Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-17
THE HORTICULTURISTS.

with fair attendance of the members. UpoI
a long table, extending the entire length Of tn,
room, was displayed an excellent array Of
fruits, roots, various varieties Of corn, pre-
serves, fruits and beautiful house plants.
PREMIUMS OFFERED.
Upon specinmes of apples there are sixteer
premium ms offered, amounting in all to $55.
Upon best long keeping grapes there are
three premiums offered, amounting to $40.
Upon flowers and plants there are eight pre-
miums offered, amounting to $50.
Upon cut flowers there are twelve premi.
INNS offered, amounting to $37.
Upon the various varieties of vegetables
there are thirty premiums offered, amounting
to S4S.
Upon cauned fruits, jellies, pickles, ETC.,
there are fourteen premiums offered, amount
ing to S26.
Premiums will not be awarded on unworthy
articles even if there be no competition.
OPENING EXERCISES.
The session was opened by prayer offered by
the pres dent.
Col. j. II. Stevens explained that the mayor
expected to be present, but requested him to
offer the welcome of the city which he did as
follows:
COL. STEVENS WELCOME ADDRESS.
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the
State Horticultural Society:
In behalf of Mayor Rand, VINO, regret to
say, is confined to his home to-day, by illness,
bid you a cordial welcome to our city, the
citizens of which recognize the noble efforts
YOU have made and demonstrated in the all
important industry of horticulture. They
always lent friendly hand to your society,
and they earnestly wish you success in your
laudble work. 1t affords me much pleasure
to extend to you their hospitality during your
deliberations in which they feel such deep
and lasting interest.
The president, upon the behalf of the So
ciety, extended thanks of the society for the
cordial welcome and greeting. He then spoke
of the healthy and moral influences of hOrti-
culture. Spoke of state prison incident.
The warden had a desire to cultivate garden,
and, consequently, looked among the cOnvicts
for practical gardner, but not one was there.
The horticuturists are honest, upright and
intelligent men, and an honor and credit TO
the human race.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Hon. J. S. Harris, president of the society,
then delivered an able address. He began by
saving that once more the society had as
sembled in the beautiful city, the queen city
of the Northwest, under auspices favorable
to pleasant and profitable session. A benifi-
cent providence had smiled upon the state,
and prbspered her various industries,
and all the people have abundant
cause for entering upon the new
year with rejoicing. The hateful locust has
not again devastated our fields, and no pesti-
lence has stalked abroad striking terror to the
heart and leaving trail of death to sorrow in
its course, but our focks and herds have
brought their increase and the earth has yielded
up her fruits to the tillers of the soil SO we
have enough to spare
Never in our history has the prospect been
brighter Or the people as whole more pros.
porous than TO- day. The State Horticultural
society has also reached and occupies on hon.
orable position among the institutions of the
state, and is now where it can make its 1nfiu-
ence felt for usefulness. Our membership
is larger than ever before and is comprised
of the most jealous and enterprising men of
the state, many of them of large experience
and capable of enduring much self-denlal, if
as a result they can see our interest advanced
thereby. Our state has already world wide
fame for the healthfulness of its climate, the
fertility Of its soil, and for the intelligence,
enterprise and morality of its people. We
have the Mississippi river and the great lakes,
which are giving us highway to the ocean,
and the other water communication with the
older states of the east, and we have system
of railroads managed and equipped in the best
for travel and commerce, and market for
every farmer almost at his door. The new in
dustry of cane growing of the state promises
soon to relieve us of the great expense OF
importing our sugar, which is to essential to
good living and perhaps yielded revenue and
but two obstacles are in the way of our state
becoming one of the best for the habitation of
man, that the sun ever shone upon. We are
here for the transaction of business of the
state. IT is the mission of the society to re.
move these two obstacles.
First, we have treeless prairies, leaving a
void of fuel. The railroad companies have
done much toward keeping down the block
AIDES and carrying fuel to the people. In the
east the forests are not classed with the horti-
culturists. But here it is. 1t is the duty OF
the horticulturists to plant trees and pro-
vide shade and windbrakes. Forests cannot
be raised in year but requires half century,
and hence planting trees should not be de.
layed.
He advocated the adoption of such trees as
are best adapted to our state and impress upon
the farmer the i'm portance of ther culture.
he spoke of the fact that it had been claimed
that apples conld not be successfully grown in
Minnesota, this he was safe in stating was moi
true. He then spoke of the'various varieties
which have been successfully produced in the
state To the natural hybridizing we are in
debted fo our fine fruit. Whether artificial
hyDrlQlZlng was ever prdCblcou uc hueW NOT.
If so it was certainly one of the lost arts. 1t
is naturers method. He spoke of the crossing
of the various varieties as slow and difficult
owing to the difference in the times of the
Towering of the various varieties. He ther
spoke of ornamental tree planting as part Of
their duty. He advocated planting orna
mented trees, shrubs, and plants upon the
grounds of the university and the various
school grounds of the state.
Can we expect our children educated on the
bleak prairies, utterly devoid of anything o.
the kind, to become good horticulturists
1t is a fact that every man is influenced NOR;
or less by the circumstances and surrounding
of the childhood's home. He hoped the timt
was coming when every school in the stat,
would be shaded and ornamented by trees AMI
plants.
The president spoke of the unfavorabl
weather at the time of the fair held in thi
city last September. He SAID that owing t.
the fact of the rainy weather, the horticul
tural department was not what itmight hav
been, under more favorable circumstances
Still the department was fully as good as tina
of any other department, and credit to th
horticulturists of the state.
The speaker then spoke Of the meetings o
the horticultural societies of other state
since the last meeting. He stated that no re
port of the Mississippi valley society hal
come to his hand, but that the pomologica
meeting was grand success, and the mos
interesting in some respects of any ever held
for which he was heartily glad
It's membership comprises the bss
foIaot - A,,o~;o, 81 ;