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Pay," by H. N. Antisdel, of Milford. Discussion brought out the 

 fact that in northwestern Iowa the Wealthy was considered the 

 most profitable apple, the Duchess standino^ next and then the 

 Northwest Greening. Of plums the followino list was endorsed, 

 Forest Garden, Wolf, Freestone, Wyant, De Soto, Hawk- 

 eye. 



Of the raspberries Red Iowa had the most friends, Loudon 

 standing second and then Cumberland and Older. Blackberries : 

 Snyder and then Stone's Hardy. Of strawberries, the Dunlap had 

 all the votes, though a few mentioned Warfield and Splendid. 



Mr. Donald Hill read a paper on evergreens. He favors, 

 first, Austrian pine, Scotch pine second. White pine does well 

 but must have protection while young. The bull pine did not 

 have many friends. For windbreaks he recommended the Black 

 Hills spruce first, white spruce next, and for ornament, blue 

 spruce. T. J. Wilson, the principal strawberry ^ grower of Sioux 

 City, read a good paper on the culture of this imit, his favorite being 

 the Dunlap. 



On Thursday afternoon a paper was presented by Wesley Greene, 

 the secretary of the state society, on "Beautifying Home Grounds." 

 A paper on forestry by H. P. Baker I did not hear, being called 

 upon to act as one of the judges on the display of apples, which took 

 up my time to the close of the meeting. 



This was one of the pleasantest meetings I ever attended, and we 

 were loth to say good-bye. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1906. IOWA STATE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



O. W. MOORE, SPRING VALLEY^ DELEGATE. 



Tuesday morning, Dec. ii, found your delegate at the Iowa 

 state capitol, in Des Moines, Iowa, where a session of the Iowa 

 State Horticultural Society was being heM in the society library 

 room. We were given a most cordial reception and were made 

 to feel very much at home by Mr. Gardner and Mr. Patten taking 

 special pains to see that we were introduced to most of the Iowa 

 members attending the meeting, and we found them a most fraternal 

 and sociable lot of fellows. 



The fruit exhibit was good. Where the same varieties were 

 shown at both the Minnesota and Iowa meetings, those of the 

 latter, as a rule, were larger and finer, except the Wealthy. There 



