Secretary's (^ori^er. 



Dei<egate from the Northeastern Iowa Horticultural Society. — 

 Mr. C. H. True, secretary of the Northeastern Iowa Horticultural Society is 

 to be with us at our coming annual meeting as representative of that society. 



American Breeder's Association. — The announcement of the annual 

 program of this national association is out. The meeting will be held at 

 Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 15. h to 18 h, '07. Will the Plant Breeders' Auxiliary 

 of the Minnesota Society be represented at that gathering? 



A National Congress of Horticulture. — A circular is out from H. 

 C. Irish, Sec'y. of the National Council of Horticulture, suggesting the calling 

 of a National Congress of Horticulture, to convene at Jamestown, Va., some- 

 time during the autumn of 1907. A national exposition being held at James- 

 town at that time makes it a convenient place for such a gathering. Further 

 particulars about this proposed gathering will be given as they may develop. 



Royal Exhibition. — The Massachusetts Horticultural Society isofferin 

 $100 in prizes for exhibits of fruits and vegetables, to be held in the exhibition 

 rooms of the society, Oct. 10 and 11; and as special prizes on November 2-4, 

 during the chrysanthemum show, for best decorated table laid for six covers, 

 1st, $75.00; 2d, $50 00; 3d, $35.00, and suitable medals. We do not expect any 

 of our members to compete for these prizes, but rather to note what sister 

 organizations are doing. 



The South Dakota Fruit Crop. — "The fruit crop was immense here 

 this season. There were plenty of strawberries, currants, gooseberries, apples 

 and plums to supply home market. Grapes did nicely, but only a few have 

 tbem. Of course we have to ship in our stocks of winter apples, but I am 

 confident that this will not always be so. I have a young orchard of 400 

 native plums. 5 years old, from which I sold $125.00 worth of the choicest 

 fruit I ever saw. The Col. Price orchard here marketed about 250 bushels 

 each of Duchess and Wealthy apples. M. J. DeWolf, Letcher, S. D. 



Spraying FOR the San Jose Scale.— A bulletin just issued from the 

 agricultural experiment station at Morgantown, W. Va., Bulletin 107, gives in 

 detail the results of the spraying done with various compounds for the pur- 

 pose of exterminating the San Jose scale. The conclusion resulting from 

 these experimtrnts, summed up especially on the last page of the bulletin, will, 

 prove interesting reading to many who would like to know more about what 

 is being done towards getting rid of this pest that has not yet, as far as we 

 know, secured a fooihold in Minnesota. 



Vote for An Act to Amend -the constitution of the State of Minnesota 

 providing that "Any person may sell or peddle any products of the farm or 

 garden occupied and cultivated by himself without obtaining a license there- 

 for " The words in quotation marks above are the exact reading of the pro- 

 posed amendment, which, if passed, will be Section IS, Article 1, of the consti- 

 tution. The horticultural society at its last annual meeting adopted unani- 

 mously resolutions endorsing this amendment. Members of the society who 

 are voters should take note of the above on election day and help to secure 

 the passage of this important amendment. 



