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have since been replaced. Nebraska has also escaped many destructive 

 hail storms. 



It is also a matter for gratification that the hand of death has been 

 laid less heavily on the members of the craft in the state. Still, it is my 

 painful duty to record the passing away of Mrs. E. E. Arnold of Omaha, 

 a beloved lady who took an active interest in floriculture; also Mr. A. De- 

 Lanney, one of the pioneer florists of South Omaha, who died very sud- 

 denly this summer. 



The interest shown in the S. A. F. is growing stronger each day. We 

 hope to make this convention the largest so far in attendance and mem- 

 bership, and we will all welcome the S. A. F. and its friends to Nebraska 

 whenever they can come. 



WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE. 



(By G. A. Marshall, delegate to Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 

 summer meeting, held at Bayfield, Wisconsin, August 21-22, 1912). 



By consulting the map, you will see that Bayfield is located on a 

 peninsula extending north out into Lake Superior. This locality is pecu- 

 liarly adapted to fruit growing for the folloT,ring reasons: 



Fir.st: The deep ^\aters of the lake on the west, north and east 

 temper the winter blasts and we find the mercury does not register 

 nearly so cold as it does way south of there, yet it being north, causes 

 the winter to be steady and cold enough so the fruit buds remain en- 

 tirely dormant until quite late in the spring and by the time blossoms 

 are opened, summer seems to be on. Then, to add to this protection, 

 these same lake waters temper the climate and almost eliminate the 

 danger of freezing at blossom time. Here, we find fruit trees coming 

 into bearing very young, some varieties of cherry fruiting heavily the 

 second or third year after planting and apples showing a good will even 

 before the tree is large enough to hold up a peck of apples. 



This locality is extremely fine for all kinds of small fruits, blackber- 

 ries, rospberries, strawberries, currants, etc., and all mature to perfeo- 

 tion and produce good, profitable yields. The season is too short, how- 

 ever, to mature the late keeping apples such as Winesap, Black Twig 

 Janet, etc. The varieties which do best there seem to be the Russians 

 and others of the summer and autumn apples generally of a light color 

 and somewhat light weight varieties. Duchess, Yellow Transparent. 

 Wealthy, etc., thrive to perfection. 



Sturgeon Bay is another protected place. Here fruit growing is 

 much further advanced than at Bayfield, and is found very satisfactory 

 and profitable in general. Wisconsin as a state however, has a varied 

 climate and requires a great deal of study and experimenting and cour- 

 age to bring fruit growing to its own over the state generally, yet they, 

 like wo here in Nebraska, have an army of optimists and through this 

 horticultural society and other channels, are slowly but surely working 



