'HK C'WAKIAN HOKIICL'! riii: mi(Iiu;a.\ i-rlit (irowkrs. I ihc retiucst of our Directors, I attt-ndcd the meeting of the State Horticultural Society, of Michigan, hcUl in Port Huron, on the iSth and 19th of last month, and herewith append you a few notes of their proceed in jis. Tlu' meeting, though not (juite as large, in point of numbers, as I expected to see (being held outside of their great fruit growing district), was from beginning to end a very enthusiastic one, and their papers and discussions Mere all of a very interesting and practical character. The first paper, b\ 1,. 1>. Rice, of l*ort Huron, on Fruit (irowing on the Western Shore of Lake Huron, brought out the fact that while fruit growing on the western side of the State was the most important industry, that it had been almost entirely neglected in the eastern portion of the State, although there were many sections that were well adajited to it there. Branches of a peach tree were shown in a healthy condition, which was 24 years old, and had passed through several winters when the ther- mometer was 15 to 16 degrees below zero, and one when it went 32' below. In discussing the degrees of cold a peach tree will stand and bear, several instances were given where fair crops had been obtained after a winter of 16° below zero. A paper by T. T. Lyon, Director of the Horticultural Experimental Station, at South Haven, on the testing and introduction of novelties, showed that not more than one in a hundred of new fruits exceeded, or even equalled, the old standard varieties, although some of them, for the first year or two, might appear to be valuable. His advice to fruit growers was : Though every wide-awake man might test a limited number for himself on a small scale, yet for general j)lanting " let novelties ; It was estimated that there was money enough wasted on worthless fruits to support the ])o
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