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The points brought out in this paper were discussed at great 

 length. 



Pres. Underwood: Mr. Kimball is now in the room, and I 

 will call on him for his report on small fruits. We may not be 

 able to finish this discussion this afternoon, but hope, perhaps, 

 to be able to take it up some other time during the session. I 

 wish to call attention to our interesting session of this after- 

 noon, and hope we shall bring out all we know in regard to 

 raising strawberries. As our time is limited this morning, it is 

 necessary to convene promptly this afternoon in order to get 

 through. 



"Report on Small Fruits." P. W. Kimball, Austin. (See 

 index.) 



A brief discussion followed. 



Pres. Underwood: It is now 12 o'clock and time to adjourn. 

 We will now stand adjourned until 2 o'clock this afternoon, 

 when we will try to finish this morning's program. 



Tuesday Afternoon Session. 



Pres. Underwood: Our morning's program was not quite 

 completed, but perhaps those who were to take part are here 

 now so we can complete it. We have some papers that are very 

 interesting, and perhaps it would be well to close up that part 

 of our program now. The secretary has a paper on "Small 

 Fruits," by Mr. A. M. Shepherd, of Minneapolis. The secre- 

 tary will read the paper, and perhaps by the time we have fin- 

 ished the program of this morning the members will be present 

 so we can take up the subject of strawberries. 



The secretary then read the following: "Report on Small 

 Fruits." A. M. Shepherd, Minneapolis. (See index ) 



Pres. Underwood: This subject of mulching will come up a 

 little later in the afternoon under the consideration of the 

 strawberry question. That will be our principal topic for 

 this afternoon. Before we close this discussion I want to say 

 we have with us Prof. Hansen, of Brookings, S. D. , who will 

 now speak to us on South Dakota fruit culture. Prof. Hansen 

 tells me his article bears chiefly on apples and plums, and 

 suggests that we pass it for the present and take it up under 

 its proper head, as his article does not treat of the small fruits 

 so much. I think, then, we will pass on to the subject for this 

 afternoon, strawberries. This program has been arranged with 

 a view to bringing out as many of our members as possible who 

 have had experience in growing strawberries. It was our pur- 



