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growing near my house. None of tbem are very good. We have 

 the largest kind there, but it is not good to eat. We just use it for 

 preserving. 



President Elliot. Your native raspberries are the same as our 

 native raspberries here, the common red raspberries? 



Mr. Burnett. We have two kinds; two kinds of red ones. One 

 with a smooth stalk and one with a prickly stalk. 



President Elliot. Are they both fruitful? 



Mr. Burnett. They seem to be very irregular in bearing. One 

 year they have a good stalk and the next year none at all. 



In reply to questions, Mr. Burnett also said that they had any 

 quantity of black currants and high-bush blueberries, but no black- 

 berries. Gooseberry bushes grew large and bore very heavily 

 under cultivation. The berries were smooth and very small. He 

 had never seen any native crab apple trees, but they had ash, soft 

 maple, hard maple and elm trees. 



The meeting then adjourned until 7 o'clock p. M. 



EVENING SESSION. 

 TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1890. 



The meeting was called to order by Vice-President J. O. Barrett, 

 of Brown's Valley. 



A solo was rendered by one of the young ladies, entitled, " The 

 Best of All." 



Dr. Perkins then gave a very cordial and able address of welcome 

 to the members of the society, which was responded to by Mr. 

 Grimes. 



RESPONSE TO ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 

 By J. T. Grimes, Minneapolis. 



Ladies and Gentlemen of Excelsior : 



The pleasant duty and privilege has been assigned me, on behalf 

 of the State Horticultural Society, of Minnesota, to respond to the 

 warm reception and cordial welcome which you have extended unto 

 us, through your fellow-townsman, the genial Dr. Perkins. 



We are not surprised at the reception given us here today, for we 

 meet not as strangers but as friends, who have a mutual interest 

 in the advancement of horticulture in all its branches applicable to 

 our own State and the Northwest. Some of the very best horti- 

 culturists within our councils, are citizens of your town, and we 



