Canada.
Prof. F. W. Brodrick, Horticulturist,
Manitoba Agricultural College.
Contestants, Gideon Memorial Fund--by Students at University Farm
School.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION.
1:30 o'clock.
Discuss these subjects.
"Ornamentation of Home Grounds" will be the subject of the half-hour
"Question and Answer Exercise," led by C. H. Ramsdell, Landscape
Architect, Minneapolis.
2:00 o'clock.
President Cashman in the Chair.
Horticultural Work with the Boys' and Girls' Clubs in Minnesota.
T. A. Erickson, State Club Leader, University Farm.
Boy or Girl prize winner in the state-wide garden and canning contest.
Compulsory Spraying for Fruit Insects and Diseases.
K. A. Kirkpatrick, Agricultural Agent,
Hennepin County, Wayzata.
Annual Election of Officers.
3:00 o'clock.
Semi-Centennial Anniversary Session.
J. M. Underwood, Lake City, Presiding.
Song.
Trafford N. Jayne.
Some History.
A. W. Latham, Secretary.
The Heroes of Minnesota Horticulture.
Clarence Wedge, Albert Lea.
Personal Recollections.
A. J. Philips, West Salem, Wis.
The Ladies of the Society.
Mrs. Jennie Stager, Sauk Rapids.
Greeting from University Farm.
A. F. Woods, Dean.
The Minnesota Society and the Northwest.
Prof. C. B. Waldron, Agri. College, N. D.
Looking Ahead.
C. S. Harrison, York, Neb.
To conclude with a lantern slide talk, "Veterans of Minnesota
Horticulture." Slides prepared by Prof. LeRoy Cady.
FRIDAY FORENOON SESSION.
9:00 o'clock.
A thirty-minute "Question and Answer Exercise" on the general subject of
"Birds a Factor In Horticulture," led by R. E. Olmstead, Excelsior.
9:30 o'clock.
President in the Chair.
Potato Selection.
P. E. Clement, Moorhead.
Vinegar a By-Product of the Minnesota Orchard.
W. G. Brierley, Horticulturist, University Farm.
Our Horticultural Building.
A consultation.
Plant Breeders' Auxiliary.
Clarence Wedge, President, in the Chair.
Annual Report, 1916, Minn. Fruit Breeding Farm.
Chas. Haralson, Supt., Excelsior.
Report of Committee on Fruit Breeding Farm.
S. A. Stockwell, Minneapolis.
C. S. Harrison, Excelsior.
Fruit Breeding.
Prof. S. A. Beach, Horticulturist, Ames, Iowa.
Pedigree in Plants.
Prof. C. B. Waldron, Agricultural College, N. D.
Origin and Development of Hardy, Blight Resisting Pears.
Chas. G. Patten, Charles City, Ia.
New Creations in Horticulture for 1916.
Prof. N. E. Hansen, Brookings, S. D.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
1:30 o'clock.
The "Question and Answer" half hour will be occupied with this subject,
"The Home Orchard," led by Henry Husser, Minneapolis.
2:00 o'clock.
The Minnesota Orchard.
J. F. Bartlett, Excelsior.
The New Farmers Fruit.
Freeman Thorp, Hubert. (30 min.)
The Unfruitful Tree and How to Correct It. (30 min.)
Prof. S. A. Beach, Ames, Ia.
Orcharding In Minnesota.
Richard Wellington, Horticulturist, University Farm.
The Minnesota Apple Crop in 1916.
R. S. Mackintosh, Horticulturist, Extension Division, University Farm.
4:00 o'clock.
Two-minute speeches by members.
4:30 o'clock.
Closing remarks by the President.
PREMIUM LIST, ANNUAL MEETING, 1916.
Thos. Redpath, General Supt.
Geo. W. Strand, Clerk.
FLORAL DISPLAY.
W. H. Bofferding, 710 No. 2nd St., Minneapolis, Supt.
PLANTS.
To be staged Monday p.m., Dec. 4, 1916.
