MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 17 
_exchange fifty copies of their Transactions for 1873, for fifty 
of ours for the same year. The communication was accepted 
and a resolution passed instructing the Secretary to exchange 
fifty copies of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society Re- 
ports for fifty copies of the reports of the Horticultural Soci- 
ety of Wisconsin. 
On motion of Mr. Ford, of St. Paul, a committee was ap-— 
pointed and instructed to proceed to the State capitol and se- 
cure all the State Horticultural Reports not in use there, and 
bring them before the society on Thursday morning. 
A short time was spent in free conversation, and the soci- 
ety adjourned to 2 p. M. 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
The meeting was called to order by Vice President H. H. S. 
Dartt, of Owatonna, when the following report from the Com- 
mittee on Topics for Discussion, and Order of Business, was 
presented by P. A. Jewell : 
1. What tests are necessary to fully establish the perfect adaptation of 
aly variety of apples to the peculiar and trying climate of our State. 
2. Best sorts for cultivation. 
3. Transplanting. 
4. Cultivation and protection. 
5. Time and manner of pruning. 
6. Diseases to which apples trees are liable, and their treatment. 
7. Insects injurious to trees and fruits, and the most economical and 
efficient means of destroying them. 
8. Pear culture. 
9. Plums. 
10, Cherries. 
11. Grapes. 
12. Currants. 
13. Gooseberries. 
14. Blackberries. 
15. Raspberries. 
16. Strawberries. 
17, Cultivation of forest trees for timber protection. 
18. Deciduous, shade and ornamental trees. 
19. Evergreens. 
20. Ornamental shrubs and plants. 
21. What soils are best adapted to the various kinds of fruits, and what 
manures promote the most healthy growth. 
22. What new kinds of fruit appear worthy of cultivation. 
23. Suggestions relative to the granting of premiums at State Fairs. 
_The report was accepted, and the society proceeded to the 
discussion of the subjects in the order named. 
