St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
MINNESOTA'SF FRUITS.
The Second Day Of the Win
ter Meeting Of the Hor-
ticulturists.
A Joint Session Is Held With
the State Amber Cane
Association.
DR.. Lugger Lectures on Carni-
VOrouS PlantS--IntereSt-
ing Discussions.
Educational Topics Embraced
in To-Day--List Of Fruits
Recommended.

The arriving members of the MINES
sofa State Amber Cane association, in
conjunction with the large delegations
of horticulturists already in the city,
awOke the dingy walls of Market hall to
more energetic echoes than they have
known for many long month, except
when the Salvation army holds forth.
Quite large delegation of solid, sub
stantial-looking men and business Wo-
men were present when at $50 PreSi-
dent Elliot called them from their social
discussion of the crops, good and bad,
of the past and estimates OF the future.
The collection of the day before had
grown pretentiously and now there is
quite an array of the fruits and flowers,
and vegetables, and the condensations
and combinations thereof greeted the
eye Oh every side. On being called to
order, the meetings. first work was the
passage of resolutions of coincidence to
Treasurer Ditus E. Day, of Farming
ton, on the recent death of his wife. A
paper full of interesting facts was read
by Col. j. H. Stevens OH
THE WILD FRUITS OF MINNESOTA"
He showed how the wild fruits that
were the natives of the state had been
matured and developed by scientific
culture to the fine fruits now raised.
Quite lively discussion followed this
paper, in which j. Q. Barrett and E. FL.
S. Dart were conspicuous. The report
of the committee on native fruits was
next read by Secretary Hillman; also
paper from o. M. Lord, of Minnesota
City, on the same subject. In the
Of hn
sions on Russian fruits, of which the
main participants, Prof. j. L. Budd.
of Ames, To-, and Charles Luedoff, of
Carver, were absent, o. F. Brand read
very instructive paper OF the cultiva-
ton of evergreens. E. Fl. S. Dartt,
Owatonna; L. II. Wilcox, Hastings,
and j. M. Underwood, Lake City, were
appointed as committee to consider
amendments to the constitution. The
horticu turists then gave place to
THE STATE AMBER CANE ASSOCIATION.
President Russell Blakeley took the
chair and opened the meeting. Prof.
E. D. Porter spoke, lamenting the fact
that the State Amber Cane association
had so small number of representa-
tives present. He said that the cane
industry was in a much more flourish
ing condition in the state than years
ago, when the association was very
active. Prof. Porter had deep insight
into adulteration in all branches of in
dustry and the evil results arriving
therefrom. In applying this to the cane
industry, he showed how the glucose
that was manufactured in the United
States was driving all pure cane syrup
from the markets. Instead OF. import
ing sugar from foreign countries, he
saw no reason why the United States
should not export, if the cane industry
were properly advanced.
President Russell Blakeley gave esti-
mates of the cost of steam machinery
in large factories. He saw no reason for
$100,000,000 worth of sugar being i'm.
ported when there might be a great deal
more than was needed produced at
home. if capital was rightly invested.
Col. Stevens added to this that it was
not necessary to have large capital, as
small farmers all over the state were
manufacturing their own syrup. A mo-
ton was carried to have committee APP
pointed, with Prof. Porter as chairman,
to take action in regard to getting the
legislature to take some action in regard
to adulteration of food materials. Re
ports from growers and manufacturers
showed that the industry had many en-
the authorizations that were making
such havoc there were some people who
were making money in manufacturing
syrup from the amber cane. William
Uric, of Minneapolis, opened the dis
cussion of honey making by discur
sive talk on apiary culture. He gave
his views as to the location, the food of
the bees. manner of wintering,
modes of feeding, and illustrated
all by instances from his forty years.
experience. He also went into the de-
tails of the life of the bee and their
modes of work. He closed with the OBJ
servation that it was a better business
than raising sweets in the form of am
Der cane, as it was cheaper, and that
honey was not only a food but medi-
cine, as he knew of No cases of diph-
liberia or sore throat in a family where
it was used. On his taking his seat,
Mrs. A. A. Kennedy took decided eX-
ception to what he had said in regard
to the amber cane industry. She gave
an account of very successful expert
ence, and made so good plea for her
work that she was greeted with the
heartiest applause of the day when she
took her seat. Some of the bee raisers
didn't know why every one laughed
when she said that for. a time every
one was raising cane up in her neigh
borhood.'
William Danforth, of Red Wing. gave
very interesting talk of his experience
in the bee raising. When the call was
made for election of officers of the Am
Der Cane association. the motion was
carried to have the officers now acting
the officers for the following year. At
this point the officers of the horticult
ural society took charge of the meeting
and the work became horticultural in
character.
HORTICULTURAL TOPICS.
Prof. Raglan read paper giving an
account of his work in horticulture at
Perdue university, Indiana. TIE paper
was very interesting, aud received the
vote OF thanks of the society.
j. S. Gray. of Minneapolis, read a
paper on onions from sets. After this
Prof. Porter extended an invitation TO
both societies to visit the experiment
station at $50 Friday morning.
The committee OH the presidents adj
dress delivered their report, and it was
adopted. They commended the preSi-
dents address in every part, and pro-
posed the carrying out of all that he ad
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