292 annual report 



"Lakeside, Jan. 6, 1887. 

 M. Gutter: 



Dear Sir: Yours of the 27th iilt., is just received. I have 

 been quite successful with small fruits. Concord grapes bear 

 fairly well each season, but of course have to be laid down in 

 the fall. We have the White Grape currant which bears heavy 

 crops of fruit each season with but very little attention aside 

 from mulching. We have the blackcap raspberry that gives us 

 abundance of fruit each season without any protection or other 

 special attention aside from pinching back and a light coat of 

 mulching each season after the fruit has ripened. My straw- 

 berries do best without mulching, as they are located near a 

 wind break and are covered with snow the winter through. 

 Hyslop and Transcendent crabs do well with us, and when ashes 

 are placed around the roots of the trees, no blight is percept- 

 able; not so treated, blight more or less. 



Yours truly, 



M. T. Eedout." 



On motion of Mr. Harris the Society then proceeded to the 

 election of officers for the ensuing year. 



ANNUAL ELECTION OP OFFICERS. 



The following list of officers was then elected, to-wit: 



President — Wyman Elliot, Minneapolis. 



Vice Presidents — A. W Sias, Rochester; E. H. S. Dartt, 

 Owatonna; M. Cutler, Sumter; N. J. Stubbs, Long Lake; and 

 G. W. Fuller, Litchfield. 



Secretary — S. D. Hillman, Minneapolis. 



Treasurer — J. T. Grimes, Minneapolis. 



Executive Committee — J. S. Harris, Chairman, La Crescent; 

 J. M. Underwood, Lake City; D. Day, Farmington; F. G. 

 Gould, Excelsior; I. Gilpatrick, Minneapolis. 



Librarian — E. A. Cuzner, Minneapolis. 



Entomologist — Prof. O. W. Oestlund, Minneapolis. 



The following were named as a Committee on Publication: 

 Wyman Elliot, S. M. Owen and S. D. Hillman. 



On motion of Mr. Harris, Worthington was designated as the 

 place for an additional experiment station, with J. H. Ludlow 

 as superintendent. 



On motion of Mr. Smith, Fergus Falls was named as an ex- 

 periment station, with M. T. Duncan as superintendent. 



