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■ recent date. The stock tested at these stations is supplied in a large 

 measure from the central station, by Prof. Green, but most of them, 

 I believe, secure some stock also from other sources. One of the 

 nine stations is that at Owatonna, under the control of Air. E. H. S. 

 Dartt. This station is in reality a state station, as it was established 

 by the legislature for the purpose of testing orchard fruits, and its 

 expense is met by an annual appropriation, passing through the 

 hands of the board of regents of the state university. With the 

 work of Mr. Dartt you are most of you familiar. The superin- 

 tendents of the society trial stations make annual reports at this 

 meeting and also mid-summer reports, all of which reach you 

 through the medium of the Minnesota Horticulturist. I have 

 thought well to make this brief resume of the work of the society, 

 as a good many queries coming to this office indicate some lack 

 of knowledge on the subject. The secretary will be glad at any 

 time to answer questions pertaining to this work or any other matter 

 connected with the operations of the society. 



Besides superintendents of these trial stations the board appoints 

 also a number of committees on fruit list, seedling fruits, ornamental 

 list, nomenclature, etc. ; all of which, with the list of officers, are pub- 

 lished in the regular January issue of the Minnesota Horticulturist. 



The farmers' institute is so closely allied to the horticultural 

 society in its effort to advance the horticultural interests of the state 

 that it may properly be spoken of here. There are present, in the 

 state, I believe, two institute corps. Mr. A. K. Bush, who for a 

 number of years, has been the lecturer on horticultural topics in 

 the institutes is still connected with one of these corps, so that the 

 field covered by that corps is well provided with the kind of instruc- 

 tion that the fruit planters of the state need. This leaves the other 

 corps with no one whose special province it is to present horticul- 

 tural subjects, a defect which Supt. Gregg has been trying to remedy 

 and will undoubtedly succeed in doing at an early date. With the 

 very large and growing interest in fruit growing in this state and 

 the general lack of correct information, it is very important that 

 these subjects should be properly presented by the institute, and no 

 one realizes this more than the superintendent. The farmers' in- 

 stitute has for a number of years contributed materially to the mem- 

 bership roll of the society, and this year has made good its record, 

 even with the main corps having no regular horticultural lecturer 

 with them, Mr. L. C. Johonnet, one of the workers with the corps, 

 having sent into the society 158 memberships. Mr. Bush with the 

 other corps sent us 60 memberships as his contribution for the 

 comparatively short time he was in the field. 



