ANNUAL MEETING WIS. STATE HORT. SOCIETY, 1899. 259 



Wednesday evening the society met in "Assembly Hall." 

 Wm. Toole, of Baraboo, who is a specialist in growing pansies, 

 read a very interesting paper on their growth and management. To 

 him the grotesque features of his pets become animate and infuse 

 the life and interest that make him wonderfully successful in their 

 cultivation. 



Dr. F. E. Loope spoke of the interesting discoveries he had made 

 of new varieties of apples found growing in fence corners and 

 lonely burying-grounds; emphasizing the opportunities that we all 

 have for developing new varieties by planting seeds from the hardy 

 varieties of apples. 



F. H. Chappell, the white-haired veteran, was interesting in his 

 paper on the "Mistakes and Failures of Fruit Growing." Some 

 make sport of his mulching apple trees with sand, but they do not 

 stop to see that the sand makes a loose mulch that readily takes up 

 all the moisture that falls, and then it is so loose that it holds it in 

 check and prevents evaporation. It takes the place of surface culti- 

 vation and secures the trees against drouth — the great enemy to 

 success. "Go thou and do likewise." 



Prof. N, E. Hansen, of the Brookings (S. D.) College of Horticul- 

 ture, gave a most interesting account of his trip to Russia. Among 

 the many valuable suggestions he gave was of the value of the 

 Vladimir cherry, which should be grown from the seed and not 

 budded or grafted; another was of the value of growing apple trees 

 here by using the Pyrus baccata for a stock; they will be hardy, 

 will not root kill, will withstand drouth well and will bring the tree 

 into bearing one or two years earlier than any other stock. 



Thursday, a. m. 

 Prof. Kellogg gave a very interesting address on the work and 

 growth of the society. The secretary's report showed 



Receipts for the year $2,738.48 



Expenses 2,610.20 



Balance on hand $128.25 



In the exhibition room there were three long tables of fine winter 

 apples, and among those that were given first premiums were the 

 Avista, Eureka, Fameuse, Grimes' Golden, Golden Russet, Hibernal, 

 Longfield, Malinda, McMahon White, N. W. Greening, Newell's 

 Winter, Pewaukee, Repka Malenka, Scott's Winter, Talman Sweet, 

 Utter's Red, Walbridge, Wealthy, Windsor, Wolf River, 



The following is a synopsis of the expressions of some of the fruit 

 growers of their preference for different fruits in the order given 

 and with other recommendations: 



PLUMS. 



Mr. Cranefield: Quaker, Ocheeda, Berkman, Dewain, Purple Gage. 

 Burns brimstone under the tree for curculio. Sprays with tobacco 

 and Paris green. 



Mr. Guilford: De Soto, Rollingstone, Forest Garden, Hawkeye, 

 Wyant, Wolf. 



