92 ANNUAL REPORT. 
WISCONSIN DELEGATE. 
tee . Phillips, Esq., presented credentials as delegate from the 
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. He was received by vote 
and a vote of thanks tendered for his attendance. 
The election of the remainining officers was postponed until the 
afternoon, and the Society adjourned to meet at 1:30 P. mu. 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 
FORESTRY LAWS. 
The meeting was called to order by the President at 1:30 P. ™. 
It was moved and seconded to take from the table the report of 
the committee on Congressional Tree-planting, and other Forestry 
Laws. The motion carried. 
A motion was made and seconded to reconsider the action of the 
Society taking up the report section by section. The motion was 
carried. . 
A motion was made and seconded to endorse the action of the 
State Forestry Association on the Congressinal Tree-planting Act 
and to adopt that part of the report relating to House bill 1,218. 
(See page 84.) 
MR. PEARCE’S PAPER. 
Mr. Pearce was called on to read his paper, after which a vote of 
thanks was tendered and a copy requested for publication. 
The following is the paper in full: 
PLANTING AN ORCHARD. 
Mr. President, and members of the State Horticultural Society of Min- 
nesota:—It 1s now over twenty years since I first began to set fruit trees 
in Minnesota, and like all fruit growers of the state, I have met with many 
reverses and disappointments, and it is only within the last few years that I have 
met with anything like success, and that with but few varieties. 
My experience teaches me that in order to make fruit growing a success, much 
depends on location, soil, its thorough preparation, and cultivation, and general 
care of the trees. 
