124 HISTORY OF HORTICULTURE IN MINNESOTA. 



KLECTION OF Ol-FICKliS. 



The election of officers next took place, resulting; as follows : 



President — K. J. Mendenhall, Minneapolis. 



Vice Presidents— E. H. 8. Dart, Owatonna; M. W. Leland, Rochester, 



Cor. Secretary — J. S. Harris, LaCrescent, j:>r/; tem. 



Pec. Secretary— A. W. McKinstry, Faribault. 



.\sst. Secretary— C. D. McKellip, Faribault. 



Treasurer — Wynian Elliot, Minneapolis. 



The Society then adjourned until !» o'clock Thursday morning. 



MORNING SESSION. 

 The Convention met pursuant to adjournment. 



THEASUliEK'S REPORT. 



Receipts, includinji- the amount on hand at the beginning of the year )$185 17 

 Disbursements 130 85 



Balance in treasury •'$o4 32 



CRAJB APPLES. 



At the suggestion of Mr. Hart, the subject of crab apples was taken up. 



Mr. Brimhall inquired whether cider can be made of Transcendent crabs; 

 he says they are good for drying and for sauce. 



Mr. Elliot made ten gallons of cider, but it w^as not good ; sours too soon 

 and has the crab apple taste ; would not reconnnend raising for cider. 



Mr. Gideon would throw away all crabs except the Soulard, and one or two 

 others of the best winter varieties. 



Mr. Howe thought the Society- should pay more attention to the seedlings ; 

 he had seen two hundred and fifty to three hundred different kinds at the 

 State Fair, and some twenty-rive varieties were as good, in his opinion, as 

 any of the named varieties there exhibited. 



REPORT ox PUBLICATION. 



Connnittee on publication made their report as follows : 



We recommend that a committee of seven be appointed by this Society to 

 visit the Legislature and procure the publishing, in book form, of all the pro- 

 ceedings of the Society, from its organization to the present time. 



We also recommend the appointment of J. H. Stevens to compile the same. 



The report was adopted, and a committee appointed as follows : D. A. J. 

 Baker, Chas. Hoag, Norman Buck, Levi Nutting, C. M. Loriug, Truman M. 

 Smith and Horace J. Brainard. 



It was voted to send specimens of the fruit on exhibition to the Capitol at 

 St. Paul, to be there placed on exhibition. 



