MINNESOTA AT THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 4I9 



MINNESOTA AT THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY. 



WYMAN ELLIOT^ DELEGATE. 



When it was suggested by Secretary Latham that I go as a dele- 

 gate to represent our horticultural society at the biennial session 

 of the American Pomological Societ}^, to be held in Boston on Sep- 

 temper loth, nth and 12th, I had little thought of accepting, but 

 seeing the great number of fine seedling apples on exhibition at our 

 state fair and feeling the opportunity was ripe for Minnesota to 

 show the representative pomologists from all- parts of the United 

 States and Canada what an extended fruit industry we were de- 

 veloping, I decided it would be wise to- take advantage of it ; and 

 so samples of fruit were solicited from those having representative 

 varieties, and in each instance generously donated. 



Of commercial varieties of apples we took eleven varieties of 

 Russians as follows : Antonovka, Charlamoff, Hibernal, Repka 

 Malenka, Borovinca, Duchess, Gilbert, Kaump, Lowland Raspberry, 

 Sweet Longfield, Alexander. There were seven varieties of seed- 

 lings originating in Iowa, as follows : Patten's Greening, University, 

 Iowa Beauty, Thompsons 38 and 46, Grundy and Judson ; and four 

 varieties of Wisconsin seedlings : Northwestern Greening, Wolf 

 River, Pewaukee and MclMahon White. Of Minnesota seedlings 

 there were Wealthy, Peerless, Brett, Peter, Esteline, Catherine, Ex- 

 selsior, Gideon, Jewell's Winter, seedling frorp Northwestern 

 Greening, Yahnke, Lord's L, Okabena, A. D. Leach's seedHng, J. C. 

 Kramer's sweet and sour seedlings, T. Redpath's fall and winter 

 seedHngs, D. F. Akin's 'Early Winter and Late Fall, Green's Fav- 

 orite, No. 31, Fosberg, Yahnke's winter sweet and sour seedlings, 

 Cavanaugh seedling, Henralty seedling, Lyman's seedlings No. 200, 

 20, 18, Lyman's Prolific crab, D. C. Hazelton's seedlings No. 8, 33, 

 42, 51 and 64, Wasserzieher's seedling crab No. 10, Central Ex- 

 periment Station seedlings, Nos. X, 13, 13a, 18, 144, 173, 185^-233, 

 and T. E. Perkins" seedlings, a collection of one hundred and nine 

 plates. 



The Perkins' seedlings made the most attractive feature of our 

 exhibit, and received more attention than any other display in the 

 hall. ]^Iuch surprise was expressed at such a fine lot of apples 

 from [Minnesota, and I wish I could tell you all that was said about 

 them by the most noted pomologists in attendance. Of course I 

 gathered only a few expressions of praise. 



President C. L. Waltrous stood in amazement while I described 

 the parentage and told of the promising results already obtained. 



