STATE HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. ITS 



No. 261, Smelling Apple. 



No. 986, Green Annisette. 



No. 287, Riga Transparent Juicy. 



No. 558, Early Cinnamon. 



No. 268, Saccharine. 



No. 413, Cross Apple. 



No. 128, Sheepnose. 



No. 175, Holdfast. 



No. 177, Green Streaked. 



No. 178, Barloft's Apple. 



No. 275, ZolotorefF. 



No. 398. Enormous. 



It was not the proper time to cut cions in the winter, but I 

 thawed them out in moist ground, and think they will be saved. 



Julius Ackerman, in that part of the county, I was informed, had 

 a vineyard of very nice grapes. 



Waconia, January 7th, 1884, 



Mr. Pierce. I have seen the Russian apple trees on Mr. Peter- 

 son's place. Tney have been put to a very severe test, and the 

 varieties named in his report as hardy are truly in perfect condi- 

 tion. They have had all the sun, wind, heat and cold possible — no 

 protection whatever — and yet after eight years' growth are unin- 

 jured in any respect. Some of Mr. Peterson's Russian sorts • have 

 failed, as he says; but where they failed the Wealthies failed — not 

 hardy enough. Mr. Peterson has got something in these staunch 

 survivors that are hardier than Wealthy, hardier than Duchess 

 even, and the qualit}'' is good. H3 has done a great work out there 

 all by himself for the horticultural society, in his experiments and 

 successes, and has been liberal with us in supplying cions for our 

 experimental stations. Therefore, Mr. President, as a mark of our 

 appreciation of this farmer's services to the public in fruit raising, 

 I move that we make him an honorary life member. 



Secretary Gibbs. I found Mr. Peterson and his Russian apple 

 trees in my searches for fruit for the American Pomological Society. 

 They were a great surprise to me. I recognized them at sight as 

 an acquisition, Tt was in August. The fruit was not ripe, 

 but it was even then very large and handsome. They were the 

 first root grafted Russians I had seen — and the first winter keep- 

 ing Russians I had heard of in the state. Hardly daring to trust 

 my own judgment, I went there again in November, and asked Mr. 

 F- G. Gould, a member of our executive committee, to go with me. 

 We found the apples then matured, and by an exchange with Mr. 



