SOUTHERN MINNESOTA HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. II7 



MONDAY EVENING .SESSION. 



"The Forests of Minnesota — Their Past, Present and Fu- 

 ture," Hon. Henry A. Morgan, Albert Lea. 



"What is to Be Gained by the Improvement of Seed," Orville 

 C. Thompson, Albert Lea. 



"Ornamental Planting," F. H. Nutter, Landscape Artist, 

 Minneapolis. 



TUESDAY MORNING SESSION. 



Election of Ofificers. 



"Immediate Possibilities in Seedlings," Clarence Wedge, Al- 

 bert Lea. 



"Experience and Observation in Growing Apple Seedlings," 

 Christ Jensen, Albert Lea. 



"Windbreak and Ornamental Evergreens," O. M. Peterson, 

 y\lbert Lea. 



TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



"The Financial and Hygienic Sides of the Farm Orchard, ' 

 Dr. A. H. Street, Albert Lea. 



"Our Best Northern Plums and How to Grow Them," C. F. 

 (jardner, Osage, Iowa. 



"My Experience in Spraying," Elmer Reeves, Waverly, Iowa. 



Each paper was discussed quite thoroughly and many points 

 of interest brought out. 



The Hibernal apple came in for a thorough discussion at the 

 first session. It is a question though whether anything new was 

 said or could be said on that subject. Those who were against 

 it claimed that "boys would not steal them," which is to say that 

 it is not a good eating apple. The defenders of the Hibernal in- 

 sisted that as a cooking apple it had no superior and spoke of its 

 hardiness as a tree and its wonderful ability to stand abuse. Mr. 

 Faville, of the Stacy Produce Company, gave the Hibernal the 

 hardest blow when he said that his experience in shipping apples 

 had taught him that the Hibernal would not sell twice to the same 

 party. He had to find a new market each year and knew not 

 what to do when he had gone the entire round. However, Mr. 

 Richardson was equal to the occasion, when he humorously an- 

 swered that he would give it a new name and go the round once 

 more. 



The speech of Senator H. A. Morgan on "forestry" was 

 listened to with marked attention, and we predict that the time is 

 fast coming when the people will demand of their state and 

 national legislators that this subject be given the attention it 

 deserves. It was clearly pointed out to the audience how it was 

 the consumer of lumber who. was made to foot the bill by way of 



