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The President: I will call on Mr. Elliot for "A Talk about 

 Seedling Apples on Exhibition," which I am sure we are all eager 

 to hear. (See index.) 



Discussion. 



FRUIT LIST. 



The President : We have now come to a good place to hear the 

 report of t}}e committee on fruit list, and if Mr. Wedge is ready 

 at this time I will ask him to report. 



Mr. Clarence Wedge : Before reading the report of the com- 

 mittee I will say that the committee promised if continued another 

 year that we would endeavor to present a report this year which 

 would embody not merely the names of the varieties recommended, 

 but also a short description attached to each variety. We began this 

 work with the apple list, but we found so much difficulty in agree- 

 ing among ourselves as to the propriety of certain descriptions that 

 we concluded when we came to present the report to the society 

 it would be practically impossible to agree on the various descrip- 

 tions ii three members of a committee could not agree. We thought 

 it would be about as difficult a matter as it would have been for the 

 republican party in the last congress to revise the tariff list. 



Mr. Clarence Wedge, as chairman, then submitted the "Report of 

 the Committee on Fruit List." (See index.) 



Motion made by Prof. Green, having been seconded, was put to a 

 vote, and the fruit list as submitted by the committee was unanimous- 

 ly adopted. 



Mr. Wyman Elliot, of Minneapolis, then read a paper entitled 

 "Chop Talk on Horticulture." (See index.) 



Discussion. 



The President : Now I would like to introduce Prof. Hansen, 

 of South Dakota. He has always been with us, but there are some 

 here who have never seen him, and I would like to have him show 

 himself and say a few words. 



Prof. N. E. Hansen, (S. D.) : I have not much to say. I spent 

 the last two nights in a sleeping car and am not in a condition to 

 address an audience. All I can say is that I am very glad to be with 

 you again. I have just come from the Northern Illinois meeting, 

 and I find the people there are rather in a quandary. They have 

 some of the Minnesota conditions, but they are rather inclined to 

 hang to southern Illinois methods, but I think by and by they will 

 have to put more of the Minnesota procedure into effect in their 

 work. 



On motion of Mr. Lord the meeting adjourned until i :45 o'clock. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The meeting was called to order at 1 145 by the president. 



The President : We have made it a rule to follow the numbers 

 on our program, and if any one is absent when his name is called 

 his paper goes over until such time as we have an opportunity to 

 put it in the program. Capt. Reed was not here on Tuesday after- 

 noon to respond to his name, but we will call upon him now for his 

 part. 



