STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 37 



HENNEPIN COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AND 

 MARKET GARDENERS ASSOCIATION. 



S. D. Hilhnan, Secretary, etc. 



We have about twenty active membevs who take some interest, al- 

 though our books show a membership of fifty or more. We expect some 

 new blood will be injected into the organization and give it more life; I 

 hope so, at least. 



At the annual meeting in December the following officers were 

 elected : 



President — M. Pearce. 



Vice-President — G. H. Roberts. 



Secretary and Treasurer — Prof, L. Asire. 



Executive Committee — Wyman Elliot, J. S. Gray, Wm. Lyons. 



Yours truly, L. Asire, 



Secretary. 



Discussiojsr. 



Col. Stevens. I want to inquire of Mr. Sias as to his success in 

 raising the Jessie strawberry. 



Mr. Sias. We have only a few plants but they made a vigorous growth. 

 A gentleman in the adjoining county to the west of us [Dodge] has 

 fruited it and is very successful; he has been growing it for the past 

 three years. 



Col. Stevens. If the extravagant stories told with regard to this 

 variety are true it seems to me its merits ought to be investigated. 



Mr. Sias. The Jessie is said to be a seedling of the Sharpless; its 

 fruit is considerably larger. 



Mr. Harris. I have quite a number of the plants that were set last 

 spring and it proves to be a vigorous grower. That is the most I can 

 say for it, so far as my experience with it is concerned as yet. I was 

 present at the summer meeting of the Wisconsin Horticultural So- 

 ciety at Baraboo, and it received much praise ivov^ many of the horti- 

 culturalists of that state, the almost universal opiaion being that it 

 was a good thing and the best that they have. But this is not uni- 

 versal, however; there are instances where it has proved a grand 

 failure, the same as has been the case with other new varieties that 

 have been sent out. 



Mr. Pearce. What was the opinion of Mr. Smith, the president of 

 that society? 



