ANNUAL MEETING, 1897. 487 
President’s Address: F. W. Kimball, D. T. Wheaton and A. 
K. Bush. | 
Obituary: J.S. Harris, S. D. Richardson and EK. H. S. Dartt. 
Final Resolutions: Clarence Wedge, J. W. Murray and T. 
T. Smith. 
The President: If there is nothing more to come up this 
afternoon, we will now stand adjourned until tomorrow morn- 
_ing at nine o’clock. 
’ WEDNESDAY FORENOON SESSION. 
The President: There are some subjects here left over from 
yesterday that, perhaps, we ought to give some attention to. 
There is the subject of top working, you might want to take 
that up a little while, and also the report of the committee on 
nomenclature and seedling fruits. I presume that committee is 
ready to report. 
Mr. Harris submitted the following report of the committee 
on nomenclature. 
‘*Report of Committee on Nomenclature and Catalogue.” J. 
S. Harris, La Crescent. (See index). 
Discussion. 
Mr. Harris: Mr. President, I move that we strike the word 
“Greening” outfrom the name of the variety knownas Patten’s 
Greening, and call it the Patten. 
Mr. Van Houten (Iowa): Mr. President, I concur in this ac- 
tion; I think it is the proper os to do to drop be name 
‘‘Greening” and adopt the name ‘ Patten.”’ 
The motion was duly seconded and being voted upon unani- 
~ mously prevailed. 
The President: We will now take up the next topic in re- 
gard to ‘‘Spraying the Orchard.” Has any one a word to say in 
regard to the advantages and disadvantages of spraying the 
orchard? Our friends from lowa and our ‘‘sucker” friends can 
take part in this discussion and ought to be able to tell us some- 
thing. (See index). 
The President: We will now listen to the report of the com- 
mittee on seedling fruits. 
‘‘Report of Committee on Seedling Fruits.” J. S. Harris, 
La Crescent. (See index). 
Discussion. 
The President: We will now take up the reports from local 
societies. 
Mr. Gibbs: We would be very much gratified if we could 
