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When asked what he meant by being properly fertilized, he said: "I set 

 three rows of Crescents, then one row of a variety with perfect flowers, 

 which bears large berries, blossoms continuously and is hardy. And I 

 know of no variety that fills the bill better than the Jessie. The Jessies 

 are very sweet berries and they improve the quality of the Crescents." 

 The Bubach is also a variety that he recommends. They should be fertil- 

 ized in the same way as the Crescents. 



Mr. D. G. Eastman said that his favorite crops were corn and straw- 

 berries. Corn, he said, needed to be kept entirely free from weeds and 

 grass. He never liked to see a single weed in his corn field, but strawber- 

 ries were different. He did not want to argue against keeping the straw- 

 berry patch clean; but from the patch that he neglected he got better 

 berries than from the one that he kept clean. 



Mr. Elmer G. Ballard has tried many of the new black cap raspberries, 

 but he still sticks to his old friend, the Doolittle, which has never failed 

 with him, whether the season was wet or dry. Last spring he set more of 

 them than any other variety. 



Mr. E. D. Wattles thinks that grass growing in the hills of corn injures 

 the crop, especially in dry seasons. He hoes his corn with a hand hoe and 

 thinks it pays. He raised the best corn in his neighborhood last year. 



Wayland Stedman hoped that the time would come when there would 

 be a well kept lawn and a few flower beds around every farm house in our 

 county. Flowers are the most profitable of all crops. They don't bring 

 money but they bring contentment. 



Mr. A. W. Sias has been president of our society since its organization. 

 We feel our loss at this time, and we wish him success in his new field. 



Our summer meeting will be held in strawberry time. Notice will be 

 given in due time. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE AND 

 CATALOGUE. 



BY J. S. HARRIS, LA CRESCENT. 



Secretary Minnesota State Horticultural Society: 



Your committee submit descriptions of the following varieties of ap- 

 ples, viz: Malinda, Drake, Wabasha, Rollins' Pippin, Faribault, Newell's 

 Winter and Red Queen, and recommend that they be published as a con- 

 tinuation of the list begun in 1890, and carried to their proper place in 

 the catalogue. 



J. S. Harris, Ch'n. Com. 



Malinda, size full medium, form conical, somewhat angular, color pale 

 green to yellow with blush cheek where exposed to the sun, stem medium, 

 cavity deep, calyx closed, basin ridged, flesh pale yellow, a little coarse 

 and flavor nearly sweet. Season, late winter. Origin, Viola, Minn. Tree 

 a vigorous upright grower and more hardy than Wealthy. 



Wabasha, size medium, form smooth roundish, color greenish-yellow, 

 mostly covered with blush; stem medium long, strong, set in a rather 

 broad cavity, calyx half open, basin broad and shallow, flesh pale yellow, 

 fine grained, flavor sub-acid, good. Season, winter. Origin, Olmstead 

 county, Minn. The tree is about half hardy. 



