118 ANNUAL REPORT 



Mr. Harris thought we might prune in the fall with perfect safety. 

 Upon motion of the Secretary, a vote of thanks was tendered Mr. 

 dale, for use of chairs, furnished by him. 



The Committee on final resolutions, made the following report : 



REPORT OP COMMITTEE ON FINAL RESOLUTIONS. 



Mr .Chairman and Members of the Slate Horticultural Society : 



Your committee have a pleasant task to perform, in returning their sincere 

 thanks to the citizens of Minneapolis for their generous treatment of our delegates. 

 We are under renewed obligations for this duty so pleasanth- and hospitably 

 rendered. 



We can only offer, in token of our sincere appreciation, a hearty invitation to 

 those citizens to lend their presence to our summer meetings, and allow us an op- 

 portunity to reciprocate in some slight degree their many favors, to us as a society. 



We would further remem1)er in grateful appreciation, the Chicago, Milwaukee & 

 St. Paul, the Chicago & Northwestern and the Chicago, Minneapolis & Omaha 

 lines of railroad, for substantial favors tendered, in furnishing transportation to 

 our members, to and from this convention, at one and one-fifth the regular rate. 



Also the chamber of commerce, for the use of their pleasant room, for our 

 sessions. 



Especial thanks are due to Messrs. Pearce, Stevens, Elliot, Chute and Menden- 

 hall, for their self-imposed duties of providing room entertainment for our mem- 

 bers during the meetings, and to the daily papers, for their generous reports of our 

 sessions. Also to H. A. Gale, for his kindness in furnishing chairs to seat the hall 



In conclusion, we compliment individually and colletively, the members of the 

 society, for the good attendance and interest that have prevailed. 



We. certainly, as lovers of Horticulture, can feel encouraged at the present, and, 

 we, as a 'society, can but be of great benefit to our young State and the entire North- 

 west, by a faithful performance of our duty. 



G. W. Fuller, 

 S. M. Emery. 



The Secretary was instructed to rent a room for storage of Horti- 

 cultural property, and to correspond with the ofiicers of local societies, 

 relating to the holding of a summer meeting. 



Wyniann Elliot and R. J. Mendenhall were unanimously elected 

 honorary life members of the society. 



THE CULTIVATION AND PROTECTION OF ORCHARDS IN 



MINNESOTA. 



BY J, T. GRIMES, OF MINUTE APOLIS. 



In this cold climate we have much to learn in the cultivation and care of orch- 

 ard trees and some things to unlearn, for the most plausible theories frequently 

 fail in practice, and what we may claim to be an established fact to-day, to-morrow 

 may prove to be no fact at all, and we are constantly surrounded b\^ apparent con- 

 tradictions that we are unable to explain. 



