OUR DUTY AS HORTICULTURISTS. 



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OUR DUTY AS HORTICULTURISTS 



ALFRED TERRV, SLAVTON. 



Wliile I l)elieve that great praise for the wonderful advance 

 movement in fruit culture in this state is due to the leading mem- 

 bers of this society, some of whom, afte]- long years of successful 

 toil in improving and acclimatizing the apple and the plum, have 

 gone to their rest, and others, equally helpful, are still with us 

 and at work, yet I believe that as a state society of horticulturists 

 we should also start a movemeni, sj'stematically, to influence ^he 

 masses of our people to practice horticulture around their homes 



Alfred Terry at his Home in Slayton, Minn. 



and in every unoccupied place about them. By horticulture, I 

 mean ornamental trees and shrubbery as well as fruit, flowers 

 and vegetables. 



Our poet of Shakopee may write of Minnesota's 

 " Wealth of wheat and pine. 

 Cities great and iron mine." 



to tempt the seekers after worldly riches, but that will not im- 

 prove the aesthetic nature of our people. 



It is sad to see the majority of the dwelling lots in our cities 

 and villages containing rubbish piles and unsanitary wastes in- 



