182 HISTORY OF HORTICULTURE IX MINNESOTA. 



FRIDAY MORNING. 



The President called the meeting to order. 



First thing in order, the President said, is the appointment of standing 

 committees. As he wanted the aid of the workingmen, he desired to await 

 the arrival of some other of the officers of the Society before appointing such. 



Mr. Smith said that no one regretted more than he did, the loss of Mr. 

 Mendenhall as President, as. besides his other qualifications, he was the best 

 informed on entomology of all others. He wished him on that committee, if 

 he could be got to serve. 



Col. Stevens hoped that we would yet have the address the Ex-President 

 was to deliver. 



The Chairman called for any reports that might be ready. 



Mr. Harris, from the committee appointed last winter, presented a report 

 on seedlings, as follows : 



Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Horticultural Society : 



Your committee on seedlings submit the following; report : 



The exhibition of seedling apples, at the State Fair, showed that more than 50 varieties 

 are fruiting in this State, that are in size, beauty of appearance and flavor, equal to any of 

 the old standard varieties grown in the older States, and there is a good prospect that from 

 that number, some will be found possessing qualities of hardness and long keeping, early 

 and constant bearing that is so earnestly desired to meet our present wants. The first pre- 

 mium was awarded to Jacob ELline, of Union, Houston county, upon a large and fine autumn 

 apple. In the confusion that prevailed upon the breaking up of the fair, and as he had on 

 exhibition several fine varieties and the viewing committee could not be found, it has not 

 received a name. Our attention has not been called to any seedlings upon the tables at this 

 meeting. 



A seedling strawberry, raised by Geo. B. Wright, of Minneapolis, was exhibited at the 

 summer meeting, which we think should receive further notice. 



John S. Harris. 

 Truman M. Smith. 



Also the following report from the Committee on Nomenclature : 



The Committee on Nomenclature beg leave to report that there is but one member of the 

 committee present, and as far as our knowledge of winter grown fruits extends, the speci- 

 mens upon exhibition are rightly named, but there are some with names lost, which we are 

 unable to identify. 



John S. Harris, 

 Chairman of Committee. 



Col. Stevens moved that the report be accepted and adopted, which was 

 agreed to. 



Mr. Elliot introduced the following resolution : 



Resolved, That the whole matter of publishing the proceedings of this Society be referred 

 to a committee of three. 



An amendment offered by Mr. Dart, instructing the committee to abridge, 

 as far as possible, without materially damaging the report, was accepted by 

 Mr. Elliot. 



Carried. 



Col. Stevens said that for the information of members he would state that 

 the entire proceedings would be fully published in the Farmer's Union, and if 

 any wanted copies they could leave their names with Mr. Harris, the Secretarj'. 



