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qualities of the Wealthy combined with the long keeping qualities of 

 the Malinda? — or the Duchess with the ^lalinda? You could put 

 out those two varieties in some isolated place, and I think we might 

 reasonable hope for a cross tliat would furnish seed that would be of 

 value and an improvement upon anything we have at the present 

 perhaps. 



In conclusion. I want to offer a resolution, or make a motion, to 

 the effect that it is the sense of this society that our executive board 

 shall plan, or work out a plan, for an auxiliary of this society 

 to be known as "The Plant Breeders' Auxiliary." I be- 

 lieve such an auxiliary should do work like the breeders of animals 

 and establish a herd book, or whatever you might call it, to suit the 

 needs of horticulture. We can then go to work in a practical way, 

 and I believe the results ten years from now will be such that we shall 

 ask ourselves why we did not do it forty years ago. (Applause.) 



^Ir. Elliot : Right along this line of what Mr. Underwood said 

 we should do I want to recommend what Mr. Seth Kenny has done. 

 He has top-worked the Malinda on the Duchess. I have seen the 

 fruit, and I have bought seventeen barrels of those apples and placed 

 them in cold storage. Why? I saw the possibilities of valuable 

 seedlings from that lot' of apples. I have brought a bushel up here 

 to give one to every man and woman that will take it home, take 

 out the seed, plant it and look after if, care for it and watch it, and 

 if any good results follow such planting they are to report them to 

 the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. 



Now. furthermore, at this morning's meeting of the executive 

 board, when I told them my scheme, some one suggested that instead 

 of distributing those sixteen barrels of apples to everybody, that 

 we select some competent person and let him plant those seeds and 

 then select the best of the trees that result and distribute them under 

 certain conditions. We are here now for business. We have 

 wandered too much heretofore, but from now on we should take up 

 this matter in a practical way, we should try to make some ad- 

 vancement, we should try to give this thing as big a boost as possible. 

 There is not another plant breeders' association in the United States, 

 and let Minnesota be the first to inaugurate a movement of this kind. 

 (Applause.) 



Mr. Kenney : I want to say a word in regard to the plan I fol- 

 low. I have about a bushel of those apples saved, and I am going 

 to take out the seed and plant it. and when they get big enough to 

 cut scions from I am going to graft them on older trees so we sliall 

 get results sooner. 



Rev. C. S. Harrison. (York. Neb.) : You have been talking 

 about fruit breeding, now I want to say a word about flower breed- 

 ing. I have been experimenting with peonies and phlox, and instead 

 of going over to Europe for our flowers marvelous results can be 

 achieved here. For a one cent stamp I will send to you a little 

 pamphlet on this subject, and every boy or girl or woman can be en- 

 gaged in this kind of work in trying to create new varieties of flow- 

 ers. It is an easy matter, and you will be astonished at the marvel- 

 ous results you can accomplish. 



