ob MINNESOTA STATE lIORTICULTUKAr. SOCIETY. 



is no doubt that Minnesota can beat the world in growing the 

 Wealthy. The majority of the varieties shown were those that Min- 

 nesota carnot successfully grow, such as Jonathan, Grimes' Golden, 

 Ben Davis, etc. 



The Iowa society is waking up to the importance of growing 

 apples from seed that may be better adapted to their state than 

 some of those that they have now. They made inquiries of your 

 delegate as to the workings of our new movement called the 

 Plant Breeders' Association, which we organized last year. We 

 explained the movement to them in detail, and the outcome of the 

 matter was that they organized a Plant Breeders' Association. They 

 now have a copy of our constitution and by-laws, which may be 

 of some use to them. The bread that has been cast upon the 

 waters for many years past by C. G. Patten and C L. Watrous 

 as to the utility of this seedling question is beginning to bear 

 fruit. 



There is also a movement in the Iowa society in favor of publish- 

 ing a monthly magazine, something after the plan of the Minnesota 

 society. Your delegate is .of the opinion that this will be brought 

 to the front this coming year. 



"Experiments wath Fruit in Cold Storage," by H. J. Eustace, 

 Washington, D. C, was a talk of much merit. He advocated 

 moving the fruit directly from the tree to the '-old storage plant 

 or cool cellar, and exploded the practice of the curing process 

 in the shed or outbuilding. And the writer is satisfied that he 

 is right, for he has proven the same thing in a practical manner. 

 Prof. S. A. Beach, of Ames, Iowa, gave us a very good report 

 on spraying the apple. One application of Bordeaux before the 

 liuds open, one just after the blossoms fall and two more of ten 

 days apart — and one about the first of August for the second 

 brood of the codling moth. It is evident that the up-to-date sprayer 

 is fully as much if not more in evidence in Iowa than elsewhere in 

 the northwest. One reason for this is that the fruit is largely 

 grown in a commercial way, and spraying has become a neces- 

 sity. 



Plums did not figure in a very prominent wi y at the conven- 

 tion, but peaches received their share of attention, as they had 

 a prolific crop of this fruit the past summer. 



The pedigree strawberry came in for its prevalent whack of dis- 

 favor, and it got it good and hard. 



The Iowa State Agricultural Society was also in session in one of 

 the rooms of the capitol, and the display cf their corn exhibit was 



