494 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Now, in taking- up the work of our society, we would be very glad 

 if you could all feel that you were individually responsible for the 

 success of our meeting. I am sure there are none present, members 

 of our society or others, who care particularly to advance their 

 ideas in regard to horticulture so they would not care to listen to 

 those who have other ideas to advance, and it would please me 

 exceedingly if the members who are not accustomed to taking part, 

 an active part.would become prominent and come to the front. Let us 

 have the benefit of your journeyings and your experiences; I have 

 no doubt they will prove just as interesting and just as instructive 

 and profitable to our meeting as those of the older members. The 

 older people are apt to get into ruts and stay there, too. They get 

 into a certain track and do not care to get out again, while I believe 

 younger people are more inclined to experiment, to get into paths 

 not so frequently traveled, and make improvements, where older 

 people are inclined to be more conservative. And so I say, let me urge 

 this upon you, especially the younger ones who have come into our 

 society this morning. I hope you will find it a pleasant place to 

 spend the next few days, and that you will be able to add something 

 from your store of experience and information that will be interest- 

 ing and instructive to our members. 



The first item on the program is the appointment of the com- 

 mittee on credentials. I will appoint on that committee Mr. 

 C. B. Crandall, of Red Wing, and Mrs. A. A. Kennedy, of 

 Hutchinson. Those de'egates present from other societies will 

 please look them up and present their credentials at the proper 

 time. 



The next on our program is the report of the committee on 

 small fruits. Mr. Crandall, of Red Wing, is the first one on that 

 committee to report. If you have a report ready, Mr Crandall, 

 please come forward. I would like to have all those who have 

 reports to make or papers to read to step right to the front so 

 every one may have the benefit of listening. 



Mr. C B. Crandall, as a member of the committee on small 

 fruits, then submitted the following report: (See index.) 



A discussion of some length ensued. 



Pres. Underwood: Mr. G. H. Prescott, of Albert Lea, is the 

 next one to report. Mr. P. W. Kimball is not in the room, I 

 believe. Mr. P. P. Pratt, of Crookston, and Mr. A. M. Shep- 

 herd, of Minneapolis, are the other members of the committee. 

 There are some reports here that are to be read if we have 

 time. We will pass the reading of these reports for the pres- 

 ent and call upon Mr. C. P. Gardner, of Osage, Iowa. 



Mr. Gardner then read the following: "Berry Bushes- 

 Success or Pailure in Growing Heavy Crops." (See index.) 



