JOURNAL OF ANNUAL MEETING, I9O3. 5OI 



FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock by the chairman, 

 Prof. Green. 



The Chairman : We have a long and very interesting program 

 this afternoon, and without any further preliminaries we will take 

 it up at once. I will first call on Mr. Dike, of White Bear, who has 

 a fine orchard and is in a position to give us some very valuable 

 experience. 



Mr. C. C. Dike, of White Bear, then read a paper on the subject 

 of "Starting an Orchard — Six Years' Experience with 1,100 Trees." 

 (See index.) 



Discussion. 



The Chairman : I think we will leave Prof. Robertson's paper 

 for a little while, and I will call upon Mr. Busse. 



Mr. H. F. Busse, of Minneapolis, then gave his views upon 

 "Apple Orcharding in Minnesota." (See index.) 



Discussion. 



The Chairman : This has been a very interesting discussion, 

 and when we have a chance to question a man of Mr. Busse's ex- 

 perience we usually obtain some pretty valuable information. We 

 have heard what has been done with orchards that are already 

 planted and bearing, and now we will ask Mr. Poore to tell us about 

 the coming apple orchard. 



Mr. Hamlin V. Poore, of Bird Island, then read a paper en- 

 titled, "The Successful Apple Orchard of the Future." (See 

 index.) 



Discussion. 



The President : We have given about all the time possible to 

 the consideration of this subject, and we must pass on to the other 

 numbers on our program. W^e will now take up a subject that 

 ought to interest the average farmer, and I think Mr. Mitchell will 

 give us some valuable information in regard to orchards on the farm. 



Mr. D. M. Mitchell, of Owatonna, then read a paper on the sub- 

 ject of "Possibilities of Commercial Orcharding on the Farm." (See 

 index.) 



Discussion. 



The Chairman : This is a very interesting and valuable paper, 

 and Mr. Mitchell is to be commended for the practical way in which 

 he handled the subject. The next number on the program is by a 

 veteran in apple growing. Mr. Kenney, and I believe we shall be 

 interested in what he has to say on top-working. 



Mr. Seth Kenney, of Waterville. read a paper on "Top-working 

 to Secure a Long- Keeping Apple." (See index.) 



Discussion. 



The Chairman : We have had a very interesting discussion of 

 the papers this afternoon. This concludes our program with the ex- 

 ception of Prof. Robertson's paper. The subject of blight is one 

 that we are all interested in, because we have all sufl:'ered from blight 

 more or less. I don't know whether Prof. Robertson can tell us 

 anything new about it or give us a remedy for its prevention, but I 

 think we shall get some interesting facts about it anyway. 



