266 ANNUAL REPORT. 



Col. Stevens moved to place the Elgin Beauty on the list. The 

 motion was adopted by a vote of ten for, none against. 



Mr. Harris moved to i^lace the Giant Swaar on the list. 

 Adopted; eleven for, none against. 



Mr. Harris. I will move that proprietors of trees, or varieties, 

 that take j)remiums on seedlings, be requested to furnish cions 

 to the experimental stations; or that premiums be awarded with 

 the understanding that cions are to be furnished. 



Mr. Pearce. I have a seedling from which I have promised 

 cions to some extent. It took a ten dollar premium at the Minne- 

 apolis fair. The apple is exceedingly hardy. 



Prof. Porter. Permit me to make a brief statement concern- 

 ing the Experimental Station at the State University. Next 

 spring we shall be prepared for the reception and care of all 

 cions and grafts that may be received. We have not been ready 

 heretofore. I would be very thankful to members of the society 

 if they would send in either cions or root grafts for this spring's 

 use. Anything that they may see fit to send in, properly labeled, 

 will receive proper care and attention, and will be mentioned in 

 the annual report. I shall set every variety of grape that 

 grows above ground in the United States which I can obtain. 

 The first planting I did was two years ago. I have set twenty 

 varieties, of which ten are of the leading varieties, and all are 

 doing well. 



Mr. Pearce inquired of the Kimball apple. 



Mr. Sias said he had obtained it two or three years ago and it 

 was doing well. He had found them growing on the farm of Mr. 

 David Smith, and looking remarkably vigorous. 



Mr. Pearce. There is a tree of this variety in Olmsted Cou.nty, 

 that is nineteen or twenty years old, which was planted by a lady. 

 It was about ten years old when it came under my observation. 

 The fruit was exhibited at Owatonna one year, and Mr. Seth 

 Kenney and others who saw it on exhibition pronounced it 

 equal to the Ehode Island Greening. I think the apple would 

 be a great benefit to us and would move to place it on the list for 

 trial. 



The motion was adopted by a vote of twelve for, none against. 



Mr. Tuttle. I should be very glad to furnish any cions or 

 trees, or anything that I have for your experimental stations. I 

 have attended this convention with a great deal of pleasure, and 

 would say that among a body of horticulturists I always feel per- 

 fectly at home. I have certainly been made so here, and am 



