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Honor Roll for February. — The following members have sent in new 



memberships to the society since Jan. 27th and prior to Feby. 25th.: 



Li. B. Arnold, Duluth 1 John Nelson, Kerkhoven 1 



J. E. Stryker, St. Paul 1 B. J. Fobes, Minneapolis 1 



John Bisbee, Madelia 2S T. A. Hoverstad, Dennison 1 



F. B. Millard, Willow River 1 J. H. Swanson, St. James 2 



P. F. Tassie, Minneapolis 1 F. M. Crosby, Hastings 1 



R. A. 'Schutz, Farmers' Institute. . .107 r. d. "Wilson, Winnipeg 2 



Leonard Fritze, Claremont 1 Anton Karels, Waconia 1 



E. J. Dickman, West St. Paul 2 Geo. H. Brown, Detroit 1 



R. A. Van Nest, Windom 1 E. J. Lovold, Minneapolis 1 



B. Bonde, Cottonwood 6 S. Sorenson, Buena Vista 1 



Leroy Cady, St. Anthony Park 1 Even Erickson, Fountain 1 



P. Setzer, Blooming Prairie 1 J. A. Keith, Bayfield, Wis 1 



J. I. Nicol, Sask 3 V. A. Neil. Minneapo'is 1 



W. S. Higbie, Washburn 1 Geo. W. Strand, Taylors Falls 1 



B. B. St. John, Fairmount 1 H. P. Torgerson, Astoria, S. D 3 



S. R. Mighton, Winnipeg 1 J. E. Scherer, Canby 1 



A. Brackett, Farmers' Institute 67 W. F. Warren, Woodstock 1 



I. C. Lindley, Amboy 1 W. J. Graham, Walhalla. N. D 1 



H. M. Rendahl, Cottonwood 3 Jewell Nursery Co., Lake City 1 



The Gould Crab as a Hardy Stock. — Mr. Seth H. Kenney, of Waterville, 

 Minn., writes that he is making preparations to continue his experiments 

 with this crab as a stock upon which to graft half hardy varieties, and fruit 

 growers of the northwest are all interested to know what is being done fur- 

 ther in this matter. Mr. Kenney notes three experiments of which he speaks : 

 First, grafting on the Gould crab some twenty-six years ago a variety from 

 Utah, the original tree killing out the first winter, the graft coming into 

 bearing and continuing a success. The second experiment of grafting on this 

 stock was thirteen years ago with Thompson's Seedling, which was also a 

 success. The third is one which he has spoken of before, grafting onto the 

 Gould crab the Missing Link, a variety of which he had a good many trees, 

 but too tender to survive a winter of ordinary severity. Top-worked on the 

 crab, however, it is proving a success and apparently entirely hardy. We 

 shall watch the results of further experiments along this line with interest. 



About the Fruit Breeding Farm Bill. — The bill providing for the 

 purchase of a tract of land for a fruit breeding farm and its maintenance, ex- 

 actly as -it appears on page sixty-three of the February Horticulturist, was 

 introduced early in the session in both houses of the Minnesota Legislature. 

 At the time of this writing the bill in the senate has passed the committee on 

 agriculture, being unanimously recommended by that committee for passage, 

 and in the house it was similarly unanimously recommended for passage by 

 the university committee — and in the case of both houses, we understand, is 

 now in the hands of the two appropriation committees. As far as we have 

 heard nothing unfavorable to the bill has developed, and there seems to be a 

 general willingness on the part of the members of the legislature to make it a 

 law. It has yet, however, to run the gauntlet of the sub-appropriation com- 

 mittee, where it must be considered with a large number of other measures, 

 all together calling probably for several times the amount of money available. 

 Members of the society who have not already communicated with the mem- 

 bers of the legislature from their districts are urgently requested to do so 

 promptly upon reading this item. The legislators like to know what their 

 constituents want? and if this measure is one of the things that you want do 

 not fail to let it be known. This is a very important duty and should not be 

 overlooked. Please note again a letter sent you by the secretary under date 

 of Feb. 8th, hearing on this subject. 



