MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 111 
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Last Year’s List. 
The President read the action of the Society on crabs last year. 
Mr. Dartt moved that the action be reaffirmed, which was sec- 
onded. , 
Mr. Harris :—Meader’s Winter is very fruitful, but blights. 
Mr. Hart :—Think the list is too long, as it will be confusing to 
farmers. 
The motion was carried, with the amendment that the General 
Grant be stated least hardy on the list. 
The latest action of the Society on crab apples stands therefore 
thus : 
Recommended for general trial : 
Early strawberry. 
Orange. (Unanimous vote.) 
Beecher’s Sweet. 
Minnesota. (Seven for, none against.) 
Conical. 
Quaker Beauty. 
Maiden’s Blush. 
Woodlawn Red. (Tie vote, 3 for and 3 against.) 
Recommended for general trial for favorable localities : 
Aiken’s Striped Winter. (Five for, none against.) 
Recommended for general trial in localities not subject to blight : 
Meader’s Winter. (Four for and three against.) 
General Grant. 
General Grant is the least hardy of the list. 
Recommended for planting in small quantities : 
Hyslop. (Ten for, three against.) 
Soulard. (Six for, three against.) 
Recommended for general planting for those not afraid of blight : 
Transcendent. (Fourteen for, one against.) 
Passed over without action : 
Hutchinson’s Sweet. 
Hesper Blush. 
Aiken’s Green Winter. 
