ae ANNUAL REPORT. 
to call you together for meetings of exhibition or discussion 
during the last summer, but a call was made for a meeting to 
be held in St. Paul, upon the evening of the second day of the 
State Fair, which, from causes beyond our control, was very 
near a failure. No business was transacted except the ap- 
pointment of examining committees and determining where 
the annual meeting should be held. 
- THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
The American Pomological Society held their last biennial 
session in September last, at Boston, Mass. Our society was 
represented in the meetings by but one delegate, Wyman 
Elliot, of Minneapolis, from whom we expect a report. 
Owing to the earliness of the meeting and the unfavorable 
condition of the fruit crop, we could not make an exhibition 
that would convey any correct idea of the advance we have 
made in horticulture, and therefore did not consider it expe- 
dient to attempt to show our fruits. The next meeting is ap- 
pointed to be held in Chicago, in 1875. 
FALL EXHIBITION. 
The exhibition of fruits, flowers and vegetables, at the 
State Fair, held in St. Paul in September last, was a fine suc- 
cess ; in most particulars far surpassing our most sanguine 
expectations. I think this was the result, in the first place, 
of a determination on the part of our fruit growers to show 
that all was not lost, and they would fight it out on that line, 
i. e. the hardy stock that is left, and in the second place, from 
the liberal additions that have been made to the premium 
lists since the influence of the State Horticultural Society has 
been brought to bear upon the State Agricultural Society in 
giving the management of the horticultural department over 
to our direction. 
The premium lists in the floral and vegetable departments 
should be thoroughly revised, and the result would be an in- 
creased number of exhibitors, a lively competition and an 
improvement in the culture of the articles exhibited for pre- 
miums. 
Some additions ought to be made in the fruit department. 
In the past, the Siberian crab has shown a capacity for great 
improvement, and we now,have some of its seedlings and 
hybrids that are perfectly hardy. 
The fruit is received with favor for home consumption, and 
is fast coming into general use for pickles and sauces, and will 
probably soon have a commercial value next to the common 
