154 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Keep in corked bottle, and it will last the entire season. Pour some 

 of the Bordeaux into a white dish, and add to it a few drops of the 

 cyanide solution ; if any discoloration appears, more lime should be 

 added. 



The writer wishes t'o state that this article is the result of his 

 innocently calling up the secretary over the 'phone, and urging 

 him to do all he could to encourage horticulturists to spray. The 

 answer came back over the wire, "Now, Professor, you write up an 

 article and send it' in for the May number!" We have done this, 

 but disclaim all responsibility if it appears too much like a repetition 

 of last winter's talk. Blame the secretary — that is what secretaries 

 are for. 



WISCONSIN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 

 ANNUAL MEETING, 1906. 



A. BRACKETT, EXCELSIOR, DELEGATE. 



The Wisconsin State Horticultural meeting opened on the 

 morning of February 6th, in the assembly chamber of the capitol 

 building. The delegates from other states were Geo. Rowe, of 

 Michigan ; Prof. S. A. Beach, of Iowa ; Arthur Bryant, of Illi- 

 nois, and A. Brackeft, of Minnesota. 



W'Q were entertained at the Avenue Hotel in the most sumpt- 

 uous manner and were made honorary members of the society. 



They had a very good display of apples, there being about two 

 hundred and fifty plat'es. Most of the varieties were not what 

 we call our "iron clads." They were more of the Iowa line of ap- 

 ples, such as Tolman Sweet, Winesap, Ben Davis and Jonathan, 

 with quite a showing of Northwestern Greening and Wealthy. 



The reports of the experiment stations as regards apples, were 

 not very satisfactory, most of the reports showing the apples to be 

 be very scabby and badly wnnter-killed. The Duchess of Olden- 

 burg and the Northwestern Greening and Patten's Greening stood 

 the winter and were free from scab. Apples were very badly kill- 

 •ed during the winter of 1895-6. 



The paid up membership is three hundred and seventy. 



We had morning, afternoon and evening meetings, which were 

 largely attended, more especially the evening meetings. 



We had a long and very interesting paper on "Pedigreed Straw- 

 berries," by Mr. Crawford, of Ohio, on which they had quite a 

 heated discussion, but the unanimous verdict' was that no plant 

 should be pedigreed unless it was propagated from the seed of 



