Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 | Page 3

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number of single plates shown the record is not easily available, but the
accompanying list of awards will give information as far as they are
concerned, there being of course many plates to which no awards were
made.
The vegetable exhibit was an extraordinarily fine one and filled
comfortably the convenient room assigned for its use. It was
excellently managed by Mr. N.H. Reeves, President of the Minneapolis
Market Gardeners' Association.
As to the flower exhibit under the fine management of W.H. Bofferding,
it was so much better than we anticipated that it is hard to find words
suitably to express our thought in regard to it. Besides the splendid
collections of plants and the large display of cut flowers from the state,
there was shown from several eastern parties rare flowers, many of
them new productions, which had a great deal to do with the beautiful
appearance of the balcony, where all of these flowers were shown.
[Illustration: Sketch showing arrangement of hall and adjacent rooms,
&c., used at 1915 Annual Meeting, in West Hotel, Minneapolis.]
Mention ought to be made of the monument erected in the center of the
lobby on the ground floor of the West Hotel, a structure ten feet high,
containing at its base some dozen or fifteen single layer boxes of choice
apples and on its sides something like twenty bushels of apples put on
in varying shades of red and green with a handsome ornamental plant
crowning the whole. The seal of the society decorated with national
colors appears upon the front. The picture taken of this monument is
shown as a frontispiece of this number. It is incomplete in that the
photographer cut off both ends of it, which is unfortunate in results
obtained. Nevertheless it helped materially to advertise the meeting and
was a distinct ornament in the lobby.
As to subjects in which there was a special interest on our program, the
only one to which I will here refer is that of "marketing," which
received particular attention from a considerable number of those on
the program or taking impromptu parts at the meeting. The Ladies'
Federation assisted us splendidly on the Woman's Auxiliary program,

one number, that by Mrs. Jennison, being beautifully illustrated by
lantern slides.
Delegates from abroad as usual and visitors were with us in
considerable number. Prof. F. W. Brodrick came from Winnipeg,
representing the Manitoba Society; Prof. N. E. Hansen, as usual,
represented the South Dakota Society; Mr. Earl Ferris, of Hampton, Ia.,
the Northeastern Iowa Society; and Mr. A. N. Greaves, from Sturgeon
Bay, Wis., the Wisconsin Society. We were especially favored in
having with us also on this occasion Mr. N. A. Rasmusson, president of
the Wisconsin Horticultural Society, and Secretary Frederick
Cranefield of the same society. If all the members of that society are as
wide awake as these three the Minnesota Society will have to look to
its laurels.
I must not fail to mention Mr. B. G. Street, from Hebron, Ill., who was
present throughout the meeting, an earnest brother, and gave us a
practical talk on "marketing." Our friend, Chas. F. Gardner, of Osage,
Iowa, managed to get here Friday morning after the close of the
meeting of the Iowa Horticultural Society, which he had been attending,
and so spent the last day of the meeting with us. Welcome, Brother
Gardner! The meeting would certainly have been incomplete without
the presence of those old veterans and long time attendants at our
annual gatherings, Geo. J. Kellogg and A. J. Philips, both from the
Wisconsin Society. We need you, dear brothers, and hope you may
long foregather with us.
As to that war horse of horticulture, C. S. Harrison, of York, Nebr.,
what would our meeting be without the fireworks in language which he
has provided now for many of these annual occasions. The wonderful
life and sparkle of his message survives with us from year to year, and
we look forward eagerly to his annual coming.
There were three contestants who spoke from the platform in
competition for the prizes offered from the Gideon Memorial Fund as
follows:
First Prize--G. A. Nelson, University Farm School, St. Paul. Second--A.

W. Aamodt, University Farm School, St. Paul. Third--P. L. Keene,
University Farm School, St. Paul.
Their addresses were all of a practical character and will appear in our
monthly.
Prof. Richard Wellington conducted a fruit judging contest, in
connection with which there was a large interest, and prizes were
awarded as follows:
D. C. Webster, La Crescent, First $5.00 P. L. Keene, University Farm,
St. Paul, Second 3.00 Marshall Hurtig, St. Paul, Third 2.00
At the annual election the old officers whose terms had expired were all
re-elected without opposition, and later the secretary was re-elected by
the executive board for the coming