114 ANNUAL REPORT. 
Resolved. That we believe in the unlimited power of this asso- 
ciation for good, and that we will each and all, give it our earnest 
support by personal attendance by influencing others to join, and 
by collecting and observing facts for discussion at our meetings. 
A. W. LatHam, 
OLIVER Gipss, JR. 
J. M. UNpDERwoop. 
Committee. 
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The committe on topics for next annual meeting report the fol- 
lowing, which were adopted: 
Apple Tree Blossoms. 
1st. Their date of opening. 
2d. What varieties mature similtaneously ? 
3d. What varieties are perfect and what imperfect bloomers. 
4th. Whatj varieties should be planted together for mutual 
perfection in fertilizing processes? 
5th. What varieties have the greatest power to resist spring 
frosts and winds? 
Paper on above, by G. P. Peffer, Pewaukee, Wis. 
Blight. Cause, remedy and process of contagion. J. M. Un- 
derwood, Lake City. 
Vegetables. Best plan of laying out a vegetable garden, and 
methods of culture, and result of experiment with new varieties of 
garden vegetables. Oliver Gibbs, Jr., Lake City. 
Timber Culture. The best way to comply with the law. What 
varieties of deciduous trees will grow from cuttings? 5. M. Eme- 
ry, Lake City. 
A paper on the culture and propagation of the plum as a nurse- 
ry and orchard tree; also, can plums reproduce themselves from 
the seed? Mr. Pearce, Minnetonka, 
Essay on tulip culture. 
What is the experience of the season of 1881 with new varie- 
ties of grapes and strawberries? Truman M. Smith, St. Paul. 
The treatment of grape vines, whether by the annual renewal 
or the spur system. C. H. Greenman, Dover Center, Minn. 
A paper on the circulation of the sap of trees, with blackboard 
illustrations. Prof. J. F. Porter, Minneapolis. 
