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of the fair. Other judges in the fruit department were Messrs. 

 W. L. Parker and J. A. Howard, on apples: Mr. A. Brackett 

 on grapes; and of course Mr. Wyman Elliot judged the plums. 



The Minnesota Rose Society, Mrs. F. H. Gibbs, St. Anthony 

 Park, Secretary, maintained a very handsome exhibit of flowers 

 on a large table between the west door and the center pavilion. 

 This display attracted much attention, and we understand that 

 the efforts of the Rose Society resulted in a considerable ac- 

 cession to their list of members. 



The writer noted the presence of a few visitors from 

 abroad, amongst whom were Mr. C. W. Gardner, of Osage, Iowa, 

 late president of the Iowa State Horticultural Society ; Prof. 

 C. B. W'aldron, president of the North Dakota State Horticul- 

 tural Societv; Mr. H. L. Patmore, an old member of the so- 

 ciety from Brandon, Manitoba ; and, last but not least, Mr. Ditus 

 Day, the oldest member of our society, in his ninetieth year, 

 who spent the whole week at the fair, living in a tent and en- 

 joying every minute of his stay here. Mr. Day's home at pres- 

 ent is with a son at Aurora, Iowa. He expressed his purpose 

 to be at the next state fair if nothing interfered to prevent. 



Only three florists showed plants at the fair this year. The 

 Minneapolis Floral Co., E. Nagel and Son and John Vasatka, 

 all of Minneapolis, but their displays furnished all the floral 

 decoration needed, and through their courtesy we were able 

 to decorate our fruit tables and maintain this valuable feature of 

 the horticultural department at its best. 



FRUITS, ETC. AT S.D. EXP. STATION AND ELSEWHERE. 



PROF. SAMUEL B. GREEN, ST. ANTHONY PARK. 



On August 31st I visited the state experiment station at 

 Brookings, South Dakota, and found much there of interest in 

 the horticultural division. Prof. Hansen was absent in Europe, 

 but the director of the station, assisted by Mr. Haraldson, ex- 

 tended to us every attention. I found here many interesting 

 plants, and the work seems to be going on in a comprehensive 

 and sensible way. Reports from this station have been given 

 to our society by Prof. Hansen from time to time, but some of 

 the points that especially interested me were as follows: 



A cross between the purple-leafed plum, (P. pissardi) with 

 the sand cherry. Seedlings from this were strongly of the 



