120 Apples from A.7'kansas. 



Meeting of the Minnesota Horticultural Society. 



ED. Western Horticulturist: — The annual meeting of the Minnesota State 

 Horticultural Society, was held in St. Paul, January 14th to 17th, and the fol- 

 lowing named gentlemen were elected oiBcers for the ensuing year, viz. : 



Preside7it — Truman M. Smith, St. Paul. 



Vice-Presidents — Levi Nutting, Faribault; E. H. S. Dart, Owatonna ; T. Rams- 

 dale, Ramsey county. Secretary — John S. Harris, La Crescent. Treasurer — Wy- 

 man Elliot, Minneapolis. 



Written reports were received from nearly every county in the State, showing that 

 our people are awake and deeply interested in the advancement of horticulture. 

 These reports show very encouraging results from the last three or four years' experi- 

 ence. After the reception of the reports, a list of apples was unanimously adopted 

 for general cultivation, comprising the following varieties : 



Tetofsky, Duchess of Oldenburg, Fameuse, Haas, Plumb's Cider, and Ben Davis. 

 Also, a second list, for general trial : 



Red Astrachan, St. Lawrence, Saxton, Price's Sweet, Tallman Sweet, Golden 

 Russet, and Little Red Romanite. 



Pears, grapes, strawberries, and other small fruits, also received due attention. 

 Some time was spent in discussing the merits of various flowering, ornamental plants 

 and shrubs, and a list adopted and recommended for general cultivation. Ever- 

 greens were quite freely discussed. The Norway Spruce, Austrian Pine, Scotch Pine, 

 Balsam Fir, Arbor Vita;, Black and White Spruce, and Red Cedar, were voted hardy 

 in all sections of the State, and recommended for general planting. A great many 

 good things were said and done, and all returned home pleased with what had been 

 done in the past, and with renewed hope for the future progress of horticulture in 

 our State. John S. Harris, Secretary. 



Apples from Arkansas. 



R. N. B. PEARCE, Osage Mills, Ark., sends to Colman''s Rural World several 



specimens of apples named, upon which he remarks : 

 "The Schoolfield, Royal Red and Thurman were brought to Benton county by my 

 wife's grandfather, John Spring, many years ago, from Sequache valley, in east Ten- 

 nessee. The Schoolfield and Thurman were so named by him, having procured the 

 grafts from orchards owned by Schoolfield and Thurman. The Royal Red he named. 

 The Kentucky Red was taken by Col. Anderson from Kentucky to Alabama, and 

 from Alabama he brought them to Benton county some thirty odd years ago, and he 

 named them Kentucky Red^ and as such they are known throughout Arkansas and 

 Texas. The most popular we have and so well known by the name given it by Col. 

 Anderson that it will be hard to correct it, if it should prove to bo, as you suppose, 

 the Rome Beauty. Some call it New York Pippin. You will confer a favor by let- 

 ting us hear from you through the Rural on these fine apples." 



Reply. — We took your apples to the Missouri State Horticultural Society, at its 

 annual meeting, at JelFerson City. The variety you call the Kentucky Red we know 

 to be the Ben Davis, but the other varieties we could not identify. No one at the 

 meeting could identify the Royal Red or the Schoolfield. Several pronounced the 

 Thurman to be the Ben Davis also. It resembles it muc'i in many respects, but we 

 think it is not. 



