114 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
Mr. Pearce: I would like to speak about two minutes. There 
is one subject that every commercial grape grower should 
study and think about, the low price of grapes. It is a lament- 
able fact that we are getting nothing for our grapes, and I have 
wondered a great many times why the grape growers all over 
the country could not form a combination. We have combina- 
tions formed in everything else almost. We have a combina- 
tion in sugar, in oil and many other things, and why could not 
the grape growers form a combination? We are large commer- 
cial grape growers. This is a matter we want to bring before 
the commercial grape growers of Missouri and Iowa, and all 
over the Western states. to form a combination in a business 
way. We want a good price, and we could in that way sell our 
grapes so we could realize some profit. This is a subject 
worthy of your careful attention, and I would like to have a 
committee appointed and give them some authority in this 
matter, and, may be, we can have a general convention to talk 
this matter over. 
Mr. Clark: I have a quarter section of land up in North Da- 
kota. It is surrounded by a strip of trees four rods wide, all 
around the outside. I would like to ask the grape growers 
here, especially this gentleman here who has had such good 
success, if it would be possible to go into the business in North 
Dakota? Itis adry country, very cold. 
Mr. Crane: The main question would be whether it is subject 
to eariy or late frosts. On the prairie there is usually air stir- 
ring which tends to keep the frost off. I have had no experience 
on prairies; I do not know. 
Sec’y Latham: I would advise Mr. Clark to correspond with 
EK. W. Hazeltine, living at Grand Forks. He could answer the 
question intelligently. 
Mr. Gould: The only safe way would be to try that thing 
lightly. I think the chances are that grapes would not be very 
much of a success in that region. 
REPORT ON GRAPES. 
WM. WACHLIN, FARIBAULT. 
Grape growing in Minnesota is past the experimental stage; itis 
an established fact, especially in the southern half of the state. Of 
course, there are localities more favorable than others. An eleva- 
tion with slope east and south is always preferable to any other 
slope or level ground; yet, any good soil will produce grapes in 
abundance. Most farmers and many who live in villages or cities 
who own a lot or two can raise all the grapes they can use in their 
