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SO as to give information about the crosses. The "Brilliant," 

 which was exhibited at our state meeting, is a fine apple. It is a 

 seedling from the Fameuse, a good bearer and a fair keeper. Two 

 seedlings from P. Greenings crossed with Grimes' Golden are 

 promising and very good keepers. One of them was awarded 

 first prize. Second prize was given to a big seedling apple 

 exhibited by Mathias Reegler. He had three other seedlings, 

 which all of them were good. The Windsor Chief is a good apple 

 and would be worth trying in Minnesota. 



C. G. Patten spoke on "The Evolution of the Apple." He 

 stated he had discovered certain laws in nature by which he 

 could control color, form of tree and other things of importance ; 

 also that the first thing to look for is good foliage ; if a tree did 

 not have that, it would not be worth experimenting with. 



Prof. Beach, from Ames, gave a lecture on insects doing 

 damage to the orchard, showing some apples infected with scab, 

 also some twigs showing scale. He said spraying would help, 

 but it had to be done in time. He also gave a practical demon- 

 stration how to mix Bordeaux mixture in liquid form. While 

 the audience was very attentive all through the discourse, the 

 writer found by inquiring of the members that dust spraying was 

 practiced to a considerable extent, it being easier to apply and 

 found very effective. 



Prof Beach also took a vote on forty-three different varieties 

 of apples, and the result on some of our common varieties was 

 as follows : Charlamoff, 8 had planted them, and 7 would 

 plant them again; Fameuse stood 12 to 10; Malinda, 10 to 9; 

 McA'Iahon, 9 to 2; N. W. Greening, 15 to 15; Duchess, 16 to 19; 

 Patten's Greening, 16 to 12; Peerless, 7 to 3; Plumb Cider, 16 to 

 0; Repka, 6 to i ; Tolman Sweet, 16 to 11; Tetofsky, 15 to 9; 

 Utter, 9 to 5 ; Walbridge, 14 to i ; Hibernal, 13 to o; Lowland Rasp- 

 berry, I to 2 ; Longfield, 12 to 11 ; Whitney, 20 to 20; Minnesota, 8 

 to 3 ; Briar Sweet, 13 to 8 ; Wealthy, 17 to 17. It was stated, how- 

 ever, that by voting on such varieties as Charlamoff", Longfield or 

 Whitney crab it did not indicate that they would plant them 

 to any extent but would not omit them from the list for the home 

 orchard, 



A paper on evergreens by S. W. Ferris was thoroughly dis- 

 cussed. Varieties recommended were the Scotch pine, white 

 pine, and Norway spruce. Austrian pine was spoken of by Secy. 

 Greene as not being very good on the start but improving with 

 age. Arbor vitae good on low ground. For windbreaks plant 

 three rows 20 feet apart and miss-match the middle row. Mr. 



