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the meeting in the shape of letters and reports that have been 

 crowded ont by the amount of business and are not read before 

 the meeting. I would move that all such matters be referred to 

 the committee on publication, for them to decide what portions 

 shall be printed with our reports. 



President Elliot. Before that motion is put I would say that we 

 have papers from both Mr. Sias and Mr. Underwood; a communica- 

 tion from Mrs. Kennedy on horticulture, and there is also the presi- 

 dent's address from the McLeod County Horticultural Society and 

 a report on early vegetable raising by Mr. Allen. These we have 

 not been able to reach, which I regret very much. 



The motion was seconded and carried. 



After some discussion of the report of the committee on revision 

 of the fruit list, the following motion prevailed: 



Resolved, That a committee be appointed to prepare three fruit lists which 

 shall be submitted to the executive committee for their approval. 



The following committee was then appointed by President Elliot: 

 J. S. Harris, for the southern district; A. W. Latham, for the cen- 

 tral district, and R. M. Probsfield for the northern part of the state. 



Mr. Dartt. And the first lists are to go to the executive com- 

 mittee. 



Mr. Harris. Do we understand that covers the whole report, or 

 only the apple business? 



President Elliot. I think the whole business. I shall so rule 

 unless the society consider it otherwise. 



COMMITTEE ON CATALOGUE AND CLASSIFICATION. 



Mr. Wilcox. There is one branch of the work of this society, 

 the cataloguing and classifying of fruits, that is a very important 

 matter, and as the chairman of that committee, I will report pro- 

 gress. I am not ready to report in full. We have been at work 

 for some time. Mr. Harris is preparing a very able and extended 

 description of apples and plums, and I have been giving my atten- 

 tion to the small fruits; and the more we do, the more we wish to 

 do. We want to make it a very complete report, and one that will 

 be a credit to this society, and a general help to the whole north- 

 west. We found it impossible to report in full at this meeting > 

 and it will take considerable more labor before closing it up. 



The committee was continued. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE. 



Mr. Harris reported that no work had come before the committee 

 this year. 



President Elliot. We have with us a gentleman who perhaps 



