ANNUAL MEETING, I902, MINN. STATE AGRI. SOCIETY. 7 1 



stock raising and dairying, as indicated by her immense state fair 

 exhibit of apples, grapes and plums. 



In this connection it may not be amiss to state that Minneap- 

 olis and St. Paul handled last year 230,000 barrels of apples and 

 600 car loads of other deciduous fruits; and the two dozen or so 

 orchards in the state showing crops of 500 to 2,000 bushels of 

 apples each, do not as yet, with all the smaller orchards, cut much 

 figure as against the enormous totals that the market demands, 

 so that for some time to come there is not much danger of over- 

 home production, perhaps never will be, for our apples are of such 

 beauty and quality as to out-sell any of the shipped-in sorts when- 

 ever offered. Instance, our Wealthy, now extensively grown in 

 Washington and Oregon, are all snapped up there in the home 

 markets, not a barrel of them allowed to go east for the general 

 markets the past fall or winter; so the local commission men in 

 Minneapolis and St. Paul tell me. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1902, SOUTHERN MINNESOTA 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MRS. C E. BRAINERD, SEC'Y. ALBERT LEA. 



The opening session was called to order Wednesday, Jan. 15, 

 at 1 :30 p. m., with the president in the chair. 



The program was carried out just as printed. The papers were 

 interesting and instructive, and after each paper a general discus- 

 sion followed. A motion was made and carried that a vote of 

 thanks be extended to Mrs. Jonathan Freeman for her most excel- 

 lent paper, which Mr. Freeman read on account of his wife's ill 

 health. 



The Wednesday evening session abounded in good things. The 

 address of welcome by Burdette Thayer, and the response by Jon- 

 athan Freeman, were both eloquent and convincing. The paper by 

 E. F. Peck, entitled "Road to Failure with the Potato Crop of 

 1901," convinced the people that Mr. Peck knew just what he was 

 talking about. R. Parkhill, the "poet" of the society, gave some 

 original verses entitled "The Garden of Eden." Mrs. Hill's paper. 

 "The Surroundings of a Country Home," was practicable and well 

 handled. Mr. Bent, of Cresco, Iowa, read an entertaining paper, 

 which brought out a good discussion. The subject was "Tree 

 Planting and Fruit Growing." 



Thursday morning we listened to papers by Jens Jensen, F. A. 

 Ticknor, J. C. Hawkins, Clarence Wedge and H. Hansen. The 

 subjects were all of much interest to fruit growers. Jens Jensen's 

 knowledge of plums is worth a great deal. Mr. Ticknor's hobby 

 is the interesting one of bees and horticulture. Mr. Wedge is too 



