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quality of an apple, if I should say it was No. 1, Mrs. Kennedy 
would say it was horrid. 
Mrs. Kennedy: She would if she thought so. (Laughter). 
Mr. Dartt: If the report does not mean anything, it is not 
worth anything. If it does not suit us, itought to be revised 
and talked over until we know what we want. 
Pres. Underwood. As I understand this report it does not 
recommend the varieties we should plant in Minnesota. It is 
simply a description of the different varieties. You can adopt 
it if you want to, or you can receive the report or refer it to a 
committee. It is not a recommendation; it is simply a report. 
Mr. Dartt: I move the report be received and placed on file. 
Mr. Brackett: Does that mean thatit is supplemental to the 
old report? 
Pres. Underwood: There was in this report a suggestion by 
Mr. Harris that the list be revised and published in full. It is 
not necessary to take any action on this at all. 
FRUIT BLOSSOMS. 
O. EF, BRAND, FARIBAULT. 
Iam one of the great multitude who are too busy with the every- 
day cares of life to afford time for unrewarded scientific investiga- 
tion. Particurlarly is this true at the time it is necessary to study 
fruit blossoms. I took time last spring to note a few facts with 
reference to them. 
Trees went into the winter in December, 1893, in fairly well ripened 
condition. There was no winter weather injurious to them, there 
being no extreme cold weather. A warm wave struck us about the 
last of February, continuing up to March the 17th. The frost 
was all out of the ground before that date,and considerable plow- 
ing was done as far north as Wadena and Verndale. The tempera- 
ture raised to 83° above at Faribault on March the 17th, fol- 
lowed by lowering temperature and rain all day on the 18th,with 6° 
below zero on the 27th and quitea snow storm. Grass did not begin 
to look green till April 16th. 
Inasmuch as fruit blossoms and fruit are the result of weather 
and of the right kind of weather, our fruit crop having been (with 
the exception of plums and a few small fruits) a failure, I have con- 
cluded to give a record of the weather as taken down from day to 
day during and after and before the blossoming period, believing 
that the only advantage or value to be had from this report lies in a 
knowledge of the conditions under which the blossoms were de- 
veloped. 
My first record of fruit buds was made April 15th, and reads: 
Aprill5th. Transcendent buds began to swell; followed by a 
cloudy day and rain on the 16th. 
