104 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1905, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



J. L. TEIGLAND, DELEGATE^ MINNEOTA. 



The sixteenth annual meeting of South Dakota Horticultural 

 Society was held in the City Hall, Huron, S. D., the 17th and i8th, 

 and in the depot hotel on the 19th of January, 1905. As the presi- 

 dent was absent, the meeting was called to order at 10 o'clock a. m. 

 by the vice-president, Mr. C. W. Gurney, who presided during the 

 meeting in a manner that was a credit to himself and to the society 

 as well. 



Col. J. H. King, of Huron, talked to an appreciative audience 

 about the necessity of planting home grown trees. He was in favor 

 of having laws passed, one protecting the farmers from tree 

 swindlers and one compelling the directors of school districts to 

 plant trees around every schoolhouse. To have success in tree rais- 

 ing one must first put the ground in good condition and then give 

 the trees proper care. 



R. D. Whorton, Huron, S. D., gave a talk on "Vegetable 

 Gardening." He has been doing an extensive business in market 

 gardening, relying on irrigation for his water supply. 



Mr. Gurney believed the Beta was the only grape for Dakota, 

 as it was so hardy that it didn't need any protection even at Huron. 



Mr. Y. C. M. Yegge, Alpina, raises large quantities of the E^rly 

 Richmond cherries. His trees are loaded every year. He top- 

 grafts his cherry on wild plum trees, doing the grafting in March 

 before the buds swell. He had an old cherry orchard that was a 

 failure, his trees being almost dead. He experimented with graft- 

 ing cherry on his plum trees, and, to his great surprise it proved a 

 splendid success. Our nurserymen and fruit growers should in- 

 vestigate this method, as it may be a means of making cherry grow- 

 ing a success in a large portion of our state. 



Discussion on this subject brought out the fact that dry, porous 

 soil was best suited for cherries. 



Mr. Gurney has had great success in raising asparagus. He 

 plants in rich soil and cultivates first year, after which they take 

 care of themselves. 



A. J. Glidden, Hitchcock, had currants that yielded him fifty 

 cents' worth per bush. 



Several of the strawberry growers cover their plants with fresh 

 manure, preferably after snowfall. 



Mr. Gurney would recommend mulching currants with fresh 

 manure after a hard rain. If you cultivate, cultivate very shallow. 



