78 HISTORY OF HORTICULTURE IN MINNESOTA. 



Oil motioii of Col. Stevens, it was decideil.that when tlie Society adjourns 

 it stand adjourned to meet at Minneapolis, on the 4th of Jnly next. 



On motioii the President appointed the following gentlemen to write essays 

 on the following subjects : 



1st — Preparation of orchard ground before planting, O. F. Brand, of Rice 

 count3^ 



2nd — Varieties of apples, and to what soil adapted, W,vman Elliot, of Hen- 

 nepin county. 



3d — Orchard cultivation, site, and protection and distance to plant, S. 

 Bates, of Winona County. 



4th — What constitutes inherent, organic hardiness, and what properties of 

 soil are essential to hardy gro^^^h, Col. D. A. Robertson, of Ramsey county. 



5th — Timber trees, and how to cultivate, Theodore Bost, gf (Jarver county. 



6th— Cultivation of Small Fruits, C. M. Loring, of Minneapolis. 



By Mr. Loring : ' . 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be extended to the North Star Grange of the 

 Patrons of Husbandry, for the free use of this Hall. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be, and they are hereby tendered tothe Pacific, 

 the Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis, the St. Paul and Sioux Citj', and the Winona and , 

 St. Peter railroads, for half fare tickets; and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 

 the Presidents or Superintendents of each of these roads by the Secretary of the Society. 



The Societj' then requested all persons who are raising fruit in this State, 

 to send their names to the correspoudiug Secretary at Faribault, Rice county, 

 at as early 'a day as possible, so that they may receive copies of this report. 

 The official report will be published in pamphlet form in a few weeks. 

 This report will contain the report of all the proceedings of the Society since 

 its organization, * 



J. W. Harkness. 



Secretary. 



THE 4TH OF JULY (18G9) MEETING AT MINNEAPOLIS. 



We have only a brief record of the proceedings of the next meeting of the 

 Society, that of 4th of July at Minneapolis. They w^ere as follows : 



GENERAL PROCEEDINGS. 



The State Horticultural Society held a preliminary meeting on Monday 

 afternoon at 4 o'clock, at which the principal business transacted w^as the ap- 

 pointment of committees to arrange the order of business at the following 

 day's session, and to investigate the new^ injury in apple trees which has 

 developed in the garden of Mr. Wm. M. Harrison, of this city. Messrs. 

 Mendenhall, N. Washburn, and J. S. Shearman, of Illinois, composed the latter 

 committee. ' 



A proposition that individuals joining the Society now be considered mem- 



