488 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



"Treatment of the Blackcap Raspberry Field during Har- 

 vest." R. A. Wright, Eureka. (See index.) 



Discussion. 



"Profits of Growing the Red and Blackcap Raspberries Com- 

 pared." C. W. Sampson, Eureka. (See index.) 



The President: We have two gentlemen with us as delegates 

 from sister societies whom we have not noticed in a public way. 

 We are very glad to have them with us. I want to call on Mr. 

 Patten, who is here as a representative of the Northeastern 

 Iowa Society. 



Mr. Patten, (Iowa.): Mr. President I have appeared before you so 

 much that I shall not occupy your time very much. I will say that 

 I am glad, as I always have been, to meet with the Minnesota Horti- 

 cultural Society. I have been present at your meetings for quite a 

 number of years, and I am very much pleased to see the increasing 

 numbers as the years go along. I believe you have the most rapidly 

 growing horticultural society of any I know of in this western 

 country. We used to pride ourselves in Iowa on having a very live 

 horticultural society, and we have now, but so far as the ability to 

 attract members are concerned you are going far ahead of us. I 

 congratulate you on the work you have accomplished in the past 

 few years. I remember when I came here there was only a handful, 

 using a common expression, and I am very much pleased at the 

 great interest manifested and the rapid growth of your society and 

 the remarkable growth of horticultural sentiment in your state. 

 The northern third of Iowa is very much like the southern third of 

 Minnesota — very much so indeed. What we can grow there you can 

 reasonably expect to grow here with, perhaps, some modifications. 

 You have some advantages over Iowa; you have more rolling land 

 than we have in Iowa and a better apple soil. I am pleased to meet 

 with you and to note your wonderful progress. I will not occupy 

 your time any longer. (Applause.) 



The President: We have another delegate from Iowa from 

 whom we would be pleased to hear a few words. I refer to Mr. 

 Elmer Reeves of Iowa. 



Mr. Elmer Reeves: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am 

 not much of a hand at making speeches, so I will take very little 

 of your time. 



I am glad to be with you. It is nine years since I was with you 

 last. I am pleased to note the growth of your society, and I agrefe 

 with my neighbor, Mr. Patten, that you have one of the most wide- 

 awake, the most wideawake society of any I know anything about. 

 I think we have good societies in Iowa; we have four district soci- 

 eties and one state society. There are other local societies, but those 

 I have mentioned cover our territory fully. I remarked to a gentle- 

 man today that the further north you go the more energetic the 

 people appear to be. It is a matter of interest to look over the fruit 



