54 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Our appetites, like Christmas socks, 



Were extra large tonight, 

 But Wesley, playing Santa Claus, 

 Filled everything in sight. 

 ' But since we can't prolong this joy, 



And the time of parting nears. 

 We pray our kind and honored host 

 May live a thousand years. 



Thursday morning W. A. Burnap conducted a very interesting 

 conference on spraying, which developed the fact that most of the 

 members are convinced that spraying is not only practicable but 

 necessary. Most of the members preferred the liquid spray. , 



J. S. Trigg read an interesting paper on "Profitable Apples for 

 Northern Iowa." For commercial planting he recommended 

 Yellow Transparent, Tetofsky, Duchess, Wealthy, Patten's Green- 

 ing, Malinda and Northwestern Greening. 



The remainder of the afternoon was devoted to a paper read by 

 Mr. M. DeL. Parsons. He gave his experience with top-work- 

 ing, which was very interesting, and Mr. Philips gave an interest- 

 ing talk on Wisconsin and Minnesota seedling apples, showing 

 perhaps two dozen dififerent varieties which have been originated 

 in these states, including Northwestern Greening, Wolf River 

 and others. 



Annuai. Meeting of the Minn. State Agricultural Society. — 

 The annual gathering of this society was held in St. Paul, Jan. 10 to 12. 

 Aside from the gathering of delegates on Thursday forenoon, in the business 

 meeting, the attendance was not large and nothing like it should have been 

 for such an interesting program. Horticulture was not represented on the 

 program, although the professor of horticulture at the state experiment station, 

 Samuel B. Green, presented on Wednesday afternoon the subject of agricul- 

 tural e iucation. Your secretary was a member of the committee on reso- 

 lutions and was the means of embodying in the general resolutions adopted 

 one requesting the legislature to increase the printing of our report to 6000 

 copies and another dwelling upon the desirability of erecting a special build- 

 ing for horticulture at the state fair. At the annual election of officers a few 

 changes were made, Mr. C. M. Griggs, of St. Paul, taking the place of Mr. 

 C. R. Smith as one of the vice-presidents, and Mr. G. W. Patterson, of Worth- 

 ington, the position held by Mr. J. C. Curryer, of St. Paul, as a member of the 

 board of managers. Mr. D. S. Hall, of BuflFalo Lake, a life member of this 

 society, was elected a member of the board in the place of Mr. N. S. Gordon, 

 term expiring. The board as it consists at present would seem to be a very 

 satisfactory one. Since the annual meeting, Mr. E. W. Randall has been re- 

 elected secretary by the board and Mr. J. F. Wilcox, of Northfield, treasurer. 



