St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-20
Ninteenth Annual Winter Session Of tie
State Horticultural Society
in Minneapolis.
Practical Papers Presented on the Leading
Points Of Fruit Culture IN
the State.
Col. Stevens sums Up the Results
OF Experiments on Apples and
small Fruits.
Culture of the Grape--Theories on
Cross BreedIng--Veteran Fruit
Growers.
OUR FRUIT GROWERS.
The Minnesota state Horticultural
Society i'm Annual Session.


was opened in Harrison hall yesterday.
The forenoon was occupied in arranging
the exhibits OF small fruits and vegetables,
and tempting spectacle they present.
| Apples, large. rich and luscious, which
would do credit to any cline, were taste
fully arranged on long tables. The exhib-
itors came from all sections Of the state,
and among the members present were:
Truman NJ. Smith. ST. Paul; G. W. Fuller,
| Litchheld; ". Cutter. c. klapheisch. j. No
| bies, Sumpter: NJ. j. HOag. Rochester: ". r.
Brimhall, W. II. Brimhall, 81. Paul; Knight
| ii. Mhipple, NOrthome; J. :. Harris, La Cres-
cent; J. j. Gale, Minnetonka: I. BOst, Excel
siOr; Dir. and Mrs. q. l. Saunders and A. Il.
kegester, East Granite Falls; 4. w. Latham
and +. G. Gould, Excelsior; J. +. Gil
more, Rchneld; NJ Cutler, Sumpter;
| George J. kellogg. GAINESVILLE, Wis; r. e.
| Iutlie. BarabOO, WISH. o. Barrett, Browns
/ vile: q. H. Roberts. ;. ID. Hillman, Wyman
Elliott, ". Pearce, J. l.. NOrthrOp, J. T.
! Grimes, W. :. Porter. John III. Stevens. T.. G..
/ Morrison, Minneapolis; Charles Ludlief. car
| yer; l. ID. White, 81. Anthony: E. F. Pea
body and A. ID. Gilbert, Minneapolis; :. 5
Grafiin, Hchheld.
Others arrived in the evening from more
! distant points.
The meeting was called TO order by Pres
ident Truman VI. Smith at 1O:45. Prayer
was offered by Rev. G.. W. Fuller of Rich
I
| lowing committees:
Premiums-M. J. Hoag, Rochester: W. f.
| Brimhail. -. Paul; +. q. Gould. Excelsior.
| t1nal Besoutions-A- W. Sias. Rochester;
/ J. ;. HAMS, la Crescent; g. w. Fuller, Litch-
| field.
Obituary-Col. ]. IT. Stevens. MINNEAPOLIS;
A. W. Sias; 5. ID. Hlllman, Minneapolis.
Russian Apples-M. J. Hoag; NJ. Cutler,
sumpter; a. w. Peterson, Carver county.
Grapes. 5. Harris. J. 7. Grimes. East
| Minneapolis; w. +. Brimhall, o. L. Saunders,
Granite Falls; Truman NJ. Smith, ST. Paul.
The executive committee, exclusive Of
the president, vice president and treasurer,
| constitute the financial committee.
n local committee of arrangements, con-
| SiSting of G.. III. Roberts. NJ. Pearce, w.
Elliott J. G. Grimes and William Lyons,
| provided entertainment for Out-of-tOwn
delegates at the homes of the various men,
bers of the society who live in the city.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
According TO the published program. Prof.
Edward ID. Porter, in charge of the theory
and produce OF agricultural at the state
university. delivered the address OF well
come. lie credited to the state society with
relieving the state from the charge of being
a cold and fruitless country, destitute of
everything but Ice, snow, trees and prairie.
TIE REPLY.
George Fuller of Litchfield made a fitting
response, from which the following was
taken: II have been requested by this So
ciety to accept the hospitality you have Of
| feredand to thank you for these words of well
| come. We have too often enjoyed the hos
pitality of this city not to know that these
| are not the words of mere formal address.
! but are the expressions of the real feelings
of the citizens of Minneapolis. You are
| building here great city. and you are
wise in planning to make it great not only
| in the census of its inhabitants; in
the number and magnitude of its
| buildings, and i'm its manufacturing
and business establishments. but great
| also in the aesthetic, mental. moral and re-
ligiOus power of its citizen. Hence your
schools, your ehurcheSI your societies for
encouraging music and the fine arts your
/ beautiful homes, surrounded in their sea-
son by lawns and flowers. your shaded
trees and your grand system of public
| parks. God has put into every soul an ele-
ment of love for the beautiful. Keep a
Towering plant in every house, a grass
| plat and shrubs about every home and your
streets shady and clean. and the people.
even the lowest, will necessarily approx
mate in character to their surroundings.
1t is our work to do what we may TO extend
| the cultivation of the fruits and flowers
| given by God. We are confident that an
increased interest in these things is EXTEND
| ing through our state, and that soon beauti-
| full as well as comfortable homes will be
the rule in ccuntry and town.
And we are glad that in this city so
strong an Interest is manifest in this direc-
ton. L believe. Prof. Porter you are
building what is to be one of the most
beautiful cities on earth. We thank you
for inviting us now to enjoy its hospitali-
/ ties"
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
Col. John III. Stevens read an instructive
paper, giving suggestions on fruit growing.
After an elaborate introduction the veteran
hOrticulturist said: While it is as true that
we cannot make as favorable showing as
we might wish we must not blame our eli
mate and soil for all of our failures. be-
cause frequently our trees die from neglect
or are eaten up by insects. We should not
be surprised az this for we are assured that
| in some of the best apple-grOwing cOmmu-
mites on this continent that at least one
| half of the newly transplanted trees are
starved to death. about One-fOurth more are
| destroyed by bOrers, cattle, bad trimming,
so that the full proportion of those set
which never bear an apple is three-fOurths.
While our citizens are entirely practical as
class we are sadly deficient in expert
ments. Equality of circumstances which
might influence the result and perfect &C
curacy in every particular are absolutely
necessary IN order to derive benefit from
these experiments. and even after having
| done all in the most accurate manner il
would not seem to be safe TO form positive
| conclusions from the results of one, two or
three trials. for there may be eircum-
| stances unknown 10 us or beyond
our control which might give
| result from which we should, if
we depended on ii, form wrong conclu-
siOns, or spreading abroad, we might prob
ably miSlead others. 1t is safe to believe
that many an inquirer after horticultural
truth may be discouraged by the apparent
conflicting of the result of experiments. and
it may be, is led to think il makes no great
difference after all which way given thing
is done. Anyway our
EXPERIMENTS MADE IN MINNESOTA
in growing fruits have developed three facts,
viz: First-That there are a few, very
few varieties of standard apples that are
| iron-clad up to this time, the origin of
which is generally believed to be of ST.
| beIian parentage; that we have great ex-
pectatiOns from seedlings. as Peter McGi-
deon and Others have Daragraphed, and are
| in great hopes that the Russian varieties, so
extensively introduced. may prove hardy.
The iron-clads already mentioned. with the
numerous Russians. together with the n.y.
breds. say the Whitney. the Beecher sweet
and nearly fifty other semi-crab sorts, will,
it is believed by our most practical fruit
| growers, in an early year. furnish US an
abundant supply of apples. The native
wild. and the descendants from them. gives
us good supply of plums, just about as
good as any of the tame varieties raised in
| tho Eoct