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making a beginning- in horticulture, and were listened to with 

 marked attention by an average attendance of about fifty. The 

 room in which the meetings were held was especially cozy and 

 pleasant and centributed ver}^ much to the good cheer of the occas- 

 ion. The only fruit shown was a plate of Hibernal and specimen 

 apples of Anisim (18 m) and Regel (169). 



Upon motion a committee on fruit list for Freeborn and Mower 

 counties was appointed. The report of said committee after con- 

 siderable discussion and some revision was adopted as follows: 



FRUIT LIST. 



Apples recommended for general planting:— Duchess, Hibernal. 



Apples for general trial to be planted in limited quantites: — Boro- 

 vinka, Charlamof, Christmas, Good Peasant, Patten's Greening, 

 Wealth3% Anisette, Blushed Calville, Breskovka, Anisim, Long-field. 



Crabs and hybrids for general planting:— Martha, Earlj^ Straw- 

 berrj^, Whitney, Briar's Sweet, Virginia, Tonka. 



Crabs and hybrids for trial: — Greenwood, Pride of Minneapolis, 

 Dartt. 



Grapes for general plauting:—Moore'sEarl3^ Early Victor,Worden, 

 Brighton, Delaware. 



Grapes for trial:— Moore's Diamond. 



Plums for general planting:— Desota, Forest Garden, Weaver, 

 Rollingstone. 



Plums ior trial:— Ocheeda, Gaylord, Cheney, Wolf, Rockford. 



Raspberries for general planting:— i?ec/; Turner, Marlborough, 

 Cuthbert; Black; Ohio, Palmer, Nemaha, Schaffer. 



Blackcaps for trial: — Older, Kansas. 



Blackberries for general planting:— Ancient Briton, Snyder. 



Strawberries for general planting:— Pistillate; Crescent, Warfield; 

 Staniinate: Michel's Early, Wilson, Bederwood. 



Currants for general planting:— Red Dutch White Grape Victoria. 



OFFICERS. • 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 

 F. W. Kimball, Austin, President. Geo. H. Prescott, Albert Lea, 

 A^ice-President. Clarence Wedge, Albert Lea. Secretary and Treas- 

 urer. Executive Committee— E. B. Crane, G. Seebach, Austin. 



The following were appointed a general fruit committee:— F. S. 

 Haupt, C. L. Hill, James Jorgenson, Albert Lea. A. J. French, G. C. 

 Hawkins, Austin. J. J. Hunt, Brownsdale. 



The following delegates to the State Horticultural Society were 

 appointed:— Clarence Wedge, Miss Gertrude Flllis and G. C. Hawkins. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. 



Honorary — J. B. Mitchell, Cresco, Iowa. 



Annual— G. Seebach, Austin; O. W. Shaw, Austin; Aaron Kimball, 

 Austin; A. N. Kinsman, Austin; A. J. French, Austin; James D. 

 Smith, Austin; R. L. Johnson, Austin; R. Hobson, Austin; J. Boulton, 

 Austin; Chas. Barnita, Austin; M. Teeter, Austin; G. C. Hawkins, 

 Austin; G. R. Weseman, Austin; M. E. Varco, Austin; F. W. Kimball, 

 Austin; Geo. H. Prescott, Albert Lea; Clarence Wedge, Albert Lea; 

 F. S. Haupt, Albert Lea; James Jorgenson, Albert Lea; Philip Lem- 



