292 ANNUAL REPORT 



DEFERRED REPORTS AND PAPERS. 



Note— The following reports and papers could not be read before the society for -want of 

 time, and were referred to the committee on publication for revision and publication. 



CENTRAL EXPEKIMENT STATION. 



REPORT OF PROF. S. B. GREEN, ST. ANTHONY PARK. 



Mr. President and Members of the Minnesota Horticultural So- 

 ciety : 



It is with much pleasure that I make my second annual report 

 to you, and before doing so I want to thank you for the uniform 

 courtesy and aid which you have extended to me in the prosecution 

 of my work. This society has done and is doing much valuable 

 work in northern horticulture. It stands in a field distinctively its 

 own, and one as important as it is distinct. There never was a 

 better opening for experimental horticulture than there is to-day. 

 I want to make our part of the central experiment station a success, 

 but I feel that I must have your earnest co-operation and support 

 in order to do this. 



In this report I purpose only to touch on some subjects not men- 

 tioned in the bulletins which have been issued. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications issued by the horticultural department of the 

 experiment station in 1889, have been as follows: 



Annual report for 1888, of over one hundred pages. 



Bulletin No. 5. Containing a report on comparative tests of 

 sixty varieties of cabbage; descriptions and drawings of native 

 plums; new method of potato culture; propagation of Russian 

 willows and poplars from cuttings. 



Bulletin JSo. 6. Devoted entirely to a report on the germination 

 of frosted and rusted wheat, with criticisms of the results by prac- 

 tical men. 



Bulletin No. 7. Report on many varieties of potatoes cultivated 

 on the station land; value of differently constructed walls for 

 buildings, with report on their relative conductive capacity. 



Bulletin No. 9. Contains our information, up to date, on the 

 newly introduced Russian willows and poplars. 



RUSSIAN APPLES. 



Perhaps I should first mention the progress made at the station, 

 in the cultivation of our Russian varieties of apples. As I said 

 last year, I do not propose to draw conclusions in this matter from 



