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and our knowledge, and build here in the glorious Northwest, 

 where nature has been so bountiful in other gifts, a state abound- 

 ing in beautiful homes surrounded by all the luxuries of forests, 

 orchards and gardens. 



After the address by the president, Mr. A. J. Phillips, of 

 Blunt, read a paper on tree culture, which was very interesting 

 and wall be found elsewhere. 



In the somewhat animated discussion that followed, in which 

 everyone present took part, the green or blue ash, white willow, 

 and white elm were agreed by all to be without objection for the 

 Territory. The box elder was a general favorite. The soft maple 

 was condemned by all for planting north of the main line of the 

 C. & N. W. R'y. The red cedar was unanimously indorsed and 

 the Scotch pine and Norway spruce were highly recommended. 

 The larch was a failure. 



The first business of the evening was the report of the commit 

 tee on fruit list, as follows: 



Apples: Wealthy, Duchess, and Tetofsky. For trial in the 

 Missouri valley as far west as Springfield, Walbridge, Fameuse 

 and Haas. 



Crabs: Whitney No. 20, Transcendent, Hyslop and Virginia. 



Easpberries, Red: Turner, Cuthbert. 



Raspberries, Black: Gregg and Doolittle. 



Strawberries: Crescent and Chas. Downing. 



Currants: Red Dutch, White Grape, Victoria, Long Branch, 

 and Holland. 



Gooseberries: Downing, Houghton. 



Cherries: Early Richmond for trial. 



Plums: De Sota and Forest Garden. 



Grapes: Worden, Janesville and Concord. 



Mr. De Linde's list added the Red Siberian crab, native plum, 

 Mammoth Cluster and Queen of the Market raspberry, Snyder 

 blackberry, Wilson, Kentucky and Manchester strawberries. 



FRUIT AND FOREST TREES FOR DAKOTA. 



BY A. J. PHILLIPS, BLUNT, DAK. 



Mr. President and Members of the Dakota Territorial Horticultural 

 Society: 

 Being now located in Southern Dakota, five hundred miles 

 from the scenes of my horticultural experiences of the past fif- 

 teen years, I confess I found some difiiculty in selecting a sub- 



