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Mr. Patten to read his paper at this time. We will not have 

 more than time to take up this paper. 



Mr. Patten of Iowa then read the following paper: 



"Some New Methods of Orcharding." C. G. Patten, Charles 

 City, Iowa. (See index.) 



Discussion. 



Mr. Harris: I would like to make a motion before we ad- 

 journ. We have been much entertained by the delegates from 

 other states, and I wish to make a motion that we return our 

 thanks to them for their participation in our deliberations, and 

 that such delegates be made honorary members of our society 

 for one year. 



The motion was seconded by several members and, being put 

 to a vote, unanimously prevailed. 



Pres. Underwood: I am sure we are all very much pleased 

 to have our friends with us and take part in our meeting. 



Pres. Underwood: It is now time to close, and we will stand 

 adjourned until 2 o'clock this afternoon. 



Thursday Afternoon Session. 



The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock by Pres. Under- 

 wood. 



Pres. Underwood: Mr. Harris has a report on seedling apples 

 that we might take time to listen to now. The reports of vice- 

 presidents, as I understand it, will be filed for publication. 

 There are a number of such reports, and we would like to have 

 them handed in for publication, as there will probably not be 

 time to have many of them read. 



Mr. Harris then submitted the following report: 



"Report of Committee on Seedling Fruits." J. S. Harris, 

 La Crescent. ( See index. ) 



Discussion. 



Pres Underwood: We will next listen to a paper by Mr. Sex- 

 ton, of the Agricultural College, at Ames, Iowa, on Russian 

 apples, which will be read by Prof. Hansen. 



Prof. N. E. Hansen then read the following paper: 



"Russian Varieties of Apples." Jerry Sexton, Ames, la. 

 (See index.) 



Discussion. 



Pres. Underwood: Our next paper is on the subject of "How 

 to Run a Nursery," by Mr. Doughty. 



