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1878, paper 153 andiii cloth 11; 1879, paper 9 and in cloth 11; 1880, 

 cloth 118; 1881, paper 1,300 and in cloth 300; 1882, paper 1,760 

 and cloth 620; 1883, paper 154, cloth 1,105; 1884, paper 250, 

 cloth 465. Yours respectfully, 



E. A. CUZNER. 



Mr. Grimes moved that the librarian be requested to make a 

 report upon the remaining copies, and publish a list of the vol- 

 umes now in the library of the society. 



Mr. Harris. We ought to know how many copies we will 

 have left. We ought to keep fifty cloth volumes that will not 

 be broken upon. We have only about twenty volumes, all told, 

 of one year. 



The motion was amended to accept the report of the librarian 

 and request that it be supplemented with a list of all the books 

 belonging to the society in the library, and adopted. 



Mr. Sias presented a communication from A. J. Phillips in re- 

 gard to prize essays, etc., which was read and elicited some dis- 

 cussion. Mr. Sias moved to refer the "prize essay" to a com- 

 mittee of three, aside from the essay of Mr. Speer. After some 

 discussion the motion was tabled. 



EEVISION^ OF FEUIT LIST. 



The next order of business was the revision of the fruit list. 



Mr. Underwood stated that the committee had never had a 

 a meeting and had no report to make. 



Mr. Dartt moved to take up the old list and revise it; also 

 that in recommending varieties it be done by vote, and a record 

 be made of the number of votes for and against each variety. 



The president said the motion was not in order as it was a 

 part of the standing rules to proceed in that way. 



The list of apples, as adopted at the annual meeting in 1882, 

 was then read. A number of changes were made, as will appear 

 below: 



APPLES. 



For general planting the Duchess was recommended by a vote 

 of nineteen for and none against. Wealthy, twenty-two for; one 

 against. 



For planting in limited quantities in Southeastern Minnesota, 

 Tetofsky, fifteen for; two against. 



