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aospitably entertained, and will feel at home in the city. I close 
with the hope that the attendance on your meeting may be all that 
can be desired. | 
Reply of President Smith. 
We are as happy to meet here as you are to see us. Hope to 
see your fruits on the table here at our meeting. Hope to meet 
the apple growers of this section, and, as they are the oldest in 
this branch of horticulture, they ought to teach us. I congratulate 
you on the progress this place has made since the first time I saw 
it, broad fields of waving grass. If thus much has been accom- 
plished in the last twenty-five years, what may we not expect in 
the next twenty-five years! And may not horticulture advance 
with the other improvements? ‘The interest we see you taking in 
your streets and cemeteries, shows the interest you take in horti- 
culture. Winona wants not so much the frequent meeting of this 
Society, as a local society to work for itself and with the State So- 
ciety. Minnesota, though not the largest State in the Union, is 
hardly surpassed in variety of soils and climates, and what we want 
is local societies, which shall search out the varieties and methods 
suited to each locality. Let us put our hands to the wheel, and 
work together with a will. 
Committee on Appointment of Committees. 
A motion to adjourn was made and seconded. On motion of 
Mr. Elliot a committee was appointed to report on the appointment 
of committees and the men to serve on them. The President ap- 
pointed W. Elliot, N. Buck and P. A, Jewell, but Mr. Buck asking 
to be excused, Mr. Ely was substituted. 
Motion to adjourn until 2 o’clock was then carried. 
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 
Meeting called to order at 3:05 P. m. 
Appointment of Committees. 
The committee on appointment of committees made its report. 
On motion of Mr. Grimes it was accepted and adopted. The Pres- 
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