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Report of Committee on Fruit Blossoms: 



Geo. p. Pepfeb, Pewaukee, Wis. Prof. J. L. Budd, Ames. Iowa. 



Report of Committee on Russian Apples: 



Prop. J. L. Budd. Ames, Iowa. M. Pearce, Minneapolis. 



A. G. TuTTLE, Baraboo, Wis. Charles Ludluff, Carver. 



Knight Whipple, Northome. Andrew Peterson, Waconia. 



F. G. Gould, Excelsior. A. W. Sias, Rochester. 



Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior. 



Report of General Fruit Committee : 



Prop. E. D. Porter, Minneapolis. 0. M, Lord, Minnesota City. 



M. Pearce, Minneapolis. W. K. Bates, Stockton. 



G. W. Fuller, Litchfield. J. M. Underwood, Lake City. 

 A. W, Sias, Rochester. 0. F. Brand, Faribault. 



R. M. Peobstfield, Moorhead. J. H. Brown, Lac qui Parle. 



J, S. Harris, La Crescent. E. H. S. Dartt, Owatonna. 



Report of delegate to American Pomological Society and to Wisconsin State 

 Horticultural Society, 



Oliver Gibbs, Jr., Lake City. 



Report of Committee on Seedling Fruits : 



Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior M. Pearce, Minneapolis, 



S. M. Emery, Lake City. A. W. Sias, Rochester, 



Report on Market Gardening and Small Fruit Raising at Lake Minnetonka, 



Knight Whipple, Northome. 



Report of Superintendent of State Experimental Fruit Farm, 



Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior. 



Report on Varieties of Grapes Tested, 



Charles Ludluff, Carver. 



Report of Finance Committee. 



BUSINESS MATTERS. 



Consideration of plan for Premiums on seedling winter apples. 

 Revision of fruit and ornamental tree list. 

 Election of Officers. 



Location of next summer and winter meetings. 



Plans for horticultural work in the state, searches for new seedlings, gather- 

 ing and distribution of seeds and cions, etc. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Reception of the Wilder medal from the American Pomological Society. 

 Addresses by His Excellency Governor Hubbard, and others. 

 Reading and discussion of volunteer papers and letters, notes and abstracts 

 in the hands of the secretary. 



Opening and discussion of the question box. 



