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.

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.)

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