STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 19 



PROGRAM. 



The followin.i? order will be adhered to as aear as circuinBtauces will permit, but 

 may be varied from time to time as the Society may deem best. 



First Day— Tuesday, January 17, at 10 a. m. 



Opening Exercises. Arrangements of Exhibits aa^ Reception of Members. 

 Appointment of GomniUees. Committees on Fruit List ; on Award of Premiums ; 

 on Publication ; on Final Resolutions ; on Obituary. 



Afternoon Session — at 2 p. m. 



Address of Welcome. Isaac AtWdter, President Board of Trade. 



Response to Address of Welcome. E. H. S. Dartt, Owatonna. 



Reports from Local Societies. Hennepin County Horticultural Society, Prof. L. 

 Asire, Secretary, Minneapolis; Olmsted County Horticultural Society, M. J. Hoag, 

 Rochester ; Minnesota Valley Horticultural Society, A. B. llegester, Granite Falls ; 

 Lake Side Horticultural Society, A. S. CrossQeld, Browns Valley ; McLeod County 

 Horticultural Society, H. I. Corson, Glencoe; Ramsey C)unty Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society, Adam Bobland, St. Paul. 



Correspondence, etc. 



Sorticultural Ecperimeni S'.'iUon^ and how to cjniuct them. E. H. S. Dartt, 

 Owatonna. 



Discussion on same. 



Question Box. 



Evening Session — at 7 p. m. 



President's Annual Address. Wyman Elliot, Mlnaeapolis. 

 Orape Culture. N. .J. Stubbs, Long Lake. 

 The Tiee Peddler. A. W. Sias, Rochester. 



Second Day — Wednesday, January 18, at 9 a. m. 



Report of Seidling Commimon. John S. Hirris, La Crescent ; G. W. Puller, 

 Litchfield ; A. W. Sias, Rochester. 



Report of Committee on Ifative Fruits. O. M. Lord, iVlinnesota City. 

 Report of Committee on Russian Apples. Chas. Luedloff, Carver. 

 Discussion on same. 

 Forcing Houses for Vegetable Culture in Winter. J. S. Gray, Minneapolis. 



Afternoon Session — at 2 p. m. 



Eleventh Annual Meeting of the State Amber Cane Association. 



Minutes of Last Meeting Read. 



Reception of Members. 



Report of Secretary and Treasurer. 



Election of Officers. 



Appointm,ent of Committees. 



President's Address. Russell Blakeley, St. Paul. 



Improvements in Machinery vnd Process of Mmufaature. B. Densmore, Red Wing. 



Present Condition of the Ambsr Cane Industry. Seth H. Kenney, Morristown. 



Reports from Orowers and Manufacturing of Amber Cane. 



Report from Station at Fort Scott, Kas. M. Swenson, Director. 



Discussion. 



