54 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Wednesday Morning Session, 9 o'clock. General Subject, Apples and 

 General Fruits. 



Prayer. 



It is expected that H. E. Van Deraan. Pomologist of the U. S. Agri- 

 'cultural Department, will address the meeting during this session. 



Report of committee on apples— Clarence Wedge, Albert Lea; R. C. 

 Keel, Rochester; H. M. Lyman, Excelsior, 



Hardy Apples in the Northwest— R. C. Keel, Rochester. 



Crossing and Hybridizing of Fruits, Roses, etc — Prof. N.E.Hansen, 

 Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa. 



Report of committee on seedlings and fruits— J. S- Harris, La Crescent. 



Report of committee on general f ruits— M. W. Cook, Rochester; Alfred 

 Terry, Slay ton; G. W. Fuller, Litchfield; W. Mackintosh. Langdon; M. 

 Pearce, Chowen; D. E. Myers, St. Cloud; D. T. Wheaton, Morris; Sidney 

 Corp, Hammond; S. D. Richardson, Winnebago City; S. H. Kenney, Mor- 

 ristown; J. F. Zatterstrom, Spencer Brook; B. C. Yancey, Edina Mills: 

 Mrs. P. A. Thayer, Sauk Rapids; Rev. O. A. Th. Solem, Halstad. 



Wednesday Afternoon Session, 2 o'clock. General Subject, General 

 Fruits. 



Report of committee on plums and cherries— C. W. H. Heideman, New 

 Ulm; O. M. Lord, Minnesota City. 



The Leaves of our Hardy Trees— O. F. Brand, Faribault. 



Rambling Thoughts on Horticulture— Wyman Elliot, Minneapolis. 



Report of committee on fruit blossoms — L. H. Wilcox, Hastings; S. B. 

 Green, St. Anthony Park; C W, H. Heideman, New Ulm. 



Reports of superintendents of experiment stations— Prof. S. B. Green, 

 Central Station, St. Anthony Park; E. H. S. Dartt, Owatonna; F. H. 

 Fiedler, Fergus Falls; B. F. Jenness, Willmar: Dewain Cook, Windom; 

 Clarence Wedge, Albert Lea; Chas. W. Sampson, (grapes) Excelsior; O. M. 

 Lord, (plums and small fruits) Minnesota City; C. W. H. Heideman, 

 (plums and small fruits) New Ulm; D. E. Myers, St. Cloud; H. M. Lyman, 

 (apples) Excelsior; J. S. Harris, La Crescent; L. R. Moyer, Montevideo. 



Reports of vice presidents— Clarence Wedge, First Cong'l Dist. Albert 

 Lea; Dewain Cook, Second Cong'l Dist. Windom; L. E. Day, Third Cong'l 

 Dist. Farmington; R.S. Mackintosh, Fourth Cong'l Dist. Langdon; J. H. 

 Stevens, Fifth Cong'l Dist. Minneapolis; Mrs. Jennie Stager, Sixth Cong'l 

 Dist. Sauk Rapids; J. O. Barrett, Seventh Cong'l Dist. Brown's Valley. 



Reports of local societies. 



Wednesday Evening Session, 7:30 o'clock. General Subject, Forestry. 



The lumbermen of the Northwest are especially invited to attend this 

 session and take part in the discussion of this subject. 



Address of welcome— Col, J, H. Stevens, President Minnesota Forestry 

 Association. 



Report of committee on forestry— G. W. Fuller, Litchfield; H. J. 

 Ludlow, Worthington; Mrs. J. H. Brown, Lac qui Parle. 



Report of comrhittee on evergreens— C. P. Nichols, Northfleld; G. W. 

 Somerville, Sleepy Eye; Clarence Wedge, Albert Lea. 



