Secretary's (^ori^er 



Return the Supplement. — Important information is asked for in the 

 circular sent out as a supplement with this number, and it is hoped no mem- 

 ber will fail in promptness in returning it fully filled out to the secretary. 



Membership Roll. — Since the statement as to our membership roll made 

 in the August issue, sixteen names have been added to the ann;ial roll, mak- 

 ing it 2229. One name, A. Durbahn, of Sleepy Eye, has been added to the 

 life roll, bringing the total membership to 2429 for the cnrrent year. 



A Visit to the Wisconsin Experiment Orchard Stations.- Upon In- 

 vitation from the secretary of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, 

 Mr. Frederic Cranefield, we sent a representative of our society with the 

 committee from the Wisconsin society upon its regular annual tour of inspec- 

 tion of the various experiment orchards operated by that society. Mr. Leroy 

 Cady, Prof. Green's first assistant in the horticultural department of the 

 State University, was our representative. The tour of inspection occupied 

 the week beginning Aug. 5th. A full report of the work lieing carried on at 

 these stations and results so far achieved may be expected from Mr. Cady at 

 the next annual meeting of the society. 



Annual Flower Show of the Minnesota Rose Society. — This enter- 

 prizing organization held its annual exhibit of flowers in the mayor's recep 

 tion room in the Minneapolis court house on July 13th. The writer was un- 

 able to be present on account of absence from the state but noted the press 

 reports as to the success of the occasion, which a later communication from 

 the secretary confirms. A large number of premiums were awarded^ approxi- 

 mating $200, divided amongst the following successful exhibitors: Mrs. C. J. 

 Miner, Mrs. Dungan, Mrs. H. B. Tillotson, Mrs. A. T. Moot, Mrs. Alice John- 

 son, E. A. Farmer, E. L. Anderson, Rose Hill Nursery, Ralph Johnson, Jack 

 Tillotson, of Minneapolis; Mrs. Wm. Lorenz, Eureka; Mrs. F. H. Gibbs, Alice 

 Gibbs, of St. Anthony Park; Mrs. T. L. Wann, White Bear; Mrs. D. W. C. 

 Ruff, St. Paul: B. T. Hoyt, Mr. C. Bunnell, of Merriam Park; F. F. Farrar, 

 White Bear. 



The Apple Outlook. — Mr. C. E. Bassett, secretary of the Michigan 

 Horticultural Society, has taken a great deal of pains to gather together in- 

 formation as to the orchard conditions in the country generally and especially, 

 of -course, in his own state. His summary of the apple crop is that not over 

 half of the average crop is probable in Michigan. New York he reports to 

 have a good crop of apples. The big apple shortage in Europe will make 

 great inroads into it. The apple crops of Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska 

 are almost complete failures. Arkansas has a fairly good croi). A few good 

 orchards in Michigan have been contracted from S2.50 to $3.fi() per barrel for 

 fruit picked and placed on the packing tables. Prof. Greene, of Iowa, sum- 

 marizes the apple crop of that state^at 50^. Minnesota fortunately, as far as 

 reports indicate, is ripening this year an unusually large crop of apples. At 

 probable prices there should be a good remuneration for apple growing in our 

 state this year. 



