42 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



All the members were present except Professor Go£f, who was un- 

 avoidably detained from attending the meeting-. The Commission 

 was called to order Tuesday morning, August 30. Upon unanimous 

 motion Mr. A. G. Tuttle, the senior member of the Commission, was 

 elected temporary President. Mr. Tuttle thanked the members for 

 the honor conferred, but stated that his eighty-three years ought to 

 excuse him from the heavier duties of the meeting. The Commis- 

 sion adjourned to the Inter-State Fair at the La Crosse Fair grounds 

 to inspect Mr. Tuttle's large collection of Russian apples. Upon 

 returning, the work of unpacking sample apples brought by the 

 various members was completed and the Commission was ready 

 for work. 



Clarence Wedge was elected President and N. E. Hansen, Secre- 

 tary. Mr. Wedge thanked for the honor conferred and said that our 

 object is to find out our agreements rather than our differences; to 

 correct the nomenclature rather than to get at their value as 

 varieties. 



The following resolution was unanimously adopted as a pream- 

 ble to the groups or families of apples brought under considera- 

 tion: 



"The varieties here grouped as members of the same families, while in a few 

 cases differing somewhat in characteristics of tree, are so nearly identical in truit 

 that for exhibition and commercial purposes they are practically the came and 

 should be so considered." 



In the following lists the word "spurious" indicates that the 

 name preceding it properly belongs to another variety with which 

 it has been mixed. The word "group" or "type" may be used if 

 preferred for the word "family." The descriptions adopted serve to 

 fix the varieties which have attracted special attention in part or 

 all of the region represented by the Commission. No attempt was 

 made to make a complete report on all the Russian apples. The 

 numbers indicating size of fruit are according to the scale adopted 

 by the American Pomological Society. 



In the following lists the heading of each group is the name 

 adopted as the official name for the group. 



All varieties sent out from different sources are included to help 

 locate errors and duplicates. The season given is that on the north 

 boundary of Iowa. 



THE HIBERNAL GROUP. 



Hibernal, No. 378; Lieby or Recumbent, 240; Yellow Arcadian, 327 

 Juicy Burr, 544 (spurious); Romenskoe, 599 (spurious); Silken Leaf,' 

 75 M.; Recumbent, 41 M.; Zuzoff, (spurious); Pendent Ear; Omensk, 

 (spurious); Romna, (spurious); Ostrakoff, United States Depart- 

 ment, (spurious.) 



Description: HihernalSize. 5; form, oblate; color, yellowish green, stripes and 

 splashes of pale red, many white dots; cavity, medium narrow, deep, russeted extend- 

 ing over base; stem, medium; basin, broad, medium deep, corrugated; calyx, half 

 open; flesh, yellowish green, medium fine; flavor, sour; season, early winter; origin, 

 Russia. 



C. G. Patten: I find that Pendant Ear is not one-tenth the value of Hibernal with 

 me, because it does not bear, and yet the fruit is the same. 



