JOURNAL OF 



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 Minnesota State Horticultural Society, 



DECEMBER 5-8, 1905. 



TUESDAY MORXIXG SESSIOX. 



In the absence of the president, Mr. Clarence Wedge, the 

 thirty-ninth annual meeting was called to order by Prof. Samuel , 

 B. Green, in the auditorium of the First Unitarian church, ^Nlin- 

 neapolis, at ten o'clock in the morning. 



An opening song was rendered by ]^Iiss Yreda ]\Iulkowski. 

 and the invocation was offered bv Rev. C. S. Harrison, of York. 

 Neb. 



The Chairman : It is very much to be regretted that our 

 president is unable to be with us this morning, but we expect him 

 to be here tomorrow. The first number on the program is the 

 president's address, which I have been asked to read to you in the 

 absence of President Wedge. 



Prof. Green then read the "President's Address." by ]\Ir. 

 Clarence Wedge, of Albert Lea. ( See index. ) 



The Chairman : This is the address of Mr. Wedge, the pres- 

 ident of the society. I do not think there will be time to discuss 

 the recommendations made in the address, imless there are some 

 very short remarks that some one might wish to make, but in the 

 regular course of business the address will be referred to a com- 

 mittee on the president's address, as has always been customary. 



The general subject this morning is that of '"Small Fruits." 

 and the first number deals with the farmer's strawberry bed, by Mr. 

 Cash man. 



]Mr. 'SI. R. Cashman. of Owatonna. then read a paper on the 

 sttbject of "The Farmer's Strawberry Bed." (See index.) 



The Chairman : The next paper is right along this same line, 

 treating of the cultivation of the strawberry in a certain section 

 of the state, and I will call upon ]Mr. Westman to read his paper 

 before we take up the discussion. 



Air. H. G. Westman. of Sandstone, presented a paper enti- 

 tled "Strawberry Culture in the Pine Regions of [Minnesota.'.' 

 (See index.) 



Discussion. 



Prof. N. E. Hansen, of Brookings, S. D.. then addressed the 

 society on the subject of "Breeding Hardy Strawberries and 



