36 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1902, NORTHEASTERN IOWA 

 * HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



O. W. MOORE, SPRING VAI^LEY, DEI.EGATE. 



The meeting- was called to order on the morning of Dec. 17, 

 hy the president, Elmer Reeves, of Waverly, Iowa. 



"President's Address:" — In passing he paid a glowing tribute 

 to some of the older members of his society for their zeal in the in- 

 terest of horticulture in the past, when there was very little to en- 

 courage them. He compared the present when the younger men 

 of these days have everything to encourage them with those earlier 

 times when our older members had all of those discouragements and 

 disappointments to contend with. And he compared those days 

 when nearly all said you cannot grow apples with the present when 

 all know that it is possible without the least shadow of a doubt. At 

 the close of the reading of the address some very complimentary 

 resolutions were passed recognizing the valuable horticultural work 

 of some of the older members of their society. 



"Apples and Orchards in 1902 :" S. M. Burnap, Clear Lake. — 

 This gentleman wrote of the Ozark countries as the land of the big 

 red apple, where they have hundreds of acres under orchard and 

 trees by the ten thousand. But when we begin to look for quality 

 he directed our attention northward, and he predicted northern Iowa 

 as the banner fruit section. 



"Varieties for a Commercial Orchard :" I. H. Upton, Cresco. — 

 Mr. Upton recommended the Wealthy and Northwestern Greening 

 as the best two varieties for commercial purposes. Prof. Wesley 

 Greene, in speaking of the homes of different types of apples, said the 

 Ozark country was the home of the Ben Davis, New York of the 

 Baldwin, Iowa and Minnesota of the Wealthy, and that no variety 

 of apples would be at its best outside of its native locality. He also 

 said that a hardy stock gave a hardy influence over the scion from 

 three to six degrees. And that scions from young bearing trees bore 

 much sooner than scions from young trees before coming to bearing 

 age. 



"Commercial Orcharding, Buying and Shipping of Apples :" 

 Sam Mitchell, Nora Springs. — He recommended the Wealthy as the 

 only first class shipping apple in the Northwest. One-half the car 

 or less of Wealthy would sell the balance of the car of mixed varieties, 

 when the latter could not be sold at a profit. He classed the Patten's 

 Greening as absolutely worthless for shipping purposes. 



