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3. The Improvement of Crab Trees by Top Grafting; paper by Oliver Glbbs, 
_Jr., Lake City. 
4. Discussion on same, and do trees have any return flow ef sap from the 
limbs downward ? 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 
1. Report of Committee on Horticultural Literature.—R. J. Mendenhall, 
Minneapolis; T. G. Carter, St. Peter; J. S. Harris, La Crescent. Discussion on 
same. 
2. Report of Committee on Russian Apples. J. T. Grimes, Minneapolis; 
E. H. S. Dart, Owatonna; J. M. Underwood, Lake City; A. W. Sias, Rochester ; 
A. W. Latham, Excelsior. Discussion on same. 
3. Report of Committee on Seedling Apples.—D. Day, Farmington; F. G. 
Excelsior; M. Pierce, Rochester; J. 8. Harris, La Crescent; G. W. Fuller, 
Litchfield. Discussion on same. 
4. Report of Committee on Taxing Nursery Stock.—G. W. Fuller, Litchfield; 
E. H. S. Dart, Owatonna; A. W. Sias, Rochester. Discussion on same. 
5. Report of Committee on Experimental Farms.—Wyman Elliot, Minne- 
apolis; M. W. Cook, Rochester; H. D. Eldridge, Excelsior. Discussion on 
same. 
WEDNESDAY EVENING. 
1. Bugs.—Paper by R. J. Mendenhall, Minneapolis. 
2. Discussion on same. 
3. The Culture of Flowers in Doors and Out.—Paper by Miss Hortense 
Share, Rosemount. 
4, Discussion same. 
5. Report of General Fruit Committee.—L. D. Mills, Garden City, Blue 
Earth county: O. D. Storrs, Winsted, McLeod county; Dr. R. W. Twitchel, 
Chatfield, Fillmore county; Wm. E. Brimhall, St. Paul, Ramsey county; {Ditus 
Day, Farmington, Dakota county; G. W. Fuller, Litchfield, Meeker county; 
Geo. H. Fish, Sauk Centre, Stearns county, J. M. Brown, La Crescent, Houston 
county; J. M. Norquist, Red Wing, Goodhue county; Oliver Gibbs, Jr., Lake 
City, Wabasha county; E. B. Jordan, Rochester, Olmsted county; D. W. 
Humphrey, Faribault, Rice county; T. G. Carter, St. Peter, Nicollet county;. 
M. Erwin Mathews, Foster, Big Stone county; R. M. Probstfield, Moorhead, 
Clay county; A. Morse, Austin, Mower county. F. G. Gould, Excelsior, Henne- 
pin county. Discussion on same. 
THURSDAY MORNING. 
1. Evergreens about our Homes as a Source of Pleasure and Profit.—Paper 
by D.,.W. Humphrey, of Faribault. 
2. Selection, Planting and Care of Evergreens and their Value as Wind- 
breaks for Protection of Farm Buildings and Orchards.—Paper by O. Gibbs, 
Lake City. 
3. Discussion of above papers. 
4. Reports of Secretary and Treasurer. 
5. Appointing committees. 
6. Election of officers by ballot without nomination. 
