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HISTORY OF HORTICULTURE IN MICHIGAN BY J. C. HOLIES, OF DETROIT
The meeting having been called to order, J. C. Holmes, of Detroit, was called to the chair, and J. T. Blois, of Jonesville, elected secretary. After the transaction of some business the following list of prices was reported-discussed and adopted:
Resolved, That our price for apple trees of medium size, or from 5 to 7 feet high, shall be not less than 181 cents each, nor less than $16. 00 per hundred. Extra sized trees at proportionate prices. Dwarf apple trees from 25 cents to 37J cents each. ' Plum trees shall not be sold less than 50 cents each; our price for peach trees shall not be less than 20 cents each, or $15. 00 per hundred.. Apricot and Nectarine trees, on peach stocks, shall be from 37J to 50 cents each.. Quince trees of medium size shall be from 25 to 50 cents each. Our price for hardy grapes,. from two to three years old, shall not be less than 25 cents each.
The following constitution was then adopted:
Article 1. This association shall be called The Michigan Nurserymen and Fruit Growers'
Association.
Article 2. Any practical nurseryman, fruit grower or friend of horticulture may, by a vote
of the society, become a member.
Article 3. The objects of the association shall be to extend the acquaintance of the members and to advance generally the horticultural interests of this and neighboring States.
Article 4. The officers shall consist of a president, vice president, and a secretary, who shall also act as treasurer. They shall be elected by ballot, and hold their offices for one year,. or until their successors shall be elected. They shall perform the duties usually devolving upon such officers, and form an executive board.
Article 5. The society shall hold annual meetings on the first Tuesday in December, at which time the annual election of officers shall be held.
Article 6. By-laws not inconsistent with this constitution may be adopted, and from time to time altered and amended by a majority of the members present.
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