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Americana, mostly seedlings of his own growth. It was a surprise to 

 see such healthy trees on the open prairie, some of them having 

 fruited for two or more years. The most of them are grown upon 

 top-grafted trees, from scions procured from Burbank, of California ; 

 Williams, of Nebraska ; and Terry, of Iowa. Among the varieties 

 specially noticed were Pearl, Green Gage, Pond, Lincoln, Glass, 

 America, Shanghai, also some seedlings of Pond's Seedling; also 

 Shippers Pride, Crimson, Laura Gold, Wax, Reine Claude, Bo- 

 hemian Prune, Tatge, Lombard and Wickson. This is a remark- 

 able collection to be fruited in Minnesota. This list was shown to 

 Prof. Hanson, who ventured the prediction that a test winter would 

 destroy all of them. Several of these varieties have been tried in dif- 

 ferent parts of the state, but no one seems to have the skill or be so 

 fortunate as Air. Knudson. 



Mr. Penning has confined his efiforts mostly to Americanas, 

 growing a large number of seedlings every year. Some of the 

 newer ones have attracted his attention lately, and he is top-graft- 

 ing with promising varieties. He believes that our list is already 

 too long, and he will try only the best. He is favorably impressed 

 with Golden Queen, Klondike, Neil's Peach, McKinley and America. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1903, SO. MINNESOTA 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



JONATHAN FREEMAN, SECRETARY. 



The Southern Minnesota Horticultural Society held its tenth 

 annual meeting at Albert Lea, Minn., on Jan. 14 and 15, 1903. The 

 place of meeting, the basement of the old opera house building, 

 was converted into an actual bower by the large display of fruit, 

 evergreens, plants, flowers and pictures. The attendance during the 

 day sessions averaged from fifty to eighty, and the evening enter- 

 tainments from one himdred to several hundred. It was one of the 

 best sessions, if not the best, held in the history of the society. There 

 was a fully sustained interest throughout the entire meeting. The 

 society is largely indebted for the value and interest of the meet- 

 ings to many old and experienced horticultural workers from Iowa, 

 Wisconsin and other parts of our own state ; for their active and 

 earnest participation, through papers and discussions. 



Mr. A. J. Philips, of Wisconsin, although not booked on the pro- 

 gram, was made a useful servant in many directions, because of his 

 versatile knowledge and abilitv. 



