The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-12-08
ORCHARD men meet
RICH PRIZES AT EXHIBITION OF
STATE HORTICULTURAL So
GETTY IN MINNEAPOLIS.
WAS A GREAT YEAR FOR FRUIT
Program Deals With Nearly Every
Phase of CuItivating and Crow
ing Fruit and Garden
Products.

Minneapolis 1911 meeting and
exhibition of the Minnesota State
| Horticultural society is the greatest
| Of it's fifty-five years of life, held in
the First Unitarian church, Eighth
street and Mary place, Minneapolis
next Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday.
The fruit crop of 1911 has been such
that the large and coveted prizes Of
fered for certain fruits will be award
ed this year. In previous years the
fruit did not come up to the standard
but with the announcement that Min
nesota was given the first prize for
apples in this the Middle West sec.
ton of the country, comprising doz
en- states, the outlook is declared to
be encouraging. Over $1,000 in cash
prizes were offered.
Among the papers read and talks
made were the following:
PLUMs AND OTHER TREES
Hybrid Plums and What We May
Expect From Them" Dewain Cook,
rGS v aud 4brd
and American Plums for Minnesota
PLANTING" W. 4 Tingley ,af ErehS MdEt
Pianting Eak IN Min ras pS clarenee
Wedge, nurseryman, Albert Lea. Ever
green's in the Dryer Sections of Min
green and Deciduous Windbreaks for
the Western Prairies," John W. Maher.
nurseryman, Devils Lake. N. D.
E. E. ron hun rae es St. Paul and Cannon
Falls. Interesting the Children. in
horticulture, s: H. Drum, retired
Naive aaS T villa SUITABLE for
Cultivation" Miss Eloise Butler, super
intendent wild flower department, Min
Year in Civic Improvement Work in
Lake City," Mrs. Anna B. Underwood,
Lake S City Prof Pr tangd of dd St Pao
Our Vanishing Wild Flowers
TOP WORKING.
"A Visit to A. j. Phillips Top
Worked Orchard LIE Boy cady' pro
sPossibilities for Minnesota in Apple
Raising by Top Graft III gsnnfss r6Wg
in his own orchard, top worked on Vir-
ginia, crab. A. j. Phillips, veteran or
a enaliSt on est ie Trees s seth Il
Kenney, orchardist and original horti-
cultural experimenter, Water,ville; My
aed orcnardisig
Olivia. Present Status of Top Work,
ing" made up from reports of mem
ieau, instructor Minnesota farm school,
ST. Anthony Park. Attitude of the
Nurseryman Toward Top Working" S.
d. Richardson, nurseryman, Winnie
bago.
A message from C. S. Harrison, York,
Neb. Tile Drainage in the Orchard"
ST. Anthony Park. Beauty and Utility
of Trees by the Roadside" Charles M.
7 r1t h ord a ~
ment," an exercise conducted by s. A.
Beach, professor of horticulture, Iowa
State Agricultural college, Ames, Iowa,
I'M , mn FORESTRY.
Presidents address, j. E; Rhodes. st.
Paul. Address by Henry e. Oldenburg,
vice. w. T. Cox, state forester. St;
W a L. E Ri fs Deer River. aThe
Duties of a Forest Patrolman," The
Forest School in Itasca State Park"
be followed by an illustrated lecture by
"The Birds of the Orchard and Gar
den; "ha TA IRsy o 6Se F RSfhf, Tor Us
Orchard" Henry. Husser, farmer and
Trees Without Hardy Roots" a. Brack-
Apples on the Dryest Soil in Mime.
and amateur horiculturist. Hubert.
practical Orchard Pruning" ilustrat-
ed, K. A. Kirkpatrick, horticultur1st
state experiment station, st. Anthony
PLANT BREEDING.
1.-The Plant Breeders Auxiliary In
1911" Clarence Wedge, secretary, AL
bert Lea. The State Fruit Breeding
Farm for 1911" Charles HARRISON, sup
erintendent, Excelsior. Report of com,
state fruit breeding farm, Ed. Vanish,
St Paul; e. A. Smith. Lake City. MY
Malinda Seeding Orchard in 1911" T.
e. Perkins farmer and orchardist, Red
Wing. How We Can. Aid the Fruit
Breeding Movement, M. ]. Dorsey, as
in St. Park
perience Notes of the Season in Fruit
Breeding" Prof. n. E. Hansen. horti-
culturist and fruit breeder, SCUM Rro "a
SPRAYING AND MARKETING.
i }arS; 81 Chicago M asneS spraying in 1sii,
Prof A. g. Ruggles assistant entomo-
i iege, s St. Anthony Park Needed
Changes in the HORTICULTURAL 1nspec.
ton Law" HI. B. Scammell, assistant
Orchard" s. 6. Kinney, nurseryman and
orchardist, Faribaqlt. Ar nE,toSnn nr a
ser, owatonna. "Drouth Resist
ance in Trees Suitable for Shelter
Belts" c. B. Waldron, professor hor-
ticultural North Dakota agricultural
Apples for Commercial Orchard--Their
Planting and Care" G. A. Anderson,
fruit grower, Renville. Trees and Tree
Planting Colonel w. A. ,Burnap, dele
gate N e. Iowa Horticultural society.
"Promoting and Arranging Fruit Elk
hibits at the County Fair" G. M. Jen-
son, superintendent horticultural, Free
born county fair Albert Lea. What
to Do With the Unstable Apple" Emil
Sahler, farmer and fruit grower wa
SEGA.
BIG PRIZES ARE OFFERED.
The following are the various prizes
| offered by the society and others:
One thousand dollars offered as a