360 secretary's corner. 



The Cherry Top-worked on the Plum. — Mr. C. M. Yegge, of Alpina, 

 S. D., who was in the office lately, has had twenty-four years' experience in 

 grafting the tame cherry on the Americana plum with much success. The 

 graft gradualh' outgrows the stock but not to such an extent as to be a souice 

 of weakness. He reports his cherry trees grown in this way as good bearers 

 and hardy. Isn't this an experiment well worth trying on the part of our 

 readers, especially in localities where the cherry has failed to do well when 

 grown in the usual way? 



A New Theory of Blight. — Mr. C. H. Gangelhoff, who owns one of the 

 oldest and best orchards in Long Lake, Minn , has a new thought in regard to 

 the cause of blight, as follows: '-'From my this year's experience with my 

 orchard I now think I know what causes the blight. I am satisfied that it 

 starts from the blossom, because on the Transcendent crab trees that bore 

 heavily last year and on which there were no blossoms this year there is not a 

 particle of blight. The trees that blossomed that adjoin same are badly 

 blighted, and what little fruit there is on them is shrivelled." 



Premiums on Fruit. — The following premiums are to be offered at the 

 coming annual meeting of the society, December 4-8, 1906. 



grapes. 



1st. 2d. 3d. 

 Prem. Prem. Prem. 



Collection l5-oo 4.00 3.00 



APPLES. 



Collection, not to exceed 10 varieties 6.00 4.00 2 90 



Each variet)' of apples mcluded in the 1906 fruit list of 

 the society, or in the 1906 premium list of the Minnesota 



State Fair (kept in cold storage) .50 .25 



Each variety of apples (or crabs) included in the 1906 

 fruit list of this sociey, or the 1906 premium list of the 



Minnweota ■State Fair (not kept in cold storage) 50 .25 



N B. All pecks of apples exhibited to hi at the disposal 

 of the meeting. 



Peck of Wealthy apples 3.00 2.00 



Peck of Patten's Greening 300 2.00 



Peck of Northwestern Greening 3.00 2.00 



Peck of Okabena 3.00 2.00 



SEEDLING APPLES. 

 Exhibitors of seedling apples are requested to bring not less than six 

 specimens of each variety shown and as many more as possible not to exceed 

 twenty. Competition in seedling apples is open also to the western half 

 of Wisconsin, the northern third of Iowa, and all of North Dakota, South 

 Dakota and Manitoba. 



Early Winter Seedling. — The Fruit shown must not have been kept 

 in cold storage. Concise history and description of the tree ard its fruits 

 must accompany each entry. Competition is open to all except on such 

 varieties as are being propagated for sale by some person other than the 

 originator. Premium will be divided pro rata among all entiies commended 

 by the judges according to the comparative merit of each as a comm rf ial 

 fruit. Premium $40.00 



Late Winter Seedlings. — Same conditiors as for early winter seedling 

 except that if found necessary the fruit shown may be retained and final 

 decision reserved till later in the winter. Premium $60 00 



Special premium offers will be made later. 



