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apparent conditions were the same, some Wealthy trees had their 

 blossoms killed and others did not. I hope some solution of this 

 can be given. ^ 



Mr. Peffer. Perhaps they did not all blossom at once, or were 

 not at the same time in the stage of blossoming most open to 

 injury by the frost. There might be this difference in blossoms on 

 the same tree, because they are like potato sprouts, and come at 

 different times. Watch close and you will see. 



Mr. Underwood. [ have never held a watch on my apple trees. 



Mr. Peffer. Well, you have got to. 



Mr. Whipple. In a level orchard of Transcendents exposed 

 alike to frost the center trees bore no fruit, while the outside rows 

 had a full crop. 



The Secretary. Prof. Porter explained that very clearly, at the 

 Bumraer meeting. Freer circulation of air is all there is of it. 



Ex. Lieut. Gov. Norman J. Colman being discovered among the 

 audience was introduced by President Sias and invited to address 

 the society. Gov. Colman said : 



CrOr. COLj\fAN'S ADDRESS. 



Mr. President and brother Horticulturists: 



I am invited to speak on short notice, and have not much to de- 

 liver. In fact I do not know why I am called on. However, I 

 have been engaged in fruit growing considerably, and feel at 

 home in such meetings as this, and if I could say a word here to 

 influence anybody here I would wish to exhort all who own a 

 piece of land, however small, to grow fruits, especially small fruits, 

 which you raise in great perfection in Minnesota. Especially 

 would I exhort the farmers to do so, and raise an abundance for 

 their families. As I ride through the country in Missouri, and 

 even here in Minnesota, it makes me feel bad to see how these 

 cheap, but healthful and delicious luxuries are neglected. Every 

 farmer might have his strawberries, his raspberries, his grapes and 

 his currants, as easily as his cabbages and his potatoes. Even for the 

 economy of health and the saving of doctor's bills, to say nothing 

 of the cheerfulness and comfort of a home so cared for, I would 

 urge farmers to grow the small fruits. Their acids separate the 



