316 ANNUAL KEPORT 



Plant in late fall or early spring, in straight rows, seven feet apart, 

 with bushes three feet apart in the rows. If planted late in the 

 spring, the tender shoots are liable to retard future growth. For the 

 first season give clean culture, and, if desirable, other crops may be 

 grown among them without iniury. 



Mr. Harris, from the committee on prize essays on blackberries and 

 dewberries, and currants and gooseberries, presented the following re- 

 port : 



The committee to whom was referred the essays, written by persons 

 under 25 years of age, upon the subjects "Blackberries and Dewber- 

 ries in Minnesota," and "Currants and Gooseberries," would respect- 

 fully report that they have carefully examined the essays on the above 

 subjects, and made the award according to their unbiased judgment. 

 We find three competitors for Blackberries and Dewberries, and have 

 awarded the Society's prize of $25 to Master Burton T. Wilcox, age 16 

 years. The paper is well written, and is practical as well as clear in 

 its description of methods of propagation, planting, cultivating, pro- 

 tection, training, picking and marketing. We congratulate the au- 

 thor upon the good fortune of being "born (not made) a horticultur- 

 ist," and trust that he will meet with such pleasure and success in 

 the pursuit of horticulture that all thorns shall bear roses, and briars 

 bow their fruit-laden heads to him. 



We also recommend that the essay of Miss Edith A. Kellogg, of 

 Janesville, Wisconsin, which is also an able and valuable paper, be 

 published in our volume of Transactions, and that the Society do ex- 

 tend to her a vote of thanks, and elect her an honorary member of 

 this Society for the term of five years. 



We find only one paper on Currants and Gooseberries, written by 

 S. A. McHenry, age 23, and report that he is entitled to the prize of- 

 fered by the Society of $25. 



J. S. Harris, i 



A. W. SiAS, > Committee. 



William Lyons, ) 



