is point President aaah propel UB retire and hake 
ewell remarks, in which he thanked the society for the 
and courtesy he had received, he introduced his successor. 
MR. GRIMES’ ADDRESS. 
able Members of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, 
In assuming the duties of the chair I desire to return you my humble and sin- 
cere thanks for the honors you have been pleased to confer upon me. I assure 
you, gentlemen, that I accept this position with some reluctance in view of my — 
inability to perform its duties so well as your worthy retiring president has done. 
~ But I know the members who compose this society, and I know, gentlemen. that 
you will sustain the work through your executive and other committees, and as 
individual members, and more especially through your worthy and efficient sec- 
retary, im whom! have implicit confidence. I accept the position you have 
assigned me, and will endeavor to discharge its duties to the best of my ability, 
trusting that you will sustain me, and render all the assistance in your power, 
and whatever I may lack in judgment, or my imperfections may be that you will 
overlook them in view of the great work we have before us. 
Once more, gentlemen, | thank you for the honors bestowed upon me. 
DISCUSSION ON FRUIT FARM REPORT. 
Mr. Jordon explained that Mr. Gideon had grafted ne hardiest, 
long keeping varieties of apples that we can grow, such as the 
Walbridge on his hardy seedlings, and planted these trees alter- 
nately with the seedlings. 
Mr. Tyler. ‘To get good results you must fertilize by hand and 
six pints of seed obtained in this way is worth six bushels of any 
other. We get in this way our best grapes and by it we can greatly 
improve our native plums. 
MR. UNDERWOOD'S PAPER. 
Mr. Underwood was called upon for his paper on the growth and 
