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the matter of care in the selection of men to sell the products of the 

 nursery and honesty in the description and sale of novelties. 



E. H. S. Dartt, of C)\v;itonna, read a paper on "Ciirdlin*;' to Produce 

 Karly Bearing." He has used the saw, the knife and wire for the 

 I)iirpo8e of checking growth and inducing the formation of fruit 

 l^uds; prefers the saw. Whole and piece-root grafting was dis- 

 cussed and the general verdict was expressed that piece-root graft- 

 ing was far jjreferable for propagating the apple for Northern 

 planting. 



Mr. Jensen, of Rose Creek, had had better success in growing the 

 red than the black raspberry. He laid great stress upon the economy 

 of planting small fruits in long rows so that they can be easily cul- 

 tivated. Mr. Dartt advised against attempting too many varieties of 

 fruits at the beginning— better undertake less and give each proper 

 attention. The meeting was concluded by a paper from C. G. Dins- 

 more, of Austin, giving valuable suggestions for growing small 

 fruits and vegetables. 



The officers chosen for the ensuing year were: 



J. C. Hawkins, Austin, President; Jonathan Freeman, Austin, Vice- 

 President: C. L. Hill, Albert Lea, Secretary; A. J. French, Austin, 

 Executive Committee and Geo. H. Prescott, Albert Lea, Executive 

 Committee. 



The membership fee was raised to $1.00 in order that the members 

 might have the opportunity offered by the state societ}' of receiving 

 the magazine and premiums of that society. 



(Some of the papers referred to will be published later. — Secretary.) 



LATE HINTS ON SMALL FRUITS. 



C. L. SMITir, MI.NXEAPOLIS. 

 .Vr. Prefiidciit, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



I will not attempt to cover in detail all the points that might be 

 brought out in this subject, because all of the old members of the 

 society have long recognized the fact that we find every year some- 

 thing we did not know. We think, perhaps, we have mastered a 

 subject, and the very next season we are confronted bj' something 

 that we have never met with before, something that is entirely' new 

 to us. I have visited Mr. Hojikins' place four or five times, and I 

 have askefl him every ipiestion I could think of, and yet the most 

 important thing, to my mind, he brought out today was the fact 

 that in covering his black raspberries he lays the cauea down the 

 way the}' bend. I don't know whether you caught it or not. You 

 may tliink it a sinall thing, but I have been covering raspberries 

 longer in Minnesota than any one here. I think I was the first one 

 to advocate that i)lan, Imt yet I have never caught on to the way of 

 putting them down the way they naturally lean. I^ast year I was off 

 cliasing politics and let the other fellow do the work, and he broke 

 off half the canes, but he was covering the canes just the way I told 

 him to cover them, bending them all one way. Now, that is a great 

 mistake — and this is one of the latest things I have learned. I have 

 four different varieties of raspberries, and everj- bush is covered 

 now, and I either did it myself or saw it done, and I do not think I 



