120 HISTORY OF HOHTICULTURR IN MlNxVESOTA. 



Mr. Gideon tliiiiks hornets and yellow jackets eat leaf-lice ; his treatment 

 for borers is to bind ashes around the parts affected. 



Mr. Mendenhall says there are sixteen hundred kinds of leaf-lice, and four 

 hundred kinds of curculio. Ants do not eat lice, as is supposed by some. 



Mr. Jewell described a moth trap which he had seen, and thouijht it a good 

 thing. It is made of three or four shingles, which are cut out in the middle 

 in crescent form on both sides, and fastened together by a screw, Avhich also 

 serves to fasten the trap to the tree. The moths hide in the crevices of the 

 trap, and are killed by rubbing the shingles together. 



Mr. Dart — bands of hay are often fastened around trees to trap moths. 



THE FIFTH TOPIC — PEARS. 



This subject Avas pretty thoroughly discussed by members from all parts of 

 the State, and the prevailing opinion with all except Mr. Ford, was, thai 

 pears can be successfully grow^n in our State. Several varieties are already 

 doing well. The Flemish Beauty appears to be doing the best of any variety 

 thus far. 



At the conclusion of the discussion of pears, Mr. 1). A. J. Baker moved 

 that a committee, consisting of Truman M. Smith, Wyman Elliot and Norman 

 Buck, collect the statistics of apples imported into the State, and amount 

 paid for the same, and report at this meeting. 



Adjourned till 7 p. m. 



EVENING SESSION. 



Mr. Harris stated that at the last session of the Society a committee was 

 appointed to select varieties of fruits for recommendation to growers of this 

 State. He then presented the following report, which was accepted : 



REPORT ON FRUITS. 



Y<nir committee on fruits beg leave to make the following report on fruits 

 which they deem worthy of cultivation, for the consideration of the Society : 



Apples. — Duchess of Oldenburg, Red Astrachan, Haas, Saxton, St. Law- 

 rence, Price's vSweet, Alexander, Ben Davis and Fameuse. 



Crahs. — Soulard, Siberian Apples, Transcendent and Aiken's Winter. 



Pears. — Flemish Beauty and Buttum. 



Plums. — German Prince and best native. 



Cherries. — Early Richmond and Morello. 



Grapes. — Concord, Delaware, Salem, lona, Isabella and Ontario. 



Currants. — Red Dutch and White Dutch. 



Baspberries. — Doolittle, Miami, Philadelphia and Purple Cane. 



Strawberries. — Wilson's, and Downer's Prolific. 



It was moved that the varieties named in the list be taken up in their order 

 and discussed, and a recommendation be given of all varieties w^orthy of gen- 

 eral cultivation. 



