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62 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Pres. Underwood, of the state society, arrived on the evening 
train in time to be introduced to us and to say a few cheering 
words. 
The Friday morning session was begun by the reading and adop- 
tion of a new constitution and by consummating the union of the 
two societies under the name of “The Southern Minnesota Horticul- 
ture Society,” with stated circuit of meetings from Albert Lea to 
Austin and Spring Valley. 
J.C. Walker gave his experience in apple growing, which extended 
back into the sixties. Pewaukee was twelve years in coming into 
bearing, matured one crop and died of blight. Sets his trees four 
to six inches deeper than they stood in the nursery to prevent injury 
by drouth. ; 
C. G. Patten, who has spent thirty years in horticultural work at 
Charles City, Ia.,only thirty miles south of the state line,said that of 
all the varieties he has tried from various parts of the country he 
finds the greatest hope in those he has originated from seed. Notes 
especially the fact that such productions make a more vigorous 
nursery tree than the old line or Russian varieties. 
Mr. Dartt read his report on station work and enlarged somewhat 
on his experience with girdling as a test of hardiness. 
Mr. Underwood said that he had lost in all over 6,000 bearing apple 
trees and is now certain that he could have saved them largely had 
he attended to their need of moisture in severe winter drouths. 
Believes in thorough cultivation once or twice a week all summer 
as a means of conserving moisture. 
J. B. Mitchell, of Cresco, believes that our climate is constantly 
changing for the better, and that a more tender class of trees can 
now be successfully grown than could have been twenty-five years 
ago. The San José scale is,in his opinion, a dangerous pest and 
should be closely guarded. We may not be able to avoidit entirely, 
but should at least try to hold it at bay untilit may lose some of its 
pristine vigor and viciousness. 
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