MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL ‘SOCIETY. 115 
‘HART’S SEEDLINGS. 
; (The following description and history of two of Mr. Hart’s. 
Seedlings has been received since the meeting :) ma 
_ Winona, March 15, 1877. 
C. Y. Lacy, Esq., Secretary of State Horticultural Society : 
Dear Sir: In reply to yours of the 7th, I here give you a brief descrip- 
tion of the two Seedling Apples we sent to the winter meeting. 
No. 7. 
First, we will describe No. 7, which is a round yellow apple, and good in 
its season, from August to October. The tree is one of the hardiest we have 
got; is one of the lot of seedlings sown and raised by Mr. Robert Pike, of 
Minnesota City, in 1859. The tree is a handsome growing tree, close, up- 
right head, and bears fruit on the end ot the twigs. 
No. 11. 
We will now describe No. 11, which is conical shaped; a dull red color, 
very hard and would undoubtedly keep one year. We will not describe its 
quality, as you have seen it and had a chance to test it. It is all that 
remains of four quarts of apple seed that we sowed in 1861, and it was by 
accident that one has been saved. We were plowing up the bed of seedlings, 
and one of our children picked the apple tree up and planted it among along 
row of plum trees, where it has stood since without any care or attention. 
It is exposed to all the heat of summer and the cold of winter, growing on 
the hillside, facing the southwest. You may judge what care we have taken 
of the apples. When receiving some letters shortly after the winter meet- 
ing of the State Horticultural Society, we went out to look at the tree, and 
found several apples froze on the tree still. The tree is hardy. We have 
had the Yellow Siberian crab-trees killed, which stood near it. We have 
several other seedlings, which we think are really good. We think, if the 
weather keeps on favorable as it has so far, we will be able to show some as 
good seedlings as have been raised in Minnesota. 
Respectfully yours, 
JOHN Hart. 
CATALOGUING FRUITS, &c. 
The report of the Committee on Cataloguing Fruits and Orna- 
mental Trees and Plants was called for, and given by Mr. Elliot 
at the request of the chairman, Mr. Jewell. The report was 
accepted. 
A motion to adopt it was not seconded. 
