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Summer Apples at Duluth. — A sample of the Duchess of Oldenburg 

 from the grounds of Mr. R. M. Hunter, at Duluth, sent by Mr. Henry Cleve- 

 land, came by mail on Sept. 22, still in exct- llent condition, A summer apple 

 on the shores of Lake Superior becomes a fall apple, and if fall apples ran be 

 well ripened there, especially late fall apples like the Wealthy, ihey should 

 keep well into the winter. The growing of apples will some time become an 

 important indu.stry in that region, where on account of nearness of a great lake 

 the fall season is so much more exempt from early freezing weather. 



Delegate from Wisconsin to the Annual Meeting. — The executive 

 board of the Wisconsin Horticultural Society has appointed Mr. W. J Moyle, 

 a prominent nurseryman and fruit grower, of Union Grove, Wis., as represen- 

 tative of that S' cietv to our coming annual meeting. We are likely to have 

 other representatives of that society also in ihe persons of Geo J Kellogg 

 and A. J. Phi'ips, who have both been with us at most of our meetings for a 

 number of years — and we would hardly know how to get along without ihem. 

 Other Wisconsin horticulturists are equally welcome, and we hope they will 

 bring with them some valuable apple seedlings and compete with Minnesota 

 growers for the apple seedling prizes, which at our annual meetings are open 

 to the western half of Wisconsin on the same terms as to members from Min- 

 nesota. 



"Farm Wind-Breaks and Shelter-Belts." — The Webb Pub. Co., St. 

 Paul, has lately issued a manual of some seventy pages on a subject of much 

 practical importance to the people of our state, and espt cially to those whose 

 homes are found in the praitie section, entitled "Faim Wind-Breaks and 

 Shelter-Btrlts." Examination shows that practically all the instruction needed 

 for construction and maintenance of successful s-helter belts is grouped to- 

 gether in this brief comj ass, and to those of our readers who need such a pro- 

 tection to a prairie home this manual is commended. To say that ii is pre- 

 pared by Prof. S, B. Green, horticulturist at the state university, is assurance 

 of its practical charater. It is made up in large part of selections from his 

 other writings, arranged together for this pui-pose, and is offered for sale by 

 the publishers in paper binding for 25c 



Cyclopedia of American Horticulture. — A new and enlarged edition, 

 increased from four to six volumes, of this very complete work is just being 

 issued by the publishers, Ddubh day, Page & Co., New York. Some new 

 matter has been added in this issue, though we understand that the increase is 

 largely due to the addition of a great many full page half tone plates, making 

 the work exceedingly rich in illustrations. The first issue of four volumes 

 was sold for $20 This issue of six volumes is offered for a time for $ 2 80, 

 bound in green and gold buckram cloth, or they can be purchased at $3.(X) 

 payable monthly until the full amount of $24.00 is paid, amounting to $4 00 

 per volume. They can be secured through this office or by communicating 

 with the publishers direct. It seems almost needless to say that this cyclopedia 

 is the work of Prof. I,. H. Bailey, who has written so many of the latest and 

 most valuable text books on horticulture that are now very generally con- 

 sulted. When you have this set in yoirr library, j-ou have almost everything 

 needed in the way of horticultural literature, as nearly every topic suggested 

 can be found developed in its proper place alphabeticalh- arranged in one of 

 the six volumes . 



