ANNUAL MEETING, 1916, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE HORT. SOCIETY. 119 



Annual Meeting, 1916, South Dakota State Horticultural 



Society. 



M. R. CASHMAN, OWATONNA, DELEGATE. 



I arrived at Watertown on the morning of February 16 and 

 proceeded to horticultural headquarters at the Lincoln Hotel. 

 There I met several horticultural acquaintances from Minne- 

 sota and South Dakota, including our old friend Professor N. E. 

 Hansen, who is secretary of the South Dakota society. 



The sessions started promptly Tuesday morning at 9:30, 

 and with a very few preliminaries the program was soon in 

 full progress. I might mention that I was elected an honor- 

 ary member of the society and took an active interest in the 

 proceedings throughout the sessions. 



Prof. N. E. Hansen, secretary, is to be congratulated upon 

 the splendid numbers included in the programs for each and 

 every day. The papers given were not only interesting for 

 their contents but showed professional knowledge of the sub- 

 jects discussed. 



The state of South Dakota, even more so than Minnesota, 

 has a varied degree of climatic conditions. In the extreme south- 

 ern portions horticulturists experience little difficulty in growing 

 many of the semi-hardy varieties of apples, while in the central 

 and northern sections none but the hardiest varieties can with- 

 stand the severe winters. 



There was a very nice display of fruit exhibited in the 

 lobby of the Lincoln Hotel. This display represented three 

 sections in South Dakota; one which included such varieties as 

 Jonathan, Haas, Salome and Malinda came from the vicinity 

 of Vermillion, South Dakota. Another exhibit, from Big Stone, 

 which is just west of Ortonville, Minn., displayed Wealthy, Pat- 

 ten's Greening, Northwestern Greening and Anisim. This col- 

 lection was grown and exhibited by B. J. Tippet, of Big Stone. 

 Another very remarkable display was exhibited by Mr. John 

 Robertson, of Hot Springs, South Dakota. The orchard from 

 which this fruit was gathered is planted on an elevation of 4,200 

 feet above sea level. 



These exhibits showed conclusively the possibilities of fruit 

 growing in South Dakota. Mr. H. J. Ludlow, of Worthington, 

 Minn., was on the program, and his paper was as usual very 

 interesting and afforded much information on scientific orchard- 

 ing. 



