34 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



NEW PRIZES FOR SEEDLING APPLES. 



A. W. LATHAM, SECRETARY. 



At a special meeting of the executive board of the Minnesota 

 State Horticultural Society, held Dec. i8 last, it was decided to 

 oflFer further prizes to encourage the growing of apple seedlings in 

 the Northwest, competition therefor to be restricted to the same 

 territory as heretofore covered in the offers for seedling apples at 

 the annual meeting of the society, viz. : the western half of Wiscon- 

 sin, the two northern tiers of counties of Iowa, all of Minnesota, 

 South Dakota, North Dakota and Manitoba : the prizes offered con- 

 sisting of five premiums of $ioo each, one to be given in 1912, one 

 in 1913, one in 1914. one in 1915 and one in 1916. They are offered 

 for the best late winter seedling apple, keeping at least until March 

 1st under ordinary cellar conditions, grown by any one within the 

 above described territory, and the trees bearing this fruit must have 

 been grown from seed planted since the makino- of this offer, that is, 

 planted next spring or some succeeding spring. Competition is 

 open to any one within the above limits. 



There are several other important requirements, the first beine 

 that entry for competition for this premium must be made to the 

 secretary of the society within one year after the planting of the 

 seed. 



Second. When the entry is made the competitor must state 

 when and where the seed was planted and the variety of apple from 

 which it was taken and where the apple from which the seed was 

 taken was grown. 



Third. Seedlings grown from seed taken from apples grown 

 outside the limits described above will not be eligible for competi- 

 tion. 



Fourth. A seedling apple having taken one of these prizes 

 cannot be entered again for competition under tbJs offer. 



Fifth. The same person may make anv number of entries 

 and should make a separate one for each planting of- seed from each 

 variety of apple. 



Members of the society may, and should if in any way pos- 

 sible, compete for these prizes, not alone for the satisfaction of 

 securing them but to help forward the very important work of 

 growing new varieties of apples adapted to the Northwest, as in 

 this way only can we reasonably expect to secure the high grade, 

 long keeping, hardy apples that we need. The first prize being 

 six years off, gives time to bring into bearing most seedling trees 

 grown from seed planted next spring, but if they prove tardy in set- 

 ting fruit they must be hastened by grafting scions from them into 