1st. 2nd. 3rd.
Collection of 12 specimen Palms $10.00 $7.00 $4.00
Collection of 12 specimen Ferns 10.00 7.00 4.00
Collection of 12 specimen
Blooming Plants 12.00 9.00 6.00
(Covering 25 square feet.)
CUT FLOWERS.
To be staged before 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 5.
1st. 2nd. 3rd.
12 Roses, Red, any variety $3.00 $2.00 $1.00
12 Roses, Pink, any variety 3.00 2.00 1.00
12 Roses, White, any variety 3.00 2.00 1.00
12 Roses, Yellow, any var'ty 3.00 2.00 1.00
To be staged before 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 6.
1st. 2nd. 3rd.
12 Chrysanthemums, Yellow $4.00 $3.00 $2.00
12 Chrysanthemums, any other color 4.00 3.00 2.00
25 Carnations, Red, any variety 3.00 2.00 1.00
25 Carnations, Pink, any variety 3.00 2.00 1.00
25 Carnations, white, any variety 3.00 2.00 1.00
To be staged before 10:00 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 7.
1st. 2nd. 3rd.
Basket arranged for effect,
diameter not to exceed
12 inches $10.00 $7.00 $4.00
Best Bridal Bouquet--Diploma.
Best Corsage Bouquet--Diploma.
Best Bridesmaid's Bouquet--Diploma.
VEGETABLES.
Entries to be made by Tuesday, Nov. 28. N. H. Reeves, Mpls., Supt.
1st. 2nd. 3rd. 4th.
Beets, 1 peck $3.50 $2.00 $1.00 $0.50
Cabbages, 3 heads 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Carrots, 1 peck 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Celery, 1 doz. stalks 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Celeriac, 1 doz. roots 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Lettuce, 1 doz. heads 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Onions, 1 peck Red 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Onions, 1 peck White 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Onions, 1 pk. Yellow 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Onions, 1 peck White Pickling 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Parsley, 1 doz. bnhs. 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Parsnips, 1/2 bushel 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Potatoes, 1 bu. early variety 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Pie Pumpkins, three specimens 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Radish, fresh, 1 doz. bunches 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Salsify, 1 doz. bnchs. 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Hubbard Squash, 3 specimens 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
White Turnips, 1 pk 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
Rutabagas, 1/2 bu 3.50 2.00 1.00 .50
EARLY WINTER SEEDLING.--The fruit shown must not have been kept in cold
storage. Premium $50.00, to be divided pro rata.
LATE WINTER SEEDLING.--Same conditions as for early winter seedlings
except that if found necessary the fruit shown may be retained and final
decision reserved until later in the winter. Premium $50.00 to be
divided pro rata.
In each of the above two classes the varieties receiving the three
highest awards will be designated as having received the first, second
and third premium respectively.
APPLES (not including crabs).
No inferior fruit can be shown.
1st. 2nd. 3rd.
Each variety (may or may
not have been in cold
storage) included in the
1916 fruit list of the society,
or in the 1916 premium
list of the Minnesota
State Fair $0.75 $0.50 $0.25
Collection, not to exceed
ten nor less than six varieties $20.00 to be divided pro rata
Pecks of Apples.
Peck of any variety of apples, the fruit exhibited to be at the disposal
of the society. An exhibitor may enter a peck of each of as many
different kinds as he pleases. $25.00 to be divided pro rata.
Top-Worked Apples.
Collection of named varieties grown on scions top-grafted on other
trees. Accompanying the name of each variety, shown on the same label
(to be furnished by the management), must be noted the name of the
variety on which it is top-worked. $25.00, to be divided pro rata.
BOXES AND BARRELS OF APPLES.
Must have been packed by the exhibitor.
Only one variety (not less than 2-3/4 in. in diameter) can be shown in a
box. Bushel boxes of the standard size must be used. Awards will be
based on the quality of the fruit, packing, etc.
SINGLE BOX of any variety of apples, including seedlings, $25.00, to be
divided pro rata. Also 1st $15.00, 2nd $10.00, 3rd $5.00.
