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Mr. Pearce.—I move to amend so as to call it “ Hart’s Seedling.” 
This amendment was lost. 
Mr. Dart. I move to amend so as to call it “ Hart's Minnesota 
Seedling.” This amendment was carried, and then the motion to 
call it ‘‘ Hart’s Minnesota Seedling,” was carried. 
Mr. Grimes.—I move to recommend “ Hart’s Minnesota Seedling 
for general trial for amateur cultivation.” Motion carried unani- 
mously. 
Mr. Abernethy.—W hat is it a seedling from? (No one was pre- 
pared to answer this question.) 
HORTICULTURE IN MEEKER COUNTY. 
A report of General Fruit Committee on Horticulture in Meeker 
County, was read by Mr. Fuller. The paper was as follows: 
LircHFiELD, Mrnn., Jan. 15th, 1879. 
The past two years have been favorable for all kinds of fruit trees in this sec- 
tion. The very mild winter of ’77 and ’78, and the early spring following, put 
every tree on its best behavior last season. 
Tetofskys that had hardly made six inches growth since their setting, years 
ago, grew from three to five feet, and mpened up to the very tips. Perhaps the 
constant manuring and cultivation I had been giving them will partly account 
for this. 
I have scotch pines nine years from the seed, twice transplanted, that are from 
eight to ten feet high, many of them making last season a growth of over two 
feet. The dry, hot weather of mid-summer, especially that of '77, tried all 
kinds of trees not well cared for, and many failed. But all trees well cultivated 
or thoroughly mulched, came through both seasons well. 
Varieties of Apples. 
The Duchess and Wealthy are the only large apples I have offered for general 
cultivation. The Peach apple and Tetofsky seem equally hardy, though the 
latter needs a good deal of petting and pushing at first, and I now propose to put 
them only into hands that will care for them. 
I have also the White Astrachan and Haas, but they look sickly. But aman 
living in the timber about Kandiyohi Lakes tells me that both these apples are 
doing well with him. And yet the land there is low. 
Variety of Crab Apples. 
The following crabs I find reliable: Transcendent, Hyslop, Early Strawberry, 
Orange, Meader’s Winter, Beach’s Sweet, Stewart’s Sweet, Hutchinson’s Sweet 
and Minnesota. 
