MORNING SESSION. 



SECOND DAY, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19, 1887. 



The meeting was called to order Wednesday morning at 9:30 

 by President Elliot. 



The president stated the first thing in order would be the re- 

 port of the Seedling Commission. 



EEPOET ON SEEDLING FEUITS. 



By J. 8. Harris, La Crescent. 



Oar first official visit was made at Granite Falls, June 28, 

 1886, where we found a live and strong county horticultural 

 society with O. E. Saunders, president, and A. B. Eegester, sec- 

 retary. We enjoyed the pleasure of joining them in their sum- 

 mer meeting and small fruit show. The meeting was held in 

 Eegester' s grove, was well attended and a success. Addresses 

 were given on evergreen planting, strawberry growing, birds, 

 insects, etc., and the different subjects were pretty thoroughly 

 discussed. Another interesting feature of the meeting was in- 

 dividual reports by the members upon the trees planted the past 

 season. Strawberries recommended for cultivation were the 

 Crescent and Wilson, and one speaker said if they could not 

 succeed with these we had better let strawberries alone. The 

 strawberries, raspberries, cuurants and gooseberries upon ex- 

 hibition were very superior, and all of these fruits do well 

 here when mulched and given clean cultivation, except there 

 is considerable complaint about the Dooliitle Easpberry blight- 

 ing badly. An examination of the plants failed to reveal the 

 cause, unless it came from injury to the canes by the severity 

 of the winter. If that be the caus3, cavaring with prairie hay 

 might obviate the difficulty. 



A goodly number of ladies were in attendance; they 

 brought along well-filled lunch baskets the contents of which 



