486 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Final Resolutions : G. D. Taylor, W. S. Higbee, A. D. Leach. 

 Obituary : J. S. Harris, D. T. Wheaton, C E. Older. 

 President's Address: L. R. Moyer, Frank Yahnke, T. E. Cash- 

 man. 



WEDNEDAY MORNING SESSION. 



"Nursery Culture of the Apple." J. P. Andrews, Faribault. 

 (See index.) 



Discussion. 



"How to Grow Gooseberry and Currant Plants." Geo. W. 

 Strand, Taylor's Falls. (See index.) 



Discussion. 



"Propagating New Varieties of Tree Fruits from Seed." Chas. 

 G. Patten, Charles City, Iowa. (See index.) 



The reading of this paper was followed by a talk on the same 

 subject by C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, Iowa. (See index.) 



"Growing Half-Hardy Fruits." J. R. Cummins, Washburn. 

 (See index.) 



"Plant-Breeding." Prof. N. E. Hansen, Brookings, S. D. (See 

 index.) 



"Growing Plants in and for the Windbreak." Alfred Terry, 

 Slayton. 



"Growing Evergreens from Seeds, and After Care in the Nur- 

 sery." Clarence Wedge, Albert Lea. 



Discussion. 



Mr. J. S. Harris : I would like to introduce to the society Mrs. 

 Laura A. Alderman of South Dakota. She has a larger orchard 

 than any to be found in Minnesota. 



The President : I take great pleasure in calling upon Mrs. Alder- 

 man. We would all be pleased to hear a word from her. 



Mrs. Laura A. Alderman (S. D.) : This is so entirely a sur- 

 prise to me that I am at a loss what to say. I think Mr. Harris 

 did not lose sight of the fact that a woman is usually credited with 

 having the last word, but on this occasion you must excuse me. 



Prof. Hansen: Whenever we want to conjure by the name of 

 South Dakota we always talk of the "Alderman orchard." 



