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Some work has been done during the year on the Gideon me- 

 morial fund, but it is still a little short of $400. There are without 

 doubt many members of the society who intend to contribute to this 

 fund, and we hope that the work planned in reference to it may re- 

 sult in bringing the amount up to the sum desired during the cur- 

 rent year. 



A very general desire on the part of our members that some 

 recognition should be made of the services of the late John S. 

 Harris for the society is about to be realised in the fund which will 

 be raised in connection with this year's banquet, the expense of the 

 banquet being paid entirely by the proprietors of "Farm, Stock & 

 Home" (with which paper Mr. Harris was connected as horticul- 

 tural editor from its inception to his death), so that the full sum 

 realized by the sale of tickets will be available for the erection of a 

 suitable tablet in memory of Mr. Harris, probably in Horticul- 

 tural Hall at the State Agricultural College. 



During the year two officers of our society have passed away, 

 Mr. J. L. Adams of Glenwood, vice-president for the seventh dis- 

 trict, who was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun while 

 hunting; and Mr. Henry M. Lyman of Excelsior, superintendent 

 of the trial station located on his grounds. Mr. Adams was a 

 comparatively new member of the society but showed great in- 

 terest in our work and had taken out a life membership. Mr. Ly- 

 man came into the society some ten years ago. While not con- 

 spicuous as a talker or writer at our meetings, he was essentially 

 a worker in the experimental field that he exploited at his home 

 in Carver county and had produced results of lasting importance 

 to the pomology of the northwest. While the worker has gone, and 

 we deeply deplore his loss, the results of his work remain and have 

 passed under the management of his son, the present treasurer of 

 our society, who has been associated with him in the management 

 of the place from boyhood. 



Although it is probable that the $1,000 premium apple seedling 

 committee will make a report at this meeting, it is entirely in place 

 that the secretary should say something in regard to it, as much 

 of the correspondence in reference to it passes through his office. 

 There have been few additional applications this year, I believe 

 only two, but the interest in the matter continues and, I believe, 

 will increase as progress is made in the direction of developing the 

 desired fruit. While the standard of this fruit is placed high, it 

 is not too high for the results we think obtainable, as is generally 

 believed by those well acquainted with the situation, and this is well 



