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"MiNNF.soTA HoiiTicuLTUKAL SOCIETY," and providiiii^ for a division of the 

 State into districts, each of wliich should have a Vice President. 



Col. Robertson, Chas. Hoag, Wxnnan Elliot and Truman M. Smith were 

 constituted a Committee of Arrangements for the next meeting of the Society. 



The Secretary was ordered to have the proceedings published in the lead- 

 ing papers of the State. 



On motion the Society adjourned to meet in St. Paul, in .laimary— the day 

 to be fixed by the Executive Connnittee. 



Wm. AVheei.kh, Secretary. 



The following is the Keport of .1. W. llarkness the Corresponding Secretary, 

 which elicited so earnest a debate, and upon the conclusions of which mem- 

 bers were so little able to agree. It will be scanned with deep interest by all 

 who have watched the progress of fruit growing in the State since it was 

 penned some five years since. 



REPORT OK COR. SECRETARY HARKXESS. 



Read before the Fruit Growers' Association at Minneapolis, Sept. oO, 186s. 



At the Fruit Growers' Convention, held at Faribault. .)an. oUth and olst, 

 1868, the following resolution was atlopted. 



Reiiolved, That the Corre^poiidin;: Secretary be iiis^tructed to send out a series of rjueslioiis 

 to the various Fruit Growers' of the State, for the purpo.'se of eliciting information for the 

 use of the Association, and to present a compiled report of sucli information at the next 

 annual meeting. 



In accordance with this Resolution, the following questions were prepared 

 and sent out to all fruit growers whose names could be obtained : 



First. — What varieties of apples have 3'ou planted':' 



Second . — What is the character of your soil, also subsoil V Specify wln'tlier 

 on high land or in a valley : i]i timber or on prairie. 



Third. — In what direction does your orchard ground descend "r" If sheltered 

 by timber, in what direction ? 



Fourth. — Is there any large body of water (^lake or riverj near you. 



Fifth. — What preparation do you give the soil, and how deep do you set 

 your trees. 



Sixth. — How late in the season do you usually cultivate, and what kinds of 

 crops do you raise among them ? 



Seventh. — Have you mulched your trees, and at wliat season of the year, 

 and what with V 



Eighth. — Do you ever prune, and at what season of the year? 



.Viuth. — In what locality or State did your trees originate? 



Tf^nth. — Have you grown any apples ? If so. what amount, and of what 

 varieties ? 



Eleventh. — State your opinion as to varieties and mode of cultivation, with 

 further remarks upon any important points which, in your opinion, are not 

 covered by the above questions, 

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