494 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At this point President Wedge assumed the chair and the regu- 

 lar program for the afternoon was taken up. 



The President: We have now reached one of the most impor- 

 tant subjects of this entire meeting, the consideration of seedHng 

 fruits. We will now listen to the report of the committee on' seed- 

 ling fruits, of which Mr. Elliot is chairman. This is certainly a 

 remarkable and interesting collection of apples. They are of fine 

 size and good color, and I hope they are as good inside as they ap- 

 pear to be on the outside. 



Mr. Wyman Elliot, as chairman, then submitted the "Report 

 of the Committee on Seedling Fruits.'^ (See index.) 



MEMORIAL HOUR. 



The President: We will now introduce the Memorial Hour, and 

 will endeavor for a short time to recall the voices and faces of those 

 we have known so long and loved so well and appreciated so much. 

 And in calling to mind their memories we will ask the Honorable 

 S. M. Owen to lead us. 



A tribute "In Memoriam" was then offered by Honorable S. M. 

 Owen, of Minneapolis, in memory of the departed members of the 

 year just past. (See index.) 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



The President : The constitution requires that the president, 

 the executive board and the treasurer shall be elected by a personal 

 ballot. Under that rule the power cannot be delegated to the secre- 

 tary to elect the officers named by casting his ballot. Furthermore, 

 the qualifications a voter must possess are that he shall have been a 

 member of the society for the last two preceding years and be one 

 also for the current year. 



The first vice-president, Mr. M. R. Cashman, was then called 

 to the chair. The chair appointed as tellers Mr. C. H. Andrews 

 and Mr. W. S. Higbie. 



The Chairman : Nominations for president are now in order. 



Mr. Clarence Wedge : Mr. Chairman and Fellow Members : 

 Four years ago you very greatly surprised and honored me by elect- 

 ing me as your chief executive officer. At that time I said 'in all 

 sincerity that I could not have been better pleased or more highly 

 honored if I had been elected to any office in the gift of the people 

 of the United States. It suited me exactly so far as the honor was 

 concerned, and I have enjoyed the position to the utmost. Now, I 

 have been with you and served you for four years. I trust they 

 have been profitable years to the society ; they certainly have been in 

 membership, and I think to the society in general. I trust I may 

 have contributed somewhat to this growth and prosperity, and if I 

 have been in any way instrumental in promoting the progress- and 



