The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-24
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MlNNES0T IA NEWS.
Minnesota State Hortic altural So
q ciety.8sS Ss. :
4 The seventeenth annual meeting oftne
state horticultural society vas hald at the
sagric nltnra butldingof the.state university
at Minneapolis, Oh Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday last
The President, J. s. Harris, was in the
chair. Col. Stevens msde an address ofwel
come to which President Harris responded:
J. II. Stevens, from the CON mittee on the
presidents address, reported that, following
its recommendations, l.. B. Hold ,e:. DR..
Jewell, Dr.. J. A. Ward=r, Col. d. A. Rob.
ertson, S. NJ. Ford, T. NJ. Smith, J. T..
Grimes, and A. w. Seas be regarded as hon
orsry life members of the society. After
several eulogistic speeches concerning the
persons thus proposed to be honored, the re-
port was adopted.
!; In response, Col. Robertson said, among
other things, that you must plant the SEED
in our own soil before you can produces
hardy fruit. Experiment a little; plant
few seeds from any good variety of apples
and await the result; you will not be disap..
pointed. Minnesota will one day be at the
head Of fruit-growing States; but only from
her seedlir gs.
r. M Gideon, of the State fruit farm, said
that he had planted all kinds of Southern
seeds-never less than bushel of any one
kind. In tea years all his trees were dead,
or dying.
Tie treasurer's report showed that the
receipts of the year were So, 1875, expendi
lures the same, save balance IN the treas
ury of $172.26. the secreary's report "
that tue state Horticultural society is steadi
~ but too slowly increasing. Some means
of canvassiag for members should be adop
ted. If once member is SECURED he usu-l
~ remains in the society.
After graphic description of the tornado
at Rockies er last summer, OF which he Wa
an eye witness, A. w. Sias, IN his paper o.
tOrnadOCs. said:
The farmer who plants forest trees about
his farm shelters not only himself, but is
doing something that will benefit the COM
munlty for all time. Although the inhab.
itants of popuious cities have decseed
against it and have forbidden its growth
forestry that can compare with the 1t1on-
| wood in v,lue on our prairies. HARDY,
rapid-growing. enduring 2, it fourishe:
in our climate and attains enor
NOUS size. It is useful as fuel
and fs valuable for many other purposes. ]
bet,eva it does more to open the way ior
the cultivation Of fruit trees then any other
| of our trees. The cotton wood will endure
so long as there is fuel aud shelter required
on the boundless prairies of the northwest.
| 1t is the tree which will most surely protec!
against tori aCoes. While other trees were
| utterly demolished by our terrific storm,
mediums z, I'd CO, tonwoods withstood tie
blast, with only the loss of few limbs.
| i. At the close of the paper President Harris
added q word of testimony as to the value
of cottonwood as production against tor
| nadces.
The entries of fruits and vegetables com.
| Prise about every variety of apple raised in
Minnesota, with some very fine vegetables
A few paintings were also on exhibition.
| Alvin s. Bennett of Weyauwega, Wis,
| shows specimens of wood and burrs o:
chustnul trees twenty. five years old growing
| in Waupaca county, Wis, above latitude
| "A. There are ten trees, perfectly sound,
grown from seed raised in Grafton, Mass.
These trees endured temperature OF 40
| deg belo Y zero last winter.
Col! Robertson of St. Paul in discussing
| the paper of A. W. Sias on "Tornadoes,"
! the cottonwood. The tree is a poplar-so
named in Italy-poplar it is called because it
| is so popular. The cottonwood will grow
| anywhere; on our prairies, in swamps, on
| hillsidts.
On Wednesday, Interesting papers were
read. on "Native Plums' by G: M. Loard
Of Excelsior, in which the
| De Soto was said to be the
best variety. supt. Gideon, OF the state
| fruit farm, stated that p1ums bad been
raised in the vicinity of Osakis that were
| about the SIZE OF hens eggs. A paper on
Blight on Fruit trees led to long discus
sioI. The best remeay In the readers opin-
| ion, is an application Of lime, supplied to
! the trunks in the form of whitewash. He
| believed trees could be imported from the
| steppesS OF Rus ia which would not be a.
| ftcled by this curse. Mr.. Pearce of Mime
| apolis read short paper on the same sub
| Jet in which he took the ground that by
| proper muiching the plague could be stayed.
| Speaking OF applications to prevent the
! disease, Mr.. Smith told OF case where an
| open fruit can of kerosene hung upon the
| limbs of trees had kept it away, other trees
| in the neighborhood being killed. Mr..
! Men5snh@li, the entom 'logist Of Minneap.
oils, read a report in which he mentioned
the various methods of destroying the ar
mics of insects that prey upon trees, etc.
| Secretary Gibbs presented the medal o.
| the American Pathological association fol
/
! Phile del phia exp 1sition. The medal is 6
handsome silver one, encios d IN plush
| leather case; its dinmeter is about two ane
| . half inches.
"Does it Pay to Fool with Apples in Min
nesota paper by Sidney Carp" vas read hy
| the assistant secretary. The queruous It'll
! ofthe paper was answered in the negative
though the writer strongly urged the i'm
portarce Of apple raising in Minnesota, nj
] ,,H n 10 a the r<1te
OF 5000 per acre.
| The report on the Waupsca Seeding
! Apples, by William A. Springer OF Fra
mont, Wis, Was prt saAted by the secretary
| The most successful variety Of these seed
lings is the Wolf River, in the past dozer
| yeals they having never failed to bear. The
| rep-rl desc ibel several orchards in Wau
paca county, naming the best and mos
| productive varieties.
| quality of the Wolf River not quite equs
to that of the Wealthy, OF this State, though
| it vas harder.
| Mr.. j. G. Plumb of Milton, Wis, read 6
paper on adaptation in Fruit growing;" il
which he said: "ro Russian pareatog
must we look 'or succt ssu! varieties of ap
| Piles, Suited to our uses. In we'll drain el
Sell, not too rich, on northern slopes ane
| airy hill tops must our trees bs planted
aud with better understanding Of tn
| causes OF blight, we Can make fruit. gro wing
a most profitable industry in The north
we3t.
| An interesting report on Plums Cherrie!
and Apples tested ia Cary county, was reat
by the secretary, after which, the author
| Charles Lu1luf, the most extensive trul
grower in the state outside OF professional
| nurserymen, was introduced to the society
and made few remarks, especially urging
the Importance of inducing the young pco
pie to joil the local and state horlicu itura
| societies.
The election of officers resulted as fol
| lows:
Presiden!-T.uman N. Smith, S.. Paul.
First Vice Presidential. W. Sias, Roches
ter.
Second Vice President-E. 81. s. Dart
| Owatonna.
Third Vice President--F. G. Gould, Ex
| celsior.
Fourth Vice Presidential. H. Read, Glen
| cOs.
Fifth Vice Preside to. H. Fuller, Liich
| field.
secretary-Oliver Gibbs, Jr., Lake City.
| Treasurer-J. s. Grimes, NJ lnneap0lls.
Executive committee-J. $. Harris o. u
| Crescent, R. J. Mendenhal OF Minneapolis
.. L. Smith of Minneapslis j. NJ Under
wood of Lake City, William E. Brimhal' o
St. Paul.
E. Il. s. Dart and M. Pearcs, in connec
ton with Secretary Gibbs, were appoiatet
! delegates to the meeting of tina Mississippi
Valley horticultural society at Kansas Cl1y
l 4 Gov %Eosr ~, Hryoo oo1 10