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particularly on Thursday afternoon, when the semi-centennial 

 session will be held. 



I am now going to call on the president of the Wisconsin 

 Horticultural Society to tell us how he raises strawberries by 

 means of irrigation. 



Mr. N. A. Rasmussen then gave an address on the subject 

 of "Strawberry Culture with Irrigation." (See Index.) 



Discussion : 



The President : We will now have an address on rasp- 

 berry culture by a very successful raspberry man, Albert O. 

 Hawkins, of Wayzata. (Applause.) 



Whereupon Mr. Albert 0. Hawkins, of Wayzata, read a 

 paper on "Raspberry Culture." (See Index.) 



Discussion : 



The President: We are fortunate in having with us Pro- 

 fessor G. R. Hoerner, Assistant Plant Pathologist at the Uni- 

 versity Farm. 



The gathering was then informed on "Raspberry Diseases 

 In Minnesota," by Mr. G. B. Hoerner. (See Index.) 



Discussion : 



The President: We will now call on our hustling Farmers' 

 Institute lecturer, Mr. Brackett, who is going to tell us about 

 his everbearing strawberries. 



Mr. A. Brackett then read a paper on the subject of "Ever- 

 bearing Strawberry Field." (See Index.) 



Discussion : 



The President: We have another gentleman who has had 

 large experience in growing everbearing strawberries, Mr. 

 Charles Gardner, of Osage, Iowa. (Applause.) 



Mr. Charles Gardner, of Osage, Iowa, then read his paper 

 on "Everbearing Strawberries at Osage, Iowa, in 1916." (See 

 Index.) 



Discussion : 



The President: Mr. D. E. Bingham, delegate from Wis- 

 consin, will tell us about the opening up of the fruit farm. 



The meeting was then addressed by Mr. D. E. Bingham 

 with a paper on "Opening Up the Fruit Farm." (See Index.) 



Discussion : 



The President: "The Native Plum, Its Hybrids and Their 

 Improvement," by our plum specialist, Mr. Dewain Cook, of 

 Jeffers. (See Index.) 



Mr. Cook then read a paper bearing that title. 



Discussion : 



The President: We will proceed to the next subject of win- 

 ter injury to plums in 1915-16, by Professor J. Dorsey, Section 

 of Fruit Breeding at the University Farm. 



Prof. Dorsey then addressed the audience upon the subject 

 of "Winter Injury to Plums in 1915-16," as follows: (See 

 Index.) 



