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ago, and the funds derived from it less the cost of the farm were 

 turned into the current expense account of tne State University. 

 The statement of this transaction is as follows : 



Cost of Minnetonka Fruit Farm $t,309 ic 



Derived from sale of Minnetonka Fruit 



Farm 16,469.43 



Profit on Minnetonka Fruit Farm turned 

 into current expense account of the 

 State University 15,160.33 



$16469.43 $16,469.43 

 It will be seen from the foreg^oing- that in asking an appropria- 

 tion of $i6,OQO. the State Horticultural Societv is practically asking 

 only for that which should be recognized as rightfully belonging to 

 it. • 



PLANT BREEDERS' AUXILIARY, SECRETARY'S 

 ANNUAL REPORT, 1906. 



CLARENCE WEDGE, ALBERT LEA, SEc'y. 



On the 1 8th of last December, few members of the state society 

 met in the office of the secretary in Minneapolis and organized the 

 Plant Breeders' Auxiliary of the Minnesota State Horticultural So- 

 ciety, adopting a constitution and electing officers for the year. The 

 object of the society as stated in the constitution is "to encourage 

 the origination of horticultural plants adapted to Minnesota." 

 Through our magazine the auxiliary was duly advertised, and 

 a membership has been enrolled to the number of seventy up to 

 the beginning of this meeting. The minutes of the first meeting 

 having been fully reported in the Horticulturist, and no meeting of 

 the auxiliary having been called up to the present time there are 

 no proceedings to report. 



About November 10, in pursuance of article six of the constitu- 

 tion of the auxiliary, a series of five questions was sent to each mem- 

 ber, intending to draw out of each so far as possible a report of 

 the work done during the year. To these questions we received 

 thirty answers, which we have endeavored to condense as follows : 



The first question was : What seeds have you sown during the 

 past year with the hope of improving our present list of varieties? 



The replies to this question showed that thirty, or every one re- 

 plying, had sown apple seed, five crab seed, eight plum, two grape, 

 two raspberry, two peony, one strawberry, one currant, one phlox 



