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It was recommended to spray plums with Bordeaux mixture 

 three weeks before buds swell and again soon after blooming. For 

 chewing insects, add one ounce of arsenic to forty gallons of water. 

 For sucking insects also spray with kerosene emulsion. 



Instead of Bordeaux mixture some recommended a liquid made 

 as follows : one lb. arsenic, two lbs. fresh lime, two gallons of water ; 

 boil forty minutes. When used, add 300 gallons of water. 



The best three varieties recommended by Geo. J. Kellogg were : 

 Bederwood (S), Warfield (P), and Senator Dunlap (S). Others 

 highly spoken of were : Johnsons (S), Excelsior (S), Haverland 

 (P), Sleeper (P), Tennessee (S), Kansas (S). 



Hon. Charles Hirschinger felt safe in recommending the fol- 

 lowing cherries and no others : Early Richmond, Late Kentish, 

 English Morello, Ostheim, Montmorency, Wragg and Jefferson. 



Not enough was said about other fruits to warrant my under- 

 taking to say what the favorites were, as no official list was adopted. 



I must not, however, forget to mention that the Wealthy was 

 considered the most nearly perfect apple they had. 



The fact that the number of young members was small in com- 

 parison with ours was very apparent, but the middle aged men were 

 decidedly in earnest, and much is to be expected of them in the near 

 future. 



There seemed to be a very "close communion" between their so- 

 ciety and ours. Their sympathy with us and our work is most cor- 

 dial, and they are anxious to have the two societies mutually helpful. 



The following resolution was unanimously and enthusiastically 

 adopted : 



Resolved, that the executive committee of this society be author- 

 ized and instructed to co-operate with corresponding committees of 

 the Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota societies in 

 advancing the cause of horticulture, each state following a certain 

 line allotted it ; and, also, in devising the best plan for a memorial to 

 the late Peter M. Gideon to commemorate his grand work in the in- 

 terest of apple growing in the northwest. 



The foregoing is the substance but not the exact language of the 

 resolution, since I am obliged to reproduce it from memory. 



The meeting was an interesting and most valuable one. It will 

 be long remembered with pleasure by your delegate. 



