STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, J-13 



officers were iustructed to take the necessary steps to have it 

 legally Incorporated. 



Professor L. Asire offered the society the use of his new North- 

 western College of Commerce rooms free of charge. The rooms 

 will be ready for occupancy about the first of September. The 

 professor's offer was accepted with thanks. 



It was voted to return the thanks of the society to Northrup, 

 Braslan & Co. for the use of their store for a place of meeting 

 heretofore. The society then adjourned for one week. 



MEETING OF MAECH 21, 1885. 



Minneapolis Tribune, 3Iarch 26th. 

 THE GRAPE AND ITS CULTIVATION. 



The Best Varieties and How to Cultivate Them — The Name of the 

 Society Changed, and Articles of Incorporation Filed. 



The thirteenth weekly meeting of the Hennepin County Hor- 

 ticultural Society was held at the seed store of Northrup, Bras- 

 lan & Co., on Saturday afternoon, March 21st. The minutes of 

 the previous meeting were read and approved, after adding the 

 Early Strawberry to the list of hybrid apples. 



President Pearce said that the weekly meetings had been very 

 satisfactory, and productive of much good, and that if the society 

 was as prosperous in the future as it had been in the past, its 

 influence would soon begin to be felt abroad as well as at home. 

 He then announced the subject to be considered was grapes, and 

 asked Mr. C. L. Smith to give the results of his experience in 

 grape growing. 



REMARKS OF C. L. SMITH. 



Mr. Smith. I think we have made somewhat of a mistake 

 frequently, in planting grapes in this State, by following too 

 much the ideas formed in other localities. I have become satis- 

 fied from observation that the lighter sandy soils of Minnesota 

 are better adapted to successful grape growing than the heavy 



