Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

w. S. PULLEN, HILLSDALE. Four years ago when we began renting orchards we knew of no one who was making a specialty of this work. We soon learned of a few others, one of whom was our president, Mr. T. A. Farrand. In the section we chose, Hillsdale county, for a goodly number of fair-sized […]

PAUL ROSE, ELBERTA. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a very easy matter to suggest problems, and it is not at all a difficult matter for the practical fruit grower to propound them, but what we want here is someone who can solve them. This is what we are up against—we want some one […]

HORACE SESSIONS, SHELBY. Mr. President, Ladies and ‘Gentlemen : Yesterday when I sat back there and saw that fine bunch of young men up here on the rostrum and listened to them give us such splendid short and pithy speeches on vital topics, I -remarked to Mr. -Bassett, “It would be better to call on […]

The delightful social feature of the forty-second annual meeting of the State Horticultural meeting was the banquet, which was held in the St. Cecelia Hall, a musical institution maintained and carried forward by the music lovers of Grand Rapids. The rooms were hardly large enough to comfortably seat the two hundred and over guests who […]

R. A. SMYTHE, BENTON HARBOR. The subject assigned to me is “Grape Troubles and Their Remedy.” In looking over the matter I think the excess of moisture has been the cause of much of the trouble we have had. The three troubles which has been given us the most concern in the way of pests […]

R. G. PHILLIPS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : It gives me a great deal of pleasure to be here today, even though it is a rainy day, and for several reasons : First, I am always willing to do anything for your good Secretary, Mr. Bassett, and for Prof. Eustace, one […]

PROF. R. H. PETTIT, M; A. C. Friends—In our ordinary spraying for the codling moth we use two sprays, one spray just as the petals fall, and another spray the first week in August. Beside these, we sometimes put on another about fourteen days after the petal spray, and sometimes one between that and the […]

MRS. PAUL ROSE, ELSERTA. Mr. President, Gentlemen and Ladies : Inasmuch as we are supposed to be it, I will show due respect to the gentlemen by addressing them first. When I read the program and saw that I was the only woman on the program, I wondered who the program committee had a grudge […]

H. A. SCHUYLER, ADRIAN. The application of business principles in any concern is limited to their practical value. It is doubtful if any one can afford to practice methods that are not of practical value. In locating for horticulture, several questions will appear. Can .one afford to sacrifice easy access to market for good soil, […]

I. J. PICKFORD, EAST LANSING. Thinning fruit on the tree is an important operation in the scientific management of orchards, and one that Michigan horticulturists should practice more extensively. We want to establish in the mind of the markets and in every consumer the idea that Michigan stands for quality. Let us assist nature in […]