I08 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



THE NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



MEETING. 



PROF. S. B. GREEN, ST. ANTHONY PARK. 



In Nebraska the different associations that are allied to agricul- 

 ture meet during the second or third week of January each year, at 

 Lincoln. Special sessions of each society are held during the day, 

 and in the evening the different associations unite together for a 

 general session, which is usually addressed by some outside speaker 

 upon some special topic connected with agriculture. I was hon- 

 ored this year by being asked to make the address on "Agricul- 

 tural Education," and while there I attended two sessions of the 

 Nebraska Horticultural Society. These meetings were held in the 

 rooms of the Horticultural Building, at what is known as the State 

 Farm. There were about 175 present, mostly men. In fact, there 

 were scarcely any ladies present, and there was little on the program 

 that they would be especially interested in. There seemed to be 

 much interest taken in general commercial horticultural subjects, 

 and not so much time, as in our sessions, devoted to park matters 

 and tree planting, these latter subjects being left largely for their 

 park and forestry associations. 



Among the matters that I heard discussed was the subject of 

 cherries, and the injury caused to them by the shot-hole fungus. 

 It was stated that all late cherries were badly injured in Nebraska 

 last year and that many cherry orchards were killed. This killing 

 was due to the weakening effect of the shot-hole fungus, which de- 

 stroyed the foliage in the latter part of the summer and left the 

 trees in a poor condition to withstand the winter. Spraying with 

 Bordeaux mixture had been tried by only a few of the members 

 present, and the general opinion seemed to be that while spraying 

 would prevent the orchards from being killed it was not entirely 

 satisfactory, and there was a generally discouraging note as re- 

 gards the cultivation of late cherries. 



There seemed to be a general agreement that the Early Rich- 

 mond was most resistent to the shot-hole fungus, and that the Mont- 

 morency would come in next as a resistent kind. The English 

 Morello and Wragg it was stated were most injured by the shot- 

 hole fungus. 



The subject of fruit rates was discussed, and the facts brought 

 out seemed to show that very high freight rates were charged be- 

 tween points in the west, while low rates were given to the eastern 

 shippers. In one case it was stated that the rate from southeastern 

 Nebraska to South Dakota was 50 cents per hundred by the car- 