1st. 2nd. 3rd. 4th.
BARREL of apples,
any variety, $25.00,
to be divided pro
rata. Also $20.00 $15.00 $10.00 $5.00
GRAPES.
1st. 2nd. 3rd.
Collection, not more than
10 nor less than 6 varieties $8.00 $6.00 $4.00
$100 SEEDLING APPLE PRIZE.
The fifth prize of $100.00 will be awarded this season "for the best
late winter seedling apple keeping till March 1st under ordinary cellar
conditions" under the offer made first in 1905, restricted, of course,
to the contestants who have duly registered.
NUTS.
1st. 2nd. 3rd. 4th.
Each variety of edible
nuts, one quart $1.00 $0.75 $0.50 $0.25
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Program Notes:
You can become a life member of the State Horticultural Society by
payment of $10.00, in two annual payments of $5.00 each if you prefer.
This will entitle you to a file of our bound reports, a library in
itself.
The annual business meeting of the Minn. Garden Flower Society will be
held Wednesday morning at 10:00 o'clock in an adjoining room.
Are you a member of the Garden Flower Society? If you are growing
flowers you should join it at once. Consult the secretary, Mrs. M. L.
Countryman.
Membership fees to be paid to the Assistant Secretary In the Hallway.
GARDEN HELPS
Conducted by Minnesota Garden Flower Society
Edited by MRS. E. W. GOULD, 2644 Humboldt Avenue So.
Minneapolis.
The Garden Flower Society will have an all-day meeting at the
Agricultural College the first Friday in January next. This meeting is
to be held with the session of the Farmers' Short Course in Room 20,
Horticultural Building. Arrangements will be made so that lunches may be
had on the grounds, probably at the dining hall.
The program covers a wide range of subjects, and as time will be given
for discussion and answering of questions brought up, this will prove a
most helpful meeting to all of our members.
Our own annual meeting will be held on Wednesday, December sixth. The
business meeting and election of officers being held in the morning, the
program in the afternoon--at the West Hotel--in connection with the
Horticultural Society.
Will not each member make an especial effort to bring in a new member at
that time or before? The only reason we have not a thousand members is
because we and our work are so little known. If you will tell your
friends who have gardens what we are doing, you will have no difficulty
in helping us add to our membership. Since last January we have received
sixty-six new members. Can't we make it an even hundred for this year?
With _your help_, we _can_. The program for our annual meeting will be
found in the official program, printed elsewhere in this number. Here is
the program for the meeting at the Agricultural College, Friday, January
5th. Come and bring your garden problems with you.
* * * * *
(Program for Meeting, January 5, 1917, 10 a.m., Agricultural College.)
1. Perennials for Busy People Mrs. H. B. Tillotson
2. Perennials from Seed to Seed Mr. E. Meyer
3. Native Perennials for Garden Use Miss M. Fanning
4. Best Hardy Vines and Their Use Mrs. E. W. Gould
5. Best Annuals Mrs. H. A. Boardman
1:30 P.M.
1. Fruits for Ornamental Planting Mr. Phelps Wyman
2. Native Shrubs for the Home Grounds Mr. Paul Mueller
3. Proper Preparation of the Garden Soil Professor F. J. Alway
4. A Watering System for the Garden Mrs. C. E. Warner
5. Growing Bedding Plants for the Market Mrs. F. H. Gibbs
6. Growing Cut Flowers for the Market {Miss Sabra Ellison
{Mr. F. H. Ellison
7. Special Purpose Plants--
Honey Plants Prof. Oswald
Medicinal Plants Dr. Newcomb
Question Box.
SECRETARY'S CORNER
THIS IS YOUR VACATION.--If you are a fruit grower or a flower
grower or vegetable grower or interested in home life or in any of the
varied matters directly or indirectly connected with horticulture, the
annual meeting is just the place for you. _Make it a real winter
vacation._ Bring your wife and others of the family if possible and stay
with us at the West Hotel for the four days of the meeting. It will be
one of the bright spots in your life, as you recall the pleasures of
this great and fruitful gathering.
