PROCEEEDINGS 
AT THE 
Sy eeINe EVE Eee Nee 
HELD AT MINNEAPOLIS, TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, 
JANUARY 20, 21, AND 22, 1880. 
PROGRAMME. 
TUESDAY MORNING—10 O’CLOCK. 
Informal addresses and discussion of subjects not named in the following 
programme. Payment of membership fees, &c. 
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 
1. Orchards for Profit; paper by Wm. E. Brimhall, of St. Paul. 
2. Discussion, embracing the above paper, and the following: (1) Have 
Apples Been Grown at a Profit in Minnesota? (2) What Varicties Have 
Paid Best? (3) Cultivation and Care of Apple Trees; (4) Wiuter-killing of 
Fruit Trees—Cause and Prevention. 
3. Appointment of Committees on Articles on Exhibition, on Final Reso- 
lutions and Auditing Committee. 
TUESDAY EVENING. 
1. The Garden on the Farm; paper by U. S. Hollister, of St. Paul. 
2. Discussion on same. 
3. Locations and Exposures for Orchards; paper by M. Pearce, of 
Rochester. 
4. Discussion on same. 
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
1. Strawberry Culture; paper by M. W. Cook, of Rochester. 
2. Discussion on same. ; 
3. Methods of Improving Fruits and Originating New Varieties Adapted 
to the Northwest; paper by J. S. Harris, of La Crescent. 
4. The Production of Seedlings and the Introduction of Russian Varie- 
ties; letter to the Secretary, from J. L. Budd, Professor of Horticulture in 
Iowa Agricultural College, and Secretary Iowa Horticultural Society. 
5. Discussion of the above paper and letter. 
