52 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1906. NORTHEASTERN IOWA 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A. W. MASSEE, ALBERT LEA, DELEGATE. 



Your delegate to the Northeastern Iowa florticultural Society 

 arrived at Charles City about 4 p. m. November 20th, and went 

 directly to place of meeting, but the afternoon session had al- 

 ready closed ; so he went to the Hildreth Hotel, headquarters of 

 the society, where he had the pleasure of meeting C. F, Gardner, 

 vice-president, with whom your delegate was somewhat acquainted. 

 He was introduced to C. H. True, secretary, also Reeves, Blakeman, 

 Black, Poins and others. 



He attended the evening session, viewing first the fine display 

 of fruit, etc., that was on exhibition in the basement of the 

 church. The display of corn, potatoes, flowers, etc., was not 

 very extensive but very good what there was of it. The session 

 was called to order by the president, C. G. Patten, who called to 

 the chair Vice-President C. F. Gardner, when the president pro- 

 ceeded to read his annual address. He reviewed somewhat the 

 early history of the society, its struggles, etc.. and as the society 

 was of age he was in hopes to see it make more rapid progress 

 in the future. 



An address of welcome was delivered by Prof. F. E. Hirsch, 

 of Charles City College, responded to by B. F. Ferris, of Hamp- 

 ton. 



Wednesday morning your delegate presented his credentials 

 and was very cordially received and made an honorary member 

 for the year. There was not a very large attendance, but as a 

 heavy snowstorm was prevailing it undoubtedly had somewhat 

 to do with the number present. 



The Wednesday sessions were follow^ed according to program 

 with one or two exceptions. The Iowa members seemed to be 

 well posted and presented their subjects in a very able manner, and 

 many points of interest were brought out in the discussions that 

 followed. 



Mr. Gardner had a graft to illustrate his talk, "Observations 

 on Grafting." It seems he takes a scion two feet long and produces 

 a graft seventy inches tall in about eight months, I presume we 

 will soon be hearing of Mr. Gardner taking a scion six feet long and 

 producing a tree eighteen feet tall. 



As Mr. Patten and Mr. Sherman had procured conveyances and 

 wished the society to visit their nursery storage plants, of the 



