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farm lines for posts to use in wire fencing, and for ornament and 

 fruit. They are as straight and regular as any fence post, and you 

 can trim them high. 



Mr. Pearce. I grafted Whitney five years ago. Have some 600 

 in orchard. A great many people come to me for ornamental 

 trees, and I give them the Whitney. Its form is upright, regular, 

 and they all have an expression of their own as distinct from auy 

 other tree as the Lombardly Poplar. I have never seen any blight 

 on them. 



Mr. Phillips. I have seen the old origiual Whitney No. 20, at 

 A. R. Whitney's Franklin Grove, Illinois, when it had six bushels 

 of apples on it. 



M. C. Bunnell. Out of a bill of 125 trees I sold last year in Da- 

 kota county, 7.5 per cent, were badly discolored this spring ; but a 

 lot of Whitneys among them looked best of all. 



PROTECTION". 



Prof. Porter. I saw an orchard last spring, of 16 years growth, 

 protected by belts of evergreens set in alternating rows, and the 

 owner said the effact was disastrous from unequal temperature. 

 This man would now select the bleakest site on the farm for his 

 orchard. 



President Harris called attention to the approaching fall fairs^ 

 state, district and county, and urged upon members of the society 

 the importance of attending and giving them all the aid in their 

 power in the exhibition of horticultural products. 



Discussions of other interesting topics occupied further time 

 during the afternoon, but were not preserved for the report owing 

 to the absence of a reporter, the secretary being engaged in 

 closing up the business of the session, relating to premiums, and 

 distribution of books to members. 



The meeting was a pleasant one, and on the second day largely 

 attended, but not as successful in the fruit exhibits as formerly, 

 owing to the anomalous character of the season, and the difficulty 

 of fixing upon the date in advance to hit the ripening of the 

 strawberries, in difierent parts of the state, to the best advantage. 



PREMIUMS AWARDED AND PAID. 



On strawberries $28.00 



On Plants and Flowers 10.00 



On Vegetables 5 . 50 



$38.50 



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