St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-20
THE HORTICULTURISTs
Proceedings OF the Meeting Yes.
terday at Minneapolis.

terday at Minneapolis.
The attendance at the meeting of the
horticultural society yesterday was
larger than on any day since the con-
vention opened. Col. John S. Stevens
opened the session with a paper on
1.-The Tubers Indigenous to the North
west 1t was on the tuberS indigenous
o the Northwest on which the Indians
ived. and which, the colonel said, soon
became very palatable to the white
man. He called them the Indian sweet
potato. Various others were mentioned
with their soft Indian names. The
speaker said that some of these plants
could be tanned and made valuable for
the use of civilized man. Some of them
were said TO be luXuries.
The Relations of Our UndevelOped
Iron and Coal Mines to Our Undevel-
Oped Forests" was the title of highly
interesting paper read by ii. NJ. Owens,
editor of the Minneapolis Farm, Stock
and Home. The present condition of
forests" said he, was deplOrable and a
scarcity of timber was already felt.
The Western and Northwestern mills
had in 10 years destroyed $50 years
of timber growth. Careful estimates
place the timber destruction at 10000
100000 cubic feet annually, distributed
as follows: For lumber market and
wood manufacture, 2,500,000,000 cubic
feet; railroad construction, 800, 100000;
charcoal, -, 000,0 900: fence material, $780,
100000; fuel, 1850, 100000. In addition
TO this, allowance must be made for for
est fires and the waSteful practice of
cutting and thinning forests. The man
ifeSt duty of this country was to urge
substitution of coal for wood as fuel
and iron for many Of the uses to which
timber is now put. This address was
received with loud applause, and the
society decided to have LOCO copies
printed.
The annual report of Secretary S. d.
Hillman spoke of the progress that had
been made in the cause of horticulture.
The reports from the various societies
in the state showed the number of apple
trees growing in the state in 1886 to be
414,25S; bearing trees, 1850; bushels,
123, 19J: 1887, number of trees, 479, 742;
bearing trees, 160,926. In 1887 the grape
vines in bearing were S7,171; forest
trees planted, 1927, 100; acres planted,
1920.
j. Il. Grimes, the treasurer, offered
his resignation, which was accepted.
His report showed that during the year
the receipts from membership fees were
1928; the total receipts were 1850, AZ,
and the disbursements sS50.55. Papers
on Culture of Small Fruits,'' by
William Danforth, of Red Wing, and
Early Beets and Tomatoes" by Joshua
Allen, followed and ended the morning
session.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session opened with
the annual report by E. II. S. Dart, of
the State Experimental station at Owa-
tOnna. William Lyon, of Litchfield,
read a five-minute paper on Fruits
and Potatoes" and a general discussion
followed. After this Mr.. Sias read for
De Vain Cook, of Window, an inter
esting paper on the Culture of the
Dewberry." The following premiums
were announced:
G. II. Mendenhall-Nine prizes, amount
ing to $50, on flowers, roses, plants in bloom
A. W. Latham-Grape display, So.
A. B. Loire-CranbeIries, So.
William Lyons-Vegetables, nine prizes,
SIS.
Ditus Day-Apples two prizes, SO.
William Lyons-Canned fruits jellies, ETC.,
C. L. Smith-Canned fruits, jellies, etc, So.
H. +. BuSsey-Vegetables. seven prizes So
Sl5O
William Urie-Honey two prizes, $3.50.
Miss Smith-Co,lectiOn of pickles, 50.
A general talk on various subjects
followed, after which the following Off.
GERS We're elected: President, Wyman
Elliott, Minneapolis; first vice presi-
dent, f. W. Sias, Rochester; second
vice president,E. ii. S. Dart, OWatOnna.
ter: fourth vice president, NJ J. Stubs,
Long Lake; fifth vice president. q. w.
Fuller, Litchfield; secretary, S. ID. Hill
man. OF Minneapolis; treasurer, DituS
Day. Pennington; executive committee,
j. 5. Harris, La Crescent; J. M. Under
wood, Lake City; F. G. Gould. Excel
siOr; Isaac Gilpatrick, Minneapolis: O.
Nj. Brand, Faribault; entomologist,
Prof. o. w. OeStlund, Minneapolis: Ii
brarian, E. A. Gunner, Minneapolis.
The various committees will be aD-
pointed by the chair and announced
later on. A new committee, to investi-
gate the disease of grapes. will be an
pointed; also a committee to classify
the fruits of Minnesota.
o. +. Brand, of Faribault, read an in
teresting paper on the ''Value of Ever
green's" He said that evergreenS made
excellent wind-brakes, and were of I'M
namable value around on farms where
stock was kept, as the hedges kept out
the snow and wind. 1t did not take
nearly as much feed to keep cattle in
winter when these wind-brakes were in
use. The speaker said he should like
to see tract of from five to ten acres of
pine trees OH his land. j. w. Eastman
read a paper giving the experience of a
scaler in the northern pineries. A dis
cussion of the papers Rad closed the
afternoon session.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session was opened by
the reading of the report of the COM
mittee on Horticulture, consisting of in-
teresting papers by Mrs. G. o. Van
Cleve and Mrs. NJ S. Gould. These
papers dwelt upon the subject of what
kinds OF plants and shrubs were best
for this climate, and embodied
numerous valuable suggestions for
those who care to have their
houses and yards Ornamented. Frank H.
Carleton followed with paper giving
his experience us an amateur flower
gar dener. He had seen setbacks and
many disappOintmentS, he said, but had
felt well repaid for all his trouble by
the pleasure the care of flowers had
given him. The report of the entomol-
ogist of the society, Prof. 0. w. Ocst-
lund. was an interesting one, dealing
as it did with insects, which may in
short time destroy the work of whole