Mr. Heustis:  And report next year.

The President:  That they work out a practical plan and put it in operation.  Was it your idea that we report next year or that the plan be put in operation?

Mr. Latham:  No objection to reporting next year.  If they can work out a plan they can also put it in practical operation.

Mr. Andrews:  I do not think that I am after this now, gentlemen, any more than every one of you ought to be after it.  We ought to know more about the hardiness of these trees.  This list has stood almost identically the same list for eight or nine years, pretty nearly the same, and we are not getting ahead at all.  We do not know any more about the hardiness of these trees we have been putting out than we did before.

The amendment was carried.

The President:  This matter will therefore be referred to the executive board.  The next in order is the annual report of the executive board, Mr. J. M. Underwood, of Lake City, chairman.  Mr. Underwood is sojourning in the sunny south.  He has sent a report, however, to Secretary Latham, and Mr. Latham has requested me to read it.  This was written at St. Augustine, Florida. (See index.)

The President:  Any one wish to make any comments on this report?  If not, we will pass to the report of the secretary, Mr. Latham.

Mr. Latham:  Do you wish to have the report read or have it published later?  It will be published anyway.

Mr. Miller:  Let it be considered as read and approved and filed for publication. (See index.)

Motion is seconded and carried.

The President:  We will now have the report of George W. Strand, treasurer. (See index.)

The President:  What will you do with the report of the treasurer?  You have heard the reading of it.

Upon motion the report was adopted and filed.

The President:  The next order of business would be the paper by Professor J. C. Whitten but Mr. Whitten is not present, I am sorry to say, and I am now going to call on Mr. O. M. Heustis as he is present to tell us about his “Dwarf Apple Trees.” (See index.)

The President:  We are very much indebted to the doctor for his interesting talk.  Is Professor Mackintosh in the room?  I was going to ask him to read a paper on “Successful Cold Storage Plant for Apples,” sent in by Mr. Hanson.  I am sorry that Mr. Hanson is not able to be present, he is ill at home.

Professor Mackintosh not being present, paper was read by Mr. Clarence Wedge.

The President:  Mr. Wedge will have a word for us at this time.  He has a suggestion to make.