Excerpt from Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1909, Vol. 37: Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society From December 1, 1908, to December 1, 1909, Including the Twelve Numbers of the "Minnesota Horticulturist" For 1909

The last item of that afternoon's program was an article on cran berry culture in Minnesota, which Prof. Franklin, of the Agricultural College, had taken pains to prepare in a terse and practical manner. After reading it was very interestingly illustrated by the use of a large number of lantern slides, which assisted materially in fastening the subject in the mind. Two or three of these illustrations may appear with the printed article, but the seeing of these views is one of the things the members must get along without who were not present at the meeting. Immediately following this, Prof. Green exhibited a number of interesting photographs of the state fruit breeding farm and also from Itasca State Park and the Forestry School maintained there.

Wednesday morning's session opened by a half-hour exercise con ducted by Prof. Green on growing new fruits. You ought to have been there to have got the benefit of this. The reporter tried to get all this matter, with what success will appear in our numbers later. Just before the afternoon program, Prof. Harry Snyder, of the State Agricultural College, conducted a half-hour demonstration exercise on soils adapted to fruits, etc. As a means of impressing his lessons upon the audience he had a number of specimens of soils in glass jars, and some chemical operations were performed to emphasize his remarks.

Thursday morning the oldest strawberry grower in our society, Geo. J. Kellogg, conducted a question exercise on strawberries for a half hour before the meeting, and then the members didn't want to quit and had ten or fifteen minutes more, and we heard afterwards that some of those who were present had still a few questions they wanted to ask. That should bring them to the meeting again, when there will be further opportunity.

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