258 ' ANNUAL REPORT. 



Carver, Carver Co., Charles LudlufF. 



Waconia, Carver Co., Andrew Peterson. 



Moorhead, Clay Co., R. M. Probstfield. 



Moorhead, Clay Co., F. J. Schreiber. 



Minnesota City, Winona Co., 0. M. Lord. 



Lac qui Parle, J. H. Brown. 



Farmingtou, Dakota Co., L. E. Day. 



Owatonna, Steele Co., E. H. S. Dartt. 



Forestville, Fillmore Co., B. Taylor. 



^ ^Chester, Olmsted Co., A. W. Sias. 



JUaCrescent, Houston Co., J. S. Harris & Son. 



The Secretary is to search for new and valuable varieties of fruit, 

 and distribute cions and trees to the stations, but none -are to be 

 sent to any station until it is first ascertained that the superinten- 

 dents named have facilities for grafting and planting, accept the 

 trust, and agree to report to the society annually, or oftener if 

 called upon, and after three years' growth of any variety, that they 

 will furnish to the society a reasonable number of cions for re-dis- 

 tribution and trial if wanted. The Secretary may with the con- 

 currence of the President, expend not to exceed $50 per year for 

 the purchase of cions or trees for the experiments at the stations. 

 After the stations are supplied, any surplus cions or trees may be 

 sent out to any other members of the society who are known to be 

 suitable persons to grow them, on the same conditions as apply to 

 the regular stations. 



BILLS ALLOWED AND ORDEREKS DRAWN. 



M. Pearce, delegate to Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society $37.40 



E. H. Cuzner, overpayment membership fee, refunded 1 .00 



E. H. S. Dartt, delega'e to Iowa Horticultural Society 23.10 



A. W. Sias, delegate to Wisconsin Horticultural Society 4.75 



Executive Committee, expenses of this meeting 18 .80 



NOTE BY THE SECRETARY. 



The winter apple we are seeking in oflfeiing the above prizes is 

 believed to be within our reach; and it is also believed, that with- 

 out systematic ejBFort, based on the best knowledge attainable as to 

 nature's laws of reproduction, variation and improvement in vege- 

 table life, the chances are not better than one in ten thousand to 

 get it; and it is farther believed, that by using this knowledge we 

 may not only get it speedily, but obtain it with a host of other good 



