BIOGRAPHY OF CLARENCE WEDGE. 3 



office three years, when, in 1894, he was elected as a member of the 

 executive board. His special fitness for this position has been rec- 

 ognized by his continuous re-election thereto, and he was still 

 filling an unexpired term when chosen unanimously at the late an- 

 nual meeting to succeed our honored Pres. W. W. Pendergast as 

 presiding officer of the society. Aside from the responsible official 

 positions Mr. Wedge has occupied in the society, his name has ap- 

 peared or appears on some of its most important standing com- 

 mittees, especially the "fruit list" committee and that of "nomencla- 

 ture," the latter of which places he still continues to hold. 



As an expert judge of fruits and in nomenclature Mr. Wedge 

 holds high rank in the northwest, and his services in this direction 

 are in demand at the fairs of this and adjoining states, and his 

 opinion is sought for generally in such matters. 



As a lecturer on horticultural subjects at our state farmers' 

 institutes for some years, Mr. Wedge is well-known throughout 

 the farming districts of the southern half of the state. With large 

 practical experience and much opportunity for observation, with 

 the faculty of putting his knowledge into plain language, he was 

 specially useful in this field, at a period when the institute had not 

 so much as in later years been used as a means of educating the 

 people in horticultural matters. 



Mr. Wedge has also explored the field of literary work, hav- 

 ing conducted for a time a horticultural monthly, which was after- 

 wards merged into the "Fruitman," now published at Mt. Vernon, 

 la. At present he is horticultural editor of one of the three great 

 agricultural papers of the northwest, the "Farmer," published in 

 St. .Paul. 



As a nurseryman and fruit grower he has the enviable record 

 of a successful and reliable business man. 



Our society is fortunate in having so earnest and well de- 

 veloped a man to guide its fortunes at this, the high tide of its 

 career. A vigorous personality, in the fullness of his prime, this 

 opportunity has come to him at a happy time for us all. 



A. W. Latham, Secy. 



