The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-23
horticultural Society Meet
in December.
PROGRAM OF THE SESSION
State Gathering Is TO Be Held in
MINES polls Prominent Men in
Business 10 BE Present.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Final arrangements have been made
for the fortieth annual meeting of the
Minnesota State Horticultural society,
to be held in the audience room of the
First Unitarian church Dec 4, ), 6 and
Z. Meetings of the Minnesota Bee
Keepers association, the Plant Breed
ers' association and the women's aux
iliary will be held at the same time and
place.
Special attention is to be paid this
year to the fruit exhibit which will be
displayed in the large basement room
immediately beneath the audience room,
but every department of the meeting
is TO be increased and the list of speak
ers and lecturers is the largest in the
history of the society. Reduced rail
road rates have been made on all the
reads and people from all over the state
are expected to attend the meeting. In
creased premiums have been arraigned
for the fruit exhibits, and the finest dis
play of fruit ever gathered together in
the state is expected.
The meeting will open Tuesday morn
ing. Dec. 4. The morning session will
include the annual address of the presi-
dent, by Clarence Wedge CT Albert Lea
and addresses on different horticultural
subjects by Rev. C. s. Harrison of York,
Neb., Professor Thomas Shaw of St.
Anthony Park; George J. Kellog of Lake
Mills, Wis, and William S. Chowen of
Minnetonka. The general subject of the
afternoon session will be, "Nurery
Topics" and short papers will be read
by S. ID. Richardson of Winnebago City,
j. Flagstad of Sacred Heart, A. O.
Hawkins of Excelsior, w. S. Higbee of
Eden Prairie, Thomas E. Cushman of
Owatonna, Benjamin F. Hoyt of Ham
line, f. NJ. Sherman of Charles City,
Iowa, George w. Etrand of Taylor's
Falls, Wis.,, John Hawkins of Minneapo-
lis and B. E. st. John of Fairmont.
On Wednesday morning the reports of
the officers of the society will be read,
together with the reports of the super
intendents of experimental stations.
Papers will be read by Henry Husser
of Minnetonka, S. II. Kenney of Water
ville and Max Pfaender of st. Anthony
Park. In the afternoon a fruit list will
be adopted, followed by joint session
with the woman's auxiliary. President
Emma " White and Secretary Anna B.
Underwood of the auxiliary, will speak
and papers will be read by Mrs. Mary
r. Hocverstad of Dennison, William G.
Scott of Winnipeg, Mrs. Estelle w. Will
cox of White Bear Lake, Mrs. Anna b.
Underwood of Lake City, Miss j. l..
fessor F. L. Washburn of the state eX
pertinent station. In the evening a
meeting of the Plant Growers auxiliary
will be held.
At the Thursday morning session pa
pers will be read by r. A. Schultz of
lie Roy, Dewain Cook OF Jetfers, Frank
Yahnke of Winona, o. w. Moore of
Spring Valley, E. G. f. Reel of Excel
sior, II. j. Baldwin of Mortified, Mrs.
S. r. Spates of Wayzata, c. II. True of
Edgerton, Iowa, and Professor Harry
Snider of st. Anthony park. In the aft
ernoon, committees on seeding fruits
and awards on Seeding apples will re-
port, and S. NJ. Owen of Minneapolis
will conduct memorial services.
The annual election of officers will be
held at 2:45 and a joint session with
the Minnesota Forestry association will
be held at three o'clock. Among the
speakers at the joint session will be
Charles NJ. Loring, b. F. Nelson and
Cyrus Northrop of Minneapolis, Judge
W. B. Douglas of st. Paul, and Profes-
sOr Samuel B. Gree of the state agri
cultural college. At five o'clock Pro-
fessor Harry a. Huston of Chicago will
deliver lecture, illustrated with Ian
tern slides, on the German Orchard
The annual banquet of the society will
be held in the evening.
F. b. McLeran of Wrenshall, John S.
Hughes of Minneapolis, J. F. Benjamin
of Hutchinson, f. A. Smith of Lake
City, w. L. Parker of Pennington,
William J. Moyle of Union Grove, Wis,
Professor j. c. Blair of Urbana, ILL.,,
and J. II. Cummins of Eden Prairie will
speak at the Friday morning session.
In the afternoon members of the
plant breeders auxiliary will supply the