34 ANNUAL REPORT. 



MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



The Executive Committee met at the Senate Chamber, State 

 Capitol, St. Paul, at eleven o'clock, a. m., August 8th, 1883, upon 

 the call of the chairman. 



Present, J. M. Underwood, chairman ; and Messrs. Gould, Grimes, 

 Brimhall, Brand, and the Secretary, President Harris being absent 

 from the state. 



The Chairman. I have called the committee together to decide 

 what action is best to be taken in regard to sending a collection of 

 our fruits to the meeting of the American Pomological Society, to 

 be held at Philadelphia, September 12th. It was the understanding 

 last winter that Prof. Porter would serve as our delegate, but he 

 cannot attend to the collection and shipping of the fruit ; and 

 although various suggestions were made to cover this point at the 

 summer meeting in June, nothing decisive was hit upon, and it is 

 not known that any one feels specially charged with this duty or is 

 authorized to incur the necessary expense. The committee at their 

 meeting in St. Paul, in February, made an estimate of SlOO as the 

 outside figure of all expenses connected with the sending of a dele- 

 gate, the collection and exhibition of fruit, &c. The question is 

 now, what action shall we take in the premises, as it appears to rest 

 entirely with this committee. 



Mr. Grimes. It appears to me the first question in order is, have 

 we got such a crop of fruit as will enable us to make a creditable 

 exhibition? I am not well posted as to the facts elsewhere, 

 but in the neighborhood of Minneapolis, at Excelsior, and 

 elsewhere in this vicinity the apple crop is nearly a failure, and 

 we could not be depended upon to contribute much to the 

 display. 



Mr. Brimhall. The apple crop is also poor about St. Paul. 



Mr. Brand. And in our part of the State it is hardly up to the 

 average. 



