ANNUAL MEETING, 1898, MINN. STATE HORT. SOCIETY. 7 



ANNUAL MEETING. 1898, MINNESOTA STATE 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A. W. LATHAM, SEC'Y. 



The thirty-second annual gathering of this society was held from 

 December 6-9, inclusive, in the same rooms in the Minneapolis 

 Court-House in which we have been so comfortably accommodated 

 for a number of years previous. Arrangements were made whereby 

 a small room adjoining was fitted up as a cloak room, which proved 

 to be of great convenience and was highly appreciated by all. This 

 gave us more space for the fruit exhibit, which was then easily 

 accommodated in the two rooms adjoining the audience room 

 The attendance was excellent, being fully up to any preceding year, 

 and there were an unusual number of prominent horticulturists 

 with us as delegates from neighboring states. Prof. N. E. Hansen, 

 horticulturist at the South Dakota Agricultural College, repre- 

 sented his state society; Elmer Reeves, a nurseryman from Waverly, 

 Iowa, represented the Iowa society; and we were favored also with 

 the presence of Charles F. Gardner, of Osage, Iowa, president of the 

 Iowa state societ3% and the well known horticulturist, Mr. Edson 

 Gaylord, from Nora Springs, of the same state. The Wi conein 

 society was well represented by Secretary A. J. Philips and A. D, 

 (Apple-tree) Barnes, a prominent fruit grower and nurseryman of 

 Waupaca. Even far away Illinois put in an appearance in the per- 

 son of J. Iv. Hartwell, president of the Northern Illinois society. 

 These gentlemen were all horticultural experts and added greatly 

 to the interest of the meeting. 



There were from our own state an unusual number of those in 

 attendance who have never met with us before. The leaven is 

 working among the newer members of our association, who are 

 numbered by the hundreds, and we may expect many such to meet 

 with us on future occasions. With few exceptions, the older mem- 

 bers of the society were present. We missed, especially, a regular 

 ■attendant, Mr. O. M. Lord, who is now with the institute corps, and 

 Mr. F. W. Kimball, who has rarely failed of being with us of late 

 years. The decease of Messrs. J. O. Barrett, J. A. Sampson and An- 

 drew Peterson, who have been very regular attendants at our meet- 

 ings, created a break in the ranks which was sadly noticeable. 



The exhibit of fruit, mainly apples — although there were thirty or 

 forty plates of fine grapes— occupied the same space as the year 

 before. There were 19S entries, and the amount of premiums 

 awarded was $132.50. A full list of the awards will be found on 

 another page of this number. A large share of the fruit had been 

 kept in cold storage, so that many summer varieties were shown, 

 but there were also a goodly sprinkling of kinds that had been 

 preserved in the cellar. Of apple seedlings not kept in the cellar, 

 there were nigh a dozen exhibited. Mr. Ditus Day received first 

 premium on this and the Jewell Nursery Company second. 



The program, which contained something over 110 numbers as 

 arranged, was very fully carried out and without any noticeable 

 disarrangement. Very few of the speakers failed in attendance) 