ANNUAL SOCIETY BANQUET.--Special pains have been taken in
preparing the program for this banquet on account of the fact that this
is our anniversary session in part, and you will not be disappointed if
you anticipate a rich treat, with two or three hundred of the most
congenial people on earth, who will sit down to supper together at the
West Hotel at 6:30 p. m., Thursday, December 7th,--a wholesome repast
and an intellectual feast, don't miss it. You will feel that you really
belong to the brotherhood after dining with us.
DELEGATES TO THE ANNUAL MEETING.--Besides the delegates at our
annual meeting from abroad referred to in the November number, there is
to be with us also as representative of the Iowa State Horticultural
Society, Mr. P. F. Kinne, of Storm Lake, Iowa. We have pretty good
assurance also that Secy. Greene, of the Iowa Society, will visit with
us at some time during the meeting, and we don't know how many more of
the good Iowa people will find their way here. A late note from Chas. G.
Patten assures us of his attendance at the meeting, when he will give us
a full report of his experimental work in growing seedling pears at his
station at Charles City, Iowa. We are looking forward confidently to
something of large practical value from his work.
PROGRAM OF ANNUAL MEETING.--The program of the coming annual
meeting of the society will be found in an abbreviated form in this
number of our magazine. It has been sent, however, in all its
completeness, in a separate enclosure to all the members of the society,
accompanied by a blank form to be filled out by members who purpose to
attend and desire to have their names in the Badge Book, and also for
those who renew their memberships. Quite a number of questions are asked
on this blank form, and it is important that they should all be
answered. It is especially important that the names of friends whom you
would like to see members of the society should be given to the
secretary on these blanks and at an early date so that copies of the
program can be sent them in good season.
The program, as you will note, is an exceedingly diversified one,
special emphasis being laid on orcharding, vegetable growing and
ornamental horticulture. An increasing interest in flower growing is
emphasized by the programs of three auxiliary societies devoted to these
branches of horticulture.
_Aren't you coming to this splendid meeting?_ Study the program and
consider the advantages of intercourse and companionship with those who
have so much in common as the members of the Horticultural Society.
Don't fail to _attend promptly the first session_, which is always a
full one, right on the minute.
JOURNAL OF ANNUAL MEETING, 1915
Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Held on Second Floor of the West Hotel, Minneapolis, December 7, 8, 9
and 10, 1915.
Tuesday Morning Session, 10 o'clock.
Meeting was opened at 10 o'clock a.m., December 7, 1915, by President
Thomas E. Cashman. Invocation was made by Rev. C. S. Harrison, of York,
Nebraska, which was followed by a song by Mr. Trafford N. Jayne, of
Minneapolis. The president then read his annual greeting. (See index.)
President Cashman: How may University Farm and the Minnesota State
Horticultural Society be mutually helpful in developing the farms and
homes of the Northwest? by our good friend, the dean of agriculture of
this state, Mr. A. F. Woods. (Applause.) (See index.)
Discussion.
President Cashman: Anything further before we pass to the next subject?
If not, we will now call on one of our oldest members and one of our
best friends, Mr. George J. Kellogg, of Wisconsin, who will tell us
something about the strawberry business. (See index.)
Discussion.
President Cashman: I am sure we are all very much indebted to Mr.
Kellogg. Now, we have another very good friend with us from Nebraska. He
is going to tell us about "The Nurseryman as King." Mr. C. S. Harrison,
of York, Nebraska. (See index.)
President Cashman: This morning we heard from our good friend, Dean
Woods, then we heard from Wisconsin and later from Nebraska. We have
enjoyed all three, all very instructive and very entertaining, and we
hope to hear from them again. We hope later to hear from another
Wisconsin man, Mr. Philips. Those three men have always contributed a
great deal to the success of our meetings. I understand that Wisconsin
has sent another representative, Mr. A. C. Graves, of Sturgeon Bay. It
has been announced that he is with us. If so, we will be pleased to have
him come forward and have a word of greeting from him, representing the
Wisconsin Horticultural Society.
