72 ANNUAL REPORT. 
have ordered a hundred to graft upon next spring, as I intend to 
give the matter a fair trial. 
The Regents ordered a new lot of land cleared. Two acres were 
plowed, which will be planted in the spring with seedlings of my 
own growth, or with new Russian varieties, as the Regents may 
direct. 
I think the Russian apples and pears should be thoroughly 
tested. 
Your committee suggest that it would have been well to have 
specified by name, what varieties had proven tender, that the 
planters of the State might have known what to reject in their 
future planting. We feel confident from what we can learn, that 
the efforts being put forth by the superintendent to develop hardy, 
long keeping apples, will be successful. 
Respectfully, 
Wyman ELuiort, 
H. D. Expriner, 
Committee. 
Mr. Harris reviewed the management of the experimental farms, 
and condemned in strong language the unsatisfactory report of 
the superintendent, and said that this farm ought to be at all times 
subject to inspection, and all visitors entitled to courteous treat- 
ment. 
He moved that the committee on experimental farms be con- 
tinued, and instructed to report annually. Motion prevailed. 
Mr. Gibbs referred to the report of the lowa Agricultural socie- 
ty, as containing a report of the superintendent of the Minnesota 
experimental farm, and thought it simgular that the report should 
be sent to Iowa, and not to the Minnesota society. 
Prof. Porter promised his influence to secure a complete and ful 
report in the future. 
Paper by 8S. M. Emery, Lake City: 
FAILURES IN HORTICULTURE. 
Resolved, That failures in growing trees, ornamental shrubbery and small 
fruit, are owing more to ignorance in handling than to defective stock. 
That our serious attention is at all invited to a consideration of the above 
subjeet, presupposes that failures are more numerous than is flattering to the 
nurserymen; this unfortunate fact we are compelled to admit. 
Believing as we do that the evil is one that can be easily remedied by the 
earnest co-operation of the customer, who need but intelligently ircu‘re into 
