Top-Working Young Apple Trees.
E. G. Lee, St. Paul.
Evergreens.
C. S. Harrison, York, Neb.
Preparing and Handling the Apple Crop.
E. A. Smith, Lake City.
My Prize Orchard.
1. Henry Dunsmore, Olivia.
2. E. W. Mayman, Sauk Rapids.
Appointment of committees on award of premiums.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION.
1:30 o"clock.
A half hour "Question and Answer Exercise" on "Bees in the Garden and Orchard," led by J. Kimball, of Duluth.
2 o"clock.
President Cashman in the Chair. Reception of Delegates.
FRUITS.
Strawberry Culture with Irrigation.
N. A. Rasmussen, Oskosh, Wis., President Wisconsin State Hort. Society.
Raspberry Culture.
A. O. Hawkins, Wayzata.
Raspberry Diseases in Minnesota.
G. R. h.o.e.rner, a.s.st. in Plant Pathology, University Farm, St. Paul.
Everbearing Strawberry Field.
A. Brackett, Excelsior.
Everbearing Strawberries at Osage, Ia., in 1916.
Chas. F. Gardner, Osage, Ia.
Opening Up the Fruit Farm.
D. E. Bingham, Delegate Wisconsin State Hort. Society, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
The Native Plum, Its Hybrids and Their Improvement.
Dewain Cook, Jeffers.
Winter Injury to Plums in 1916-17.
M. J. Dorsey, Section of Fruit Breeding, University Farm.
Lantern Talks.
1. Snapshots on the Road. Nurseries; Top-working; Blister Rust.
Prof. F. L. Washburn, State Entomologist, University Farm.
2. Nature of Plant Diseases.
G. R. Bisby, a.s.st. Plant Pathologist, University Farm.
TUESDAY EVENING SESSION.
8:00 o"clock.
MINNESOTA STATE FLORISTS" SOCIETY.
Prof. LeRoy Cady, President, in the Chair.
Program:
Storing and Handling Gladiolus Bulbs.
G. D. Black, Delegate, N. E. Ia. State Horticultural Society, Independence, Ia.
Resources of Present-Day Florists.
W. E. Tricker, St. Paul.
Greenhouse Management.
Prof. Wm. Moore, University Farm.
Some Native Shrubs and Their Uses.
E. Meyer, Minneapolis.
WEDNESDAY FORENOON SESSION.
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.