Secretary's (®ori^er, 



Competition for the New Prize Seedling Offers. — A good many 

 applications for apple seed in connection with this seedling contest have come 

 in since the last issue of our monthly. A full report of what has been done in 

 this direction will be made at the summer meeting, as well as what is being 

 done in connection in the work of growing apple and plum seedlings at 

 the experiment station to secure improved varieties here. 



WiNTER-KiLUNG OF Raspberries. — Mr. Frank Yahnke, Winona, re- 

 ports the loss by winter-killing of some of his raspberries. As to the probable 

 cause, he says ' 'I think that the injury to the raspberries in this section was 

 caused by the scant snow we had the first part of the winter when the ground 

 froze dry. Some growers who covered their berries say that those covered were 

 more injured than those uncovered. This makes me think that the ground 

 was so dry when it froze that it injured the plants. Probably" the late season 

 had a great deal to do with it." 



Society Folders. — A new edition of five thousand of the society 

 folders, the little pink circular which sets forth the methods and advantages 

 of the society, has just been printed, and there is a good supply now on hand 

 to meet all probable demands. Nurserymen and others who have use for 

 these folders are requested to make application to the secretary for them, and 

 they will be furnished, as usual, free of cost, prepaid. Containing, as the}' do, 

 the fruit list and the tree and shrub list, they are of much practical value to 

 any interested in Minnesota horticulture and should be widely distributed by 

 the members of the society. 



The Loudon not a Good Shipping Berry. — The leaving out by the 

 printer of a little word of three letters, "not," in an article contributed by 

 Henry Haggard, on the "Commercial Raspberry Field," to be found in April, 

 1906, issue, made him say therein something directly contrary to his purpose. 

 "The lyoudon raspberry has not justified the claim made for it as a shipper by 

 the members of this society a few years ago. It is a heavy yielder of good 

 sized fruit, of good flavor and fine for home use, and if it would separate from 

 the stem as soon as the berries color would ship finely, but it will not come 

 off until the berry is overripe and is too soft to ship long distances." This is 

 what Mr. Haggard said about the Loudon. 



Suggestions to Fruit Exhibitors at the State Fair.— The attention 

 of probable exhibitors of fruit at the state fair is called to an article to be 

 found on page 308 of the report of this society for 1905, "Suggestions to Fruit 

 Exhibitors at the Minnesota State Fair," prepared by Sec'y Latham, the 

 result of many years' experience in this department, first as an exhibitor and 

 later as its superintendent. If you are a new exhibitor, by all means study 

 this article with care and make it as far as possible a guide in getting up a 

 fruit exhibit, and even if an old exhibitor some hints may be secured by 

 studying it which may be helpful. 



