486 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FLOWERS. 



VEGETABLES. 



Wm. Desmond. 



J. V. Bailey. 



APPLE SEEDLINGS. 



Clarence Wedge, Chas. Haralson and G. W. Strand. 



COLLECTION OF APPLES. 



Le Roy Cady. 



(Recess until 1:30 P. M., December 5, 1916.) 



Tuesday Afternoon Session. 



The preliminary question and answer exercise was begun 

 at 1 :30 o'clock and was conducted by Mr. J. Kimball, of Duluth, 

 on the subject of "Bees in the Garden and Orchard." (See 

 Index.) 



The President: I am now going to take a little time and 

 depart from the regular order for a few moments to call upon 

 a man that has meant wonders to this society. You know we 

 all honor and revere men that do things in this world. We 

 honor the old soldier for the part he took in driving slavery 

 out of this country and for unifying this great nation of ours, 

 and when we see that little brass button on the lapel of his 

 coat worn by the old soldier we can not help but honor him. 

 At least I do; I want to shake his hand. We honor men who 

 by their efforts bring about better things. We have a man in 

 our midst today — I didn't know he was here until the noon 

 hour — who was one of that little band of twelve who gathered 

 at Rochester fifty years ago for the purpose of organizing this 

 society. He is the only living member of that little party that 

 gathered there fifty years ago for the purpose of organizing 

 this society and made up their minds they were going to try 

 to give to the people of the Northwest something that did not 

 then exist, trying to make it possible to raise fruit successfully in 

 this northwestern region. The gentleman whom I refer to, 

 and whom you will all be glad to meet, is Mr. C. L. Smith, of 

 Portland, Oregon. He has been a busy man during all these 

 years. At the present time he is agriculturist of the Oregon- 

 Washington Railway Company, a part of the Union Pacific. 

 While he is old in years, he appears to be young in spirit. We 

 haven't time to give him an opportunity to speak to us at 

 length at this time, but I want him to come forward; I want 

 to have an opportunity of introducing him to you, and I take 

 great pleasure in calling Mr. C. L. Smith, of Oregon, to the 

 platform. (Applause.) (See Index.) 



The President: I am sure I voice the sentiment of all 

 present by saying we are pleased to have you with us and will 

 be happy indeed to have you take part in the discussions and 



