Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 825 pages of information about Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916.

Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 825 pages of information about Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916.

9:00 o’clock.

A half hour question and answer exercise on “The Vegetable Garden,” led by Alfred Perkins, Market Gardener, St. Paul.

9:30 o’clock.

N. H. Reeves, Pres.  Minneapolis Market Gardeners’ Society, presiding.

The Vegetable Garden.

A Successful Cabbage Field. 
  E. C. Willard, Mankato.

Hotbeds and Cold Frames Nine Months In the Year. (30 min.)
  N. A. Rasmussen.  Pres.  Wisconsin State
  Hort.  Society, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Improvement of Vegetable Varieties by Selection. 
  Richard Wellington, Horticulturist, University Farm.

Some Phases of Onion Growing. 
  W. T. Tapley, Asst. in Horticulture, University Farm.

Irrigation in the Market Garden. 
  C. E. Warner, Osseo.

The Cultivation of Cabbages. 
  Nic Lebens, Minneapolis.

Growing Radishes. 
  Chas. Hoffman, White Bear.

A Winter Garden In the Cellar. 
  N. A. Rasmussen, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Home Canning. 
  Mrs. Louis M. Glenzke, Hopkins.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION.

1:30 o’clock.

The Question and Answer Exercise to occupy this half-hour will be on
“The Flower Garden,” and led by Mrs. H. A. Boardman, St. Paul.

2:00 o’clock.

President Cashman In the Chair.

My Spraying Experience—­four five-minute paper.
  1.  Harold Simmons, Howard Lake.
  2.  E. Yanish, St. Paul.
  3.  A. H. Reed, Glencoe.
  4.  J. J. Dobbin, Excelsior.

Orchard Pests In Minnesota During 1916.
  1.  Diseases. 
      Prof.  E. C. Stakman.  Head of Section
      Plant Pathology, University Farm.
  2.  Insects. 
      A. G. Ruggles, Asst.  Entomologist,
      University Farm.

3:15 o’clock.

MINN.  GARDEN FLOWER SOCIETY.

Mrs. E. W. Gould, Pres., Minneapolis.

Some New Plants at Home and Abroad. 
  Professor N. E. Hansen, Brookings, S. D.

The Home Setting As the Architect Sees It. 
  Mr. Harry W. Jones, Minneapolis.

A Composite on Composites—­Useful Plants for Fall Bloom. 
  Mrs. Phelps Wyman, Minneapolis.

Lantern Talk by E. G. Cheyney, Prof. of Forestry, State University. 
Illustrated with many views from the forest regions of Northern
Minnesota.

WEDNESDAY EVENING SESSION.

7:30 o’clock, Dec. 6, 1916.

N. W. PEONY AND IRIS SOCIETY.

Fifteen-minute musical program by orchestra.

The Modern Iris. 
  Mr. C. S. Harrison, York, Neb.

Peonies, Their Care and Culture. 
  Mr. John E. Stryker, St. Paul, Minn.

Peonies for Pleasure. 
  Mr. Lee Bonnewitz, Van Wert, Ohio.

Peonies for Profit. 
  Mrs. Wm. Crawford, La Porte, Ind.

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