5l8 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



the "Association of State Horticultural Societies" as the annual 

 fee of this society to a membership therein ; also $20.00 to W. M. 

 Hays, secretary of the "Plant Breeders' Association," as the life 

 fee of this society in that organization. 

 Adjourned sine die. 

 Wyman Elliot, Chairman. A. W. Latham, Sec'y. 



RECORD OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD HELD IN THE SECRETARY'S 

 OFFICE, 7 130 P. M. JUNE 20, I905, 



There were present at the meeting Messrs. Wyman Elliot, L. R. 

 Moyer, J, M. Underwood and Sec'y. A. W. Latham. There being 

 no quorum in attendance, the meeting adjourned to convene at the 

 State Experiment Station the next day, A. W. Latham, Sec'y. 

 Wyman Elliot, Chairman. 



RECORD OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD HELD IN ARMORY HALL, 

 STATE EXPERIMENT STATION, AT 4:30 P. M., JUNE 21, I905. 



The following members of the board were in attendance: 

 Wyman Elliot, Chairman, Prof. S. B. Green, J. M. Underwood, 

 L. R. Moyer and Sec'y. A. W. Latham. The following accounts 

 wpre audited and approved and drafts ordered to be drawn on the 

 treasury for the respective amounts : 



A. W. Latham, expenditures of secretary's office from Dec. 5, 

 1904 to June 20, 1905, $1648.96, leaving a balance in the hands of 

 the secretary of $344.64. 



A. B. Lyman, premiums paid at winter meeting, 1904, $198.20. 



The Gideon Memorial Fund being under consideration, it was 

 decided to appropriate from the treasury of the society a suf- 

 ficient amount to bring the fund, including the balance on hand from 

 subscriptions, up to the sum of $500.00, this sum to be deposited 

 with the Board of Regents of the State University for investment, 

 the interest thereon to be expended in premiums in connection with 

 the horticultural department of the State Agricultural College, as 

 before provided. 



Upon motion of Prof. S. B. Green an appropriation of $25.00 

 per month from the funds of the society was made for educational 

 work along forestry lines, this sum to be expended by the Minne- 

 sota Forestry Association with the approval of this board. 



In the matter of a special premium of $100.00 offered by Mr. 

 C. M. Loring, of Minneapolis, for a seedling plum, the following 

 was agreed upon as the description of the fruit and tree that will 

 be entitled to the prize : 



1 . Color, reddish. 



2. Size, averaging ly^ inches in diameter. 



3. Quality, as sweet as Ocheeda. 



4. Pulp, firm when ripe. 



5 . Skin peeling easily when mature. 



6. Without astringency when cooked. 



7. Fruit not late in ripening. 



