ANNUAL WINTER MEETING 83 



delegates to the annual winter meeting, who shall be entitled 

 to all the rights and privileges of membership, upon furnishing 

 to the secretary of the society a list of members of their society 

 and a report of the proceedings thereof." 



Referred to the committee on constitution. 



J. S. Harris: — I wish to make one statement. We have been 

 requested to change the date of our annual meeting, so as not 

 to conflict with the state of Iowa. I was notified that Mr Lyon 

 would be here, but he is not here, and I will give notice to 

 change the date of our annual meeting so as not to conflict with 

 the state of Iowa. 



President Elliot: — We will now vacate and the beekeepers 

 will step in and use the program until our turn comes again. 



THURSDAY MORNING SESSION, JAN. 22. 



The meeting was called to order by President Elliot. 



President Elliot: — As none of the gentlemen who are down 

 on the program are present, we will have to fall back on Mr. 

 Harris with his report of the seedling fruit committee. Mr. 

 Harris has received a commission from the secretary of agri- 

 culture to visit various parts of the state and examine varieties 

 of apples, and afterwards to visit the seedlings and report, and 

 what he has found will be a surprise to the society. He is not 

 at liberty to give the report, because they want to incorporate 

 it in their annual report. 



Mr. A. W. Latham then read the following paper: "Apple 

 Growing Around Lake Minne tonka," by A. W. Latham, Excel- 

 sior, Minn. (See index.) 



A spirited discussion followed the reading. 



President Elliot: — All the committees are at work now, and 

 will no doubt be ready to report at the proper time. 



H.L.Gordon: — Mr.N. J.Stubbs told me to give the members of 

 the society his respects and tell them he felt as much interested 

 in the work as he ever did, but he would not be able to make 

 out his report this year. 



President Elliot: — Ladies and gentlemen: I have the honor 

 of introducing to you Mr. George Robinson. He is quite a 

 noted grape grower, rather on the amateur order, He grows 

 his grapes at Minnetonka and lives in Minneapolis. He is con- 

 siderably interested in horticulture. He promised to give us 

 this same paper last year, but for some reason we did not get it. 