Mr. Graves: Mr. President and members of the Minnesota Horticultural
Society: I am very pleased to be here this morning and listen to this
program and these deliberations. I expect to spend some enjoyable days
with you, and on behalf of the Wisconsin Horticultural Society I am
pleased to bring to you their greetings on this occasion. Thank you.
(Applause.)
President Cashman: We hope to hear from you later, Mr. Graves, and would
be pleased to have you take part in our deliberations. I presume that
there are other delegates here, but if so they have not been announced.
If there are others I hope they will hand their credentials to the
secretary so we may call on them later.
Meeting adjourned until 1:30 p.m.
December 7, 1915, Afternoon Session.
_The Minnesota Orchard._ Discussion led by J. P. Andrews, Faribault,
Minn. (See index.)
The President: Ladies and gentlemen, the time has now arrived to
continue with the regular proceedings of the society. Mr. Rasmussen,
president of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, is with us and
will be on the program later, but we will have a few words from him now.
(Applause.).
Mr. Rasmussen (Wisconsin): Mr. President and members of the Minnesota
Horticultural Society: I didn't expect to be caught this way. I was
going to be real shrewd, I was not going to let you know I was coming. I
told the secretary of our society not to let you know I was coming, but
he notified your secretary that I was coming and that is the way they
happened to get me on the program. I was going to sneak in and get all
the good out of it and was not going to give anything back; I will admit
that is not a fair game. I feel about like a fellow who had to make a
talk at a banquet. He said he was not a speaker, but they insisted. They
would not let him back out. So he got up and feeling kind of shaky, like
I am now, he reached his hand down to get hold of his chair, as he
thought, but touched his wife's shoulder, and she got up. She thought
she had to. He started, "Ladies and gentlemen, this thing was forced on
me. (Laughter.)" So this was kind of forced upon me. I know that your
program is full so I will not detain you any longer. My time is
tomorrow, and I will take you through my garden tomorrow. (Applause.)
The President: We are all pleased to have Mr. Rasmussen with us, and we
hope we will hear from him often during the deliberations of the
meeting. I was pleased indeed to see so many present this forenoon.
Secretary Latham thought he had plenty of room for all who might attend,
but I don't think there was a vacant chair here this forenoon. I was
pleased indeed to note so many new faces, so many young men present. You
are the people we want to see. The older men have always contributed and
done their part and have made these meetings a grand success, but it
will soon devolve upon the younger men of this society to take their
places. We want you to help them at these meetings, and I was glad that
you did so this forenoon. We hope that the young men will feel at home
and that they will continue to take part, that they will ask questions
and tell us about their successes and their failures, and I hope the
older members will help make it pleasant for these young men.
We will take up the subject of fruits this afternoon, and I am now going
to call on a plum specialist, a man that we look to to tell us about the
plum troubles in this state, Mr. Dewain Cook, who will tell us about the
"Plums We Already Have and Plums That Are on the Way--the Brown Rot a
Controlling Factor," Mr. Dewain Cook, of Jeffers, Minnesota. (See
index.)
Discussion.
The President: We have heard of some of the troubles of those that plant
plum trees. The next speaker will probably tell us how to meet those
troubles, how to combat the plum pocket fungus. We are fortunate to have
with us a scientific man that makes a study of these subjects. I refer
to Professor Stakman, of the University Farm, St. Paul. "The Control and
Cure of Brown Rot, etc.," by Prof. E. C. Stakman. (See index.)
Discussion.
The President: I will now call on Mr. C. A. Pfeiffer, of Winona, to talk
to us on "The Surprise Plum a Success." (See index.)
Discussion.
The President: "Thirty Years in Raspberries," by a gentleman that knows
how to make money by the raising of raspberries, Mr. Gust. Johnson, of
Minneapolis. (See index.)
Discussion.
