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single individual to have accomplished so much real, lasting bene- 

 fit to the present and future generation of the Northwest as Mr. 

 Hodges. He was the John A. Warder of this portion of the Union. 

 He was the most practical arboriculturist in the country, and the 

 loss sustained by his death cannot be readily filled. He was a 

 native of Ontario county, N. Y. His father was a surgeon in the 

 United States army, and his mother, Sarah Dunham Bacon, was a 

 sister of the celebrated divine. Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon. Mr. 

 Hodges come to Minnesota in 1852, and has been honored with a 

 seat in the State Senate, and occupied other high trusts of a public 

 character with great credit. The Pioneer Press truly remarks 

 that he has proved that trees can be made to grow, if properly 

 planted, where nature has failed to provide them, and that their 

 ■effects upon health and climate is a matter worthy of close and 

 ■careful consideration. Mr. Hodges' contributions to the literature 

 of aboriculture were of great value, and speeches upon the subject 

 were practical and convincing. He was a terse writer and a vigor- 

 ous speaker. His " Manual Upon Tree Planting " is one of the 

 best works upon the subject that has ever been written. His 

 •death was caused from a complication of diseases, having their 

 origin in an enfeebled condition of the digestive organs. He was 

 sixty years of age. A great and good man has gone to rest." — Col» 

 John H. Stevens^ in the Farmers^ Union. 



THE WEALTHY APPLE 



P. Barry, of Rochester, N. Y., the veteran pomologist, secretary 

 of the native fruit committee of the American Pomological Society, 

 in a report of new and rare fruits for 1882, speaks of the Wealthy 

 ■apple as follows: 



" The report on apples is necessarily very brief. Unfavorable 

 weather at the blossoming season proved disastrous to the apple 

 •crop in this vicinity, and we were unable to see or test the newer 

 kinds. In December we had the pleasure of examining some fine 

 specimens of the Wealthy apple, which Mr. Peter M. Gideon, the 



