ANNUAL MEETING, I906. 11 



on "'The Practical Results from Spraying." Unfortunately there 

 was not sufficient time to discuss this paper, being at the close of 

 the session. 



Prof. Harry A. Huston, of Chicago, late Thursday afternoon 

 gave us a real treat in a series of fine illustrations of various orchard 

 scenes in Germany and other views of interest in that country. We 

 are under special obligation to him for this lecture, as he made the 

 trip from Chicago for no other purpose. 



Mr. W. J. Moyle, the delegate from the Wisconsin society, 

 read a lively paper on the cabbage industry in his locality, the 

 only topic but one touching vegetable growing on the entire pro- 

 gram. 



Prof. J. C. Blair, of the Illinois State Experiment Station, has 

 given much attention to the subject of cold storage for orchard 

 fruits, and it was along this line that he gave a practical address 

 at the Friday morning session, illustrated by charts in a way to 

 bring out very clearly his thought. The illustrations used should be 

 published with his address. 



At the last session of the meeting, under the auspices of the 

 Plant Breeders' Auxiliary, Prof. R. A. Emerson, of the Nebraska 

 Experiment Station, presented an exceedinglv interesting subject, 

 "Early Maturity and Hardiness in Trees" ; and in the same session 

 Mr. Chas. G. Patten, the well known originator of new fruits at 

 Charles City, Iowa, enlarged upon the question, "Can We Breed 

 Hardiness into Our Trees and Plants ?" 



It is impossible to more than briefly refer to these topics con- 

 tributed by our visitors. Nearly all the other subjects presented 

 at the meeting were of equal practical interest, as will be found 

 later when they appear in our monthly. 



Important legislation is to be asked from the coming state 

 legislature : First, for establishing a forestry school under the 

 management of the State University in Itasca State Park, and, 

 second, for the purchase and operation of an orchard experiment 

 station in connection with the State Experiment Station. Both of 

 these matters of special interest to our membership were pre- 

 sented at the meeting by Prof. Samuel B. Green and w'ere heartily 

 endorsed. 



Another lantern-slide lecture by Prof. F. L. W^ashburn should 

 be spoken of as being one of the unusual features of the meeting 

 and was highly appreciated, his topic being "Insects Injurious to 

 Horticulture and Their Parasites." 



