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ling is a good apple. I know but little of it except that it was 

 originated by Dr. Atwood. 



Secretary Gibbs. Mr. Wilcox recommends the Atwood and 

 grows it in his orchard at La Crosse. 



Mr. Elliot showed seedlings raised by Andrew Hartman. Wood 

 a little stained. 



D. K, Michenor, Etna, Fillmore county, exhibited a long keep- 

 ing, keen subacid yellow apple, and the secretary held up a plate 

 of large apples grown by President Harris from seed of Trans- 

 cendent crab. 



Gr. W. Harrington, Plainview, showed the seedlings from trees 

 said to be as hardy as oaks and of ages from eleven to twenty-six 

 years old. Apples rather small, but may have value for breeding 

 stocks. 



Many other seedlings were entered and some of prepossessing 

 appearance, but not being accompanied by notes, and unknown to 

 the secretary, are not described. 



All these seedlings are subject to re-entry for the next annual 

 meeting under the rule requiring entries to be made before Septem- 

 ber 1st, and trees to be examined by seedling committee, and it is 

 hoped all the good seedlings in the State, or in northern Wiscon- 

 sin, will be so entered and shown, as liberal premiums will be given 

 on three best seedlings at the annual winter meeting in January, 

 1884. 



The Secretary. If there is any desire on the part of the society 

 to change its place of meeting, an invitation is extended to locate 

 for a summer or winter meeting, or both, at Lake City. We can 

 furnish a good hall and entertain the members with cordial hospi- 

 tality. 



Col. Stevens moved that both the summer and winter meetings 

 be held at Minneapolis, and that the time of holding and all ar- 

 rangements for the summer meeting be left to the executive com- 

 mittee. 



The motion was adopted without dissent. 



QUESTION BOX. 



A PRIMARY LESSON IN HORTICULTUKE. 



If Duchess after setting should die and sprout again and the 

 sprout bear, would the apple be a seedling? 



