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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MISS EMMA V. WHITE, MINNEAPOLIS. 



The regular summer gathering of this society was held at the 

 State Experiment Station, at St. Anthony Park, on July 20th, as 

 planned. Fortune, as usual, favored the association with fair skies 

 and cool breezes, so that none who were minded to come were kept 

 away by the elements. The attendance was large. In the neighbor- 

 hood of 350 were there and took part in the festivities, for this meet- 

 ing is made a festive occasion rather than one for serious delibera- 

 tion. 



The forenoon was passed in visiting the grounds on the part of 

 those most interested to see the experimental work being carried on, 

 or in attendance in the exhibition room, where a handsome display 

 of fruit, flowers and vegetables was made. Not as many strawber- 

 ries as usual were shown this year, on account of the very general in- 

 jury from late frosts, but the quality of those shown was excellent. 

 The splendid array of flowers made up in full for the decreased ex- 

 hibit of strawberries. 



The amount paid out for premiums was $76.50. The list of 

 premiums awarded follows this report and tells the story in detail. 



At two o'clock President W. W. Pendergast called the friends 

 together for an informal program, himself leading in a few pleasant 

 words of greeting. He also spoke of his experience and experiments 

 in plum growing. Inasmuch as plums may be grown in any part of 

 the state and almost never fail, no matter what happens to other 

 crops, he urged the horticulturists to be experimenting in this line, 

 and thus establish the varieties best adapted to the several parts of 

 the state. He has some eighty varieties growing, which he has 

 picked up through visiting the horticultural societies of the neighbor- 

 ing states, through correspondence with plum men and, last but not 

 least, from the Minnesota Experiment Station. From this large 

 number of varieties he hopes to find the best seven or eight most suit- 



