Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-25
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i MINNESOTA stats critic q tural So
cIety
The seventeenth annual meeting d The
stats horticultural society was held ct the
agricultural building OF the state university
Az Minneap polls, on Tuesday, WednsadsJ
and Thursday last. 81
The Pleaident, ]. s. Harris, was IN the
chair. Col. Stevens msde an ad dress Of vel
come TO which President Harris responded:
I j. II. Stevens, from the CON nlittee on the
/ presidents address, reported that. following
It's Recommendations, Il. B. Hold es, DR.
Jewell, Or. J. "a. Wardsr, Col. ID a. Rob
4 ersson, S. nc. Ford, I. M. Smith, I.
Crimes, and A. W. Seas be regarded as hog.
orary lie members of the society. After
several ealogistic speeches concerning the
| persons TINS proposed to be honored, the re-
/ port was adopted. +. 81 Us ..s52 4
| In response Col. Robertson said, among
other things, that you must plant the setd
in our own sill before you can produce q
hardy fruit. Experiment little; plant a
few seeos from, any good variety OF apples
snd await tae result; you will not be dlsap
| pointed. Minnesota will one day be at the
heado fruit. gro wing States; bur only from
her seedlings. =:
PM. Gideoa, of tbs State fruit farm, said
| that he had planted all kinds of Southern
| sseds-never less than a bushel of any one
kind. In tea years all his trees were dead,
or dyi1 &.
The 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. Tine secfetary's report s Us
that t state Horticultural society is steadi
| ~ ou. too slowly increasing. Some means
OF canvassiag for m. NJ oers should be adap.
/ tod s1 ,po1 S,ov
| ly remains in the society.
! Alter graphic description ofthe tornado
| at Roches er last summer, OF watch he Was
an e, witness, 4. W. sias, IL his paper OF
| tCIuadOts, said:
| The farmer VINO plants forest trees about
his farm shelters not only himself, but IS
doing something that will benefit the COM
naunl.y for all time. Although the inhab-
itants OF popu!ous cities nave decreed
| there is no tre9 in the whole catalogue OF
forestry that can compare with che C ,t'on-
wood IN v lue Oh our praires. HARDY,
rapld-growing, enduring, it hourishts
Ia our climate and attains enor-
NOUS size. 1t is useful as tutl
J aud ia valuable for many other purposes.
believe it does more to open the way tor
the cultivation OF fruit trees then any other
CT our trees. The cottonwood will endure
| 81 4OuS tAClS Is luIi hEO SntltSI * uusteU
! On the bouudless pralries OF the nortugsst.
It is the tree which will most surely pro,gc,
against tOrhaCoes. While other trees were
utterly demolished by our terrific storm,
| mediums Esd cotorWoods withstood tue
blast WITH only the loss of few liabs.
/ At the close of the paper President Harris
added word Of testimony as to the value
Of cottonwood IS Il production against tor
nadoes.
the entries OF fruits and vegetables CON-
h1lse about every variety OF apple raised in
| Minnesota, with sonae very fine vegetables.
A few paintings were al>o on exhibition.
Alvin 8. Bennett of WeyauWega, Wis,
| shows specimens of wood and burrs OF
| chustnut trees twenty.fi five years old growing
! in Waupaca county, Wis, above latitude
| A. There are ten rrees, perfectly sound,
growh from seed raised in Grnf1on, Mass.
| These trees endured q temperature OF 40
! deg. belO " zero last winter.
! Col. Robertson Of St. Paul in discussing
the paper of A. W. Sias on '.Tornadoes, !"
endorsed what that gentleman said about
the cotton wood. The tree is poplar-so
named in Itsly-poplar it is called because it
| is so popular. The cottonwood will crow
anywhere; on our prairies, in swamps, on
hiiIsiues.
On Wednesday, interesting papers vera
| read, en- Native PluBs'' by G. NJ Loard
OF Excelsior. in which the
De Soto was said to be the
fruit farm, stated that plums had been
raised In the vicinity of OsAkis that were
about the s'zs OF hens eggs. e paper on
! Blight on Fruit trees led to long discus-
| sion. The best remeay in the reader opin-
| ion, is an application Of lime, suppl 4 to
the trunks IN the form Of whitewash. He
believed trees could be imported from the
| steppess OF Rus ia which would not be al
f+c.ed by this curse. Mr.. Pearce of Minae-
| apol's read short paper on the same SUBJ
| Jet III which he took tie ground that BY
proper raulohing 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 neighbo1hood being killed. Mr..
| Mtndsnh@li, the entom logist Of Minneap.
| oils, read report III 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 collection of apples and grapes at the
Philsdelphia exp tsiticn. The medal is a
! handsome silver one, enelos d in plush
leather case; its diameter is about two and
a half inches.
"Does it Pay to Fool with Apples in Min
| nesota, paper hy Sidney Carp" was reau ny
| the assistant secretary. The queruious u,ls
! ttbe paper YVES answered ia The negative,
| though the writer strongly urged the i'm
portace ofapple raising IN Minnesota, his
profits on a small orchard baiag at the rate
OF $500 per acre.
The report OH the Wauprca Seeding
Apples, by William A.. Springer of Ere
mont, Wis. was presented by the secretary
The post successful variety Of these seed
llngs is the Wolf River in tbs past dozsr
| yeas they having never failed to bear. The
report desc. lied several orchards la Wau.
paca county. naming the best and mos,
productive Varieties. y >-.ssz. "
| NJ Psarce of Minneapolis thought The
quality of the Wolf River not quite euus]
TO that Of the Wealthy, OF this State, though
| 1t was harder. - : e@z7-. =
Mr.. O. Plumb of Milton, Wis, read 8
paper on adaptation in Fruit growing in
which he said: ''To Russian parentag
mast we look ior successful varieties OF az.
| pies suited to our uses. In we'll drain ed
soil, not too rich, on northern slopes and
airy hill tops must our trees be planted;
and with better understanding of ths
causes OF blight, We can make fruit gro wing
most profitable industry in The north.
! west. ~54sss - e,,:- $G%<z.s
An interesting report on Plums, Cherries
and Apples tested in Carve r county, was read
BY tins secretary, after which, the author
Charles Lu1Iuf, the most extensive frau
srower in the state outside of professional
nurserymen. was introduced to the society
and made q few remark, especially urging
tho Importance of Inducing the young pro.
pie 70 join the local and state horizon ltural
syciesies. A .sszss: 3 - 5ES#..71.1
The election Of officers resulted aa FOL.
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| fresident-Truman N. Smith, 81. Paul. +
First Vice Presidential. w. Sias, Roches.
ter. z# 52s. O. 80 =.
Second Vice President-E. a. s. Dart,
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