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Mr. O. M. Lord read a paper entitled, "Are Native Plums a Fail- 

 ure." This paper should be read by every farmer. 



F. W. Loudon, the originator of the Jessie strawberry, sent a pa- 

 per in which he told how he manured his ground for strawberries. 



Thos. Frankland sent a paper entitled, ''The Wild Fruits of Mani- 

 toba." 



Dewain Cook, of Windom, made a report of the fruit crop of 

 1889. 



Mr. Harris then delivered his "Talk upon Apples." He said 

 that apples were of more value to a country than potatoes. The 

 human system in this country demanded an acid, which no other 

 fruit can supply as well as the apple. Men who don't eat apples 

 drink whiskey. An Irishman worked for him a few years ago, 

 and Mr. Harris thinking that Irishmen never ate anything but 

 potatoes, cooked a half a peck of Talman Sweet apples, which he 

 raised that season. On the second day the Irishman said: "You 

 can keep the potatoes; I'll take the apples." He said that we al- 

 ready have some good hardy apples, but we wanted more and bet- 

 ter ones; for we are a little better class of people here in Minne- 

 sota, and want a little higher grade of apples than they have East 

 of us, and we will have them in time. He described five new ap- 

 ples which he had lately seen in Wisconsin. 



"A Few Words about Annual Flowers," is the title of a paper 

 presented by Wayland Stedman. 



Mr. Lord said that he had always greatly admired flowers, and 

 liked to see them on every farm. He thought asters were a grand 

 flower. 



Mr Swain believed in flowers, had cultivated them for years, 

 but liked bulbs on account of the little care they required. His 

 Roman hyacinths had been in blossom since Nov. 1st. The other 

 hyacinths were just now opening. He had a large lot of hardy 

 bulbs growing in his yard. 



Mr. Harris then read his paper, "Horticulture for Farmers." This 

 valuable paper was placed on file for publication. 



The secretary was appointed as a committee to consult with fruit 

 exhibitors and find how many plums, apples, grapes, etc., ought to 

 constitute a plate and to report to the secretary of the fair as- 

 sociation. 



The election of officers resulted as follows: Pres., A. W. Sias; 

 Sec. and Treas., Wayland Stedman; Yice Pres., J. S, Harris; Ex- 

 committee, M. J. Hoag, I. D. Swain and Geo. E. Campbell; Dele- 

 gate to state society, I. D. Swain. 



The treasurer's report showed that 27 members paid dues in 

 1889. There is now a balance of $9.34 in the treasury. 



Mr. Gibbs. A number of years ago this society removed the 

 Transcendent from its list of fruits for general cultivation on ac- 

 count of the general experience in the older settled portions of the 

 state in regard to its blighting. The next winter, I think it was, 

 the Transcendent was put back on the list and recommended for 

 districts not subject to blight, because reports had come in from 



