ecretary 's (^ ori^er. 



Bad BughT.— Seth H. Kenney, in a letter under date of July 24, says, 

 "I think when the damage is full}' known from blight, the year 1905 will 

 prove the most destructive in at least twenty-five years. It is so in my case. 

 I think the younger trees are hardly as bad, but all show up badly." 



Cherries in Minneapoi<is. — Not many cherries are ripened in the city 

 of Minneapolis, and it is worthy of note that on the place of O. F. G. Day, at 

 2319 Lyndale Ave. N., there is a Vladimir cherry tree, now three years 

 planted, that ripened this year a nice crop of two quarts of cherries. 



The Experiment Stations of the Canadian Northwest. — Mr. Wy- 

 man Elliot and the writer visited, in the middle of August, the experiment 

 stations at Indian Head, Assiniboia, and Brandon, Manitoba. It was a delight- 

 ful trip and, we believe, profitable as well. If space permits, something may 

 be said as to these visits in the October number. 



Experience in Pi,ums.— I have been experimenting and cultivating 

 plums about 40 years. In that time I have missed only four crops. Have 

 now about 1,000 trees, of nearly 100 varieties, the principal ones being Sur- 

 prise, Brittlewood, Free Silver, Ocheeda,Rollingstone, Hunt, Gaylord, De Soto 

 Wyant, Stoddard, Hawkeye, Comfort, Wolf, etc," 



O. M. Lord, Minnesota City. 



Yellow Transparent from Southern Minnesota. — A box of 

 /ery beautiful Yellow Transparent Apples came to this office August 16 from 

 C. H. Meyer, Fairmont, Minn. Mr. Meyer reports a large number of varieties 

 in his orchard, and we may expect from this to see an exhibit from his place 

 at our meetings soon. 



Extra Early Plums. — R. E. Hynson, of Mankato, sent to this office on 

 August 16 a package of ripe, red plums of meiium size and fair quality, the 

 earliest, as he reports, in that part of the state. The tree is found to be per- 

 fectly hardy and a prolific bearer. The secretary would be interested to hear 

 at what earlier date than this plums have ripened anywhere in the state and 

 the name of the variety. 



Not Interested in the Treatment of Diseases of Plants.— Here is 

 fooid for thought: "I will say for myself that I am not interested much, if 

 any, in the methods of treatment of plants for disease. I believe I can best 

 fight plant disease by increasing plant vitality. I am trying to learn under 

 what conditions plant energy can be augmented. The plant is competent to 

 treat itself for aisease under renewed conditions of vitality." 



Plums in South Dakota.— Prof. N. E. Hansen, horticulturist at the 

 South Dakota State Experiment Station, has recently, in May, 1905, issued a 

 bulletin entitled "Plums in South Dakota," It constitutes quite a full treatise 

 on the subject of plums and plum culture, and while designed especially for 

 South Dakota is equally valuable to our own state. The bulletin contains 

 eighty-eight pages and is well illustrated with photographic reproductions of 

 a large number of varieties of plums, mainly Americana, and other plates of 

 equal value. It speaks of the classification of plums and gives descriptions of 

 the varieties generally planted in the Northwest, as well as of many newer and 

 less known sorts. In sending for this bulletin address Prof. N. E. Hansen, 

 Brookings, S. D. and ask him for bulletin No. 93. 



