STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 173 



EVENING SESSION. 

 Wednesday, January 21, 1885. 



The meeting was called to order at 7 o'clock p. m., by Presi- 

 dent Smith. He called attention to a beautiful collection of 

 flowers presented by Mr. William King, of St. Paul. 



President Smith then introduced Mrs. A_nna B. Underwood, of 

 Lake City, as the pioneer orchardist of Minnesota, who proceeded 

 to read an essay upon apples. 



The following is the paper read: 



ORCHAEDING IN MINNESOTA. 



BY ANNA B. UNDERWOOD. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



Your committee asked me for an account of my orchard, and 

 the labors connected therewith, and it gives me pleasure to con- 

 tribute to our society's program in this way. 



Although cognizant in a general way of what had been done in 

 this orchard from its first planting, I only feel qualified to speak 

 particularly of its management and results since it came under 

 my control. This orchard has always been the pet of the family, 

 and, like most pfets, it has given its natural guardians considera- 

 ble anxiety, connected with hard work, to properly guide its 

 growth into a fruitful maturity. The most favorable situation 

 for an orchard is generally conceded to be on a high northern 

 exposure. The location of this one has always been regarded as 

 unfavorable, as it is on a flat bench of land where it gets the full 

 force of the sun in summer and in winter, which makes the tem- 

 perature more variable than it would be on a high northern 

 slope. 



Owing to the pressing duties connected with the nursery busi- 



