EVERGREENS IN MOWER COUNTY. 391 



EVERGREENS IN MOWER COUNTY. 



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JENS A. JENSEN, ROSE CREEK. 

 (Read before So. Minn. Hort. Society.) 



In transplanting evergreens, the most essential part is to not let 

 the root get dry ; the roots should not even have the appearance of 

 dryness. A tree with a poor root but which has been kept moist may 

 grow ; while a tree with good roots that has been partly dry will 

 oftentimes fail. 



The two varieties planted in this vicinity the most are Scotch 

 pine and Norway spruce. I have trees of these varieties planted 

 in 1892. They were from fifteen to twenty inches high when planted 

 and are now from fifteen to twenty feet high. 



The Black Hills spruce is, probably, the hardest to grow of any 

 tree I have. It has a bluish-green foliage and is certainly a beauty. 

 It is not quite as rapid- a grower as the Norway spruce. The white 

 pine is doing well here. The blue spruce and silver cedar are 

 beautiful trees and are doing well. 



The white spruce, balsam fir and Douglas spruce are not doing 

 very well ; whether it is the ground or the treatment that is not suit- 

 able I can't tell. As standard varieties I would recommend the 

 Black Hills and Norway spruces, and the Scotch, white and black 

 pines. Of the ornamental varieties, blue spruce, silver cedar, the 

 American arbor vitie and mountain pine will do well here. 



AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, BIENNIAL 

 SESSION, 1901. 



PROF. S. B. GREEN, DEIvEGATE. 



The American Pomological Society held its regular biennial 

 meeting at Buffalo, September 12th and 13th. There was a very 

 large attendance of representative horticulturists from all over the 

 United States and Canada, the experiment stations being excep- 

 tionally well represented. 



This society was organized in 1848 and has become noted for 

 the importance of its reported proceedings and its lists of fruits. 



The meeting was opened by prayer, which was followed by an 

 address of welcome by W. C. Barry, of Rochester, New York. 

 President C. L. Watrous, of Des Moines, Iowa, gave a dignified and 

 interesting address. 



Among the papers that especially interested your delegate was 

 that on the renovation of orchards. I was surprised to hear the 

 horticulturist of the Canadian Experiment Station recommend the 



