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dresses and acts of the meetings were equally interesting and important 

 and fully occupied the time of the five sessions, and at the final adjourn- 

 ment all expressed themselves satisfied with the meeting. The 

 exhibition of fruits and flowers in connection with the meeting was fine. 

 It consisted of large and well arranged collections of blooming plants and 

 splendid displays of roses, pansies and other cut flowers, and upon the 

 fruit tables there were displayed over 100 varieties of strawberries; and the 

 quantity, quality and appearance was an agreeable surprise to all, because 

 it had been very generally supposed" the season had been generally impos- 

 sible for the best development and ripening of this fruit. 



About forty varieties of new and unnamed seedlings were shown. Most 

 of them were of large size and very attractive appearance, and, probably, 

 some of them are booked for a boom in the near future. Two of the best 

 varieties were named at the meeting, one, the Mead, the other, the Crosby. 

 Another variety — fruit of large size, good appearance and having perfect 

 flowers--which this year ripened its fruit earlier than any other known 

 variety and brought the highest price in the Janesville market, will be 

 known as Louden No. 2; for the present. The largest berries in the exhi- 

 bition were a plate of Bubach No. 5; and this variety was generally highly 

 con^mended by the fruitgrowers present. The highest prize for the best 

 single variety was awarded to the Warfield; solidity, firmness, color, 

 productiveness and shipping qualities combine to make it the most pop- 

 ular variety for the market. 



The first premium on collection was awarded to J. G. Kellogg of Janes- 

 ville, and the second to the Sparta Fruit Farms. The success of the Wis- 

 consin summer meetings suggests to us of Minnesota that it ought to be 

 to our advantage to rotate around a little more, and get better acquainted 

 with the people, and have stronger programs and longer summer meet- 

 ings. 



REPORT OF DELEGATE TO IOWA. 



CLARENCE WEDGE, ALBERT LEA. 



The meeting of the Northern Iowa society at Humboldt was in every way 

 successful, and one especially agreeable to your delegate, as orcharding, 

 his favorite hobby, was made by far the leading subject on the program. 

 The proceedings were ably and gracefully presided over by H. W. Ash of 

 West Union, and were throughout destitute of any acrimonious feeling or 

 discussion, which is deserving of remark, as Iowa is the very center of the 

 divergent Russian and seedling interests. Among the varieties of apples' 

 that were prominently mentioned were Harry Kaump, an extremely early 

 bearer of rather small yellow apples that keep better than Wealthy; tree 

 not an iron clad, but perhaps hardier than Wealthy and very satisfactory 

 with those fruiting it. Charlamoff was favorably mentioned by several, 

 and the point brought out that two varieties are out under that name; 

 one an upright grower with nearly worthless fruit, and the true Charla- 

 moff, a spreading tree, of fruit and season similar to Duchess but of bet- 

 ter dessert quality. 



Patten's Greening received only words of praise, and in Northern Iowa, at 

 least, it appears to have come to stay. The Wealthy as a variety for com- 

 mercial orchards provoked an interesting discussion; about half of those 

 who spoke placed it by the side of the Duchess for profit, while as many. 