The President: We will now call upon Mr. Simmons to tell us about "My
Orchard Crop of 1915--from Start to Finish." (See index.)
The President: As you know, Mr. Simmons is one of the most successful
orchardists in Minnesota. Do you wish to ask him any questions?
Discussion.
Mr. Cashman: We are very much indebted to Mr. Simmons for this splendid
paper and for his advice. We must hurry on to the next subject, which is
"Fruit Growing a Successful Industry in Minnesota," by A. W. Richardson,
Howard Lake, Minn. (See index.)
The President: I am sure you will all agree this was a very instructive
and interesting paper. We have about three minutes in which to discuss
it.
Discussion.
Two lantern talks followed--one by Earl Ferris of Hampton, Ia., on
"Evergreens," and one by A. G. Tolaas on "Diseases of the Potato."
December 8, 1915, Morning Session.
Discussion on "The Vegetable Garden," led by H. J. Baldwin, Northfield,
Minn. (See index.)
N. H. Reeves, president Minneapolis Market Gardeners' Association, in
the chair.
President Reeves: We will now have a paper on "Growing Beans and Sweet
Corn," by P. B. Marien, of St. Paul. (See index.)
Discussion.
The President: We will now listen to a paper on "Growing Vegetables for
Canning," by Mr. M. H. Hegerle, president of Canning Company, St.
Bonifacius. Mr. Hegerle not being present, we will ask Mr. Rasmussen,
president of the Wisconsin Horticultural Society, to tell us "How We
Grow Vegetables in Oshkosh, Wisconsin." (Applause.) (See index.)
President Reeves: Is Mr. Hegerle in the room?
Mr. Hegerle: Yes.
President Reeves: Then we will listen to Mr. Hegerle's talk on "Growing
Vegetables for Canning." (See index.)
Discussion.
President Reeves: "Greenhouse vs. Hotbeds, Investment, Care and Result
Compared," by Mr. F. H. Gibbs. (See index.)
President Reeves: "Growing the Tomato," by C. W. Purdham, market
gardener, Brooklyn Center. (See index.)
Discussion.
President Reeves: We will now listen to a paper by E. W. Record on
"Asparagus by the Acre." (See index.)
President Reeves: You will be entertained with a demonstration of the
coldpack method of canning fruits and vegetables by Professor R. S.
Mackintosh and Miss Mary L. Bull.
After the demonstration the session adjourned until 1:30 o'clock p.m.
December 8, 1915, Afternoon Session.
Question and answer exercise on "The Flower Garden," led by Mr. G. C.
Hawkins, of Minneapolis.
The President: I regret to have to announce that one of the big guns who
was to be with us on this afternoon's program, Professor J. C. Whitten,
of Missouri, is unable to be with us on account of sickness. Secretary
Latham received a letter from him just a short time ago, stating that he
was sick abed and the doctor would not permit him to leave. We have
another very able gentleman whom I will call upon at this time to take
Mr. Whitten's place. His name is H. G. Street, of Hebron, Ill., who will
tell us about "Marketing Fruit Direct." (Applause.) (See index.)
Discussion.
The President: We appreciate very much this fine paper by Mr. Street. We
have another very important subject this afternoon. We will have a paper
by Mr. W. G. Brierly, Assistant Horticulturist at the University Farm,
on "The Manufacture of Cider Vinegar on the Farm." (Applause.) (See
index.)
Reading by Miss Mary Bonn.
The President: We will now turn the meeting over to the Garden Flower
Society and request the president, Mrs. Ruff, to take the chair. (In the
absence of Mrs. Ruff, Mrs. E. W. Gould presided.)
Mrs. Gould: Our first number will be a paper on the Minnesota State
Flower, by Mr. E. A. Smith, of Lake City. (Applause.)
Mr. Smith: I wish to add one word to the name of my paper and that is
"Flag," so that it will read "Minnesota State Flower and State Flag." I
have the two subjects so closely associated that I can not separate
them. (See index.)
Discussion.