ANNUAL MEETING, IQOJ, SO. MINN. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 59 



Mr. H. F. Hansen, of Albert Lea, who has an orchard of i,ooo 

 Hibernal apple trees that he wants to top -graft next spring, asked 

 the advice of parties present as to what varieties would be the 

 most profitable for him to graft onto these tree?. This question, 

 it was agreed, was an important one, and it was hard to answer. 

 Mr. Wedge and Mr. Hawkins, however, stated that they would ad- 

 vise him to top-graft those trees to Wealthy. 



The subject of spraying received considerable attention. The 

 illustrated lecture by Prof. F. L. Washburn, State Entomologist, on 

 "Insect Pests and Their Parasites," was very much enjoyed by all. 



Display of Apples at the Southern Minnesota Meeting. 



The points brought out by the paper of Mrs. A. W. Massee were 

 very timely and appropriate, showing the urgent need of some im- 

 provement and embellishment of school grounds. 



The old officers of the society were all re-elected tor another 

 year. 



Noted visitors from outside our territory who were present at 

 our meeting and helped much to make it a success were C. F. Gard- 

 ner, Osage, la. ; S. D. Richardson, Winnebago ; D. M. Mitchell, 

 Owatonna ; and Prof. F. L. Washburn, St. Anthony Park. 



Since the papers read at our meeting will appear in the magazine, 

 a review of them at this time is unnecessary. 



