Secretary's (®orper. 



Premiums at the State Fair. — The list of premiums printed herein 

 awarded at the state fair is as it came to me from the office there, with some 

 corrections that I was able to make over the telephone. It will be seen that 

 it is incomplete in that there are a few names of exhibitors left out; otherwise 

 I believe, it will be found correct. Some of the exhibitors will evidently 

 receive more premium money than appears on this list on account of the 

 omissions. ^ 



Have You Returned the Supplement? This refers to the supplement 

 sent out with the August number containing a list of questions which we 

 desire to have answered by the members for the sake of collating the infor- 

 mation needed that these would supply. Many have already returned this 

 supplement, but some have not, and especially some from whom the secretary 

 is particularly desirous of hearing. Please take this matter up at once. It 

 will only be a few moments' work for you, and in the aggregate these supple- 

 ments will be of great value to the work of the society- This means you ! 



Japan Walnuts in Minn. — Two years ago I bought a few seedlings, six 

 each, of varieties catalogued as "Sieboldii" and ''Max Cordiformis', which I 

 planted in my garden here at Northfield, Minn. They have thus far appeared 

 perfectly hardy, having stood the last two winters without injury and made 

 very good growth. I have given them no other protection than two or three 

 thicknesses of newspaper wrapped and tied around the stem. Nils Flaten. 



Program for the Annual Meeting. — This program is now in prepara- 

 tion, and suggestions from any of the members as to what they would like to 

 have incorporated therein are in demand. This does not carry with it the 

 promise that all suggestions can be carried out. The space and time allotted 

 for various topics would of course make this impossible, but an effort will be 

 made to get out of it in a general way what the membership wish and desire 

 to secure. The Woman's Auxiliary, Forestry Association, the Rose Society, 

 Plant Breeders' Auxiliary, the nurserymen, and other interests wfll all be 

 duly recognized in what we expect to be the most interesting and practical 

 program ever offered at our annual meeting. 



Entries of Fruit for Winter Exhibit. — The prospective exhibitors at 

 the annual meeting will accomodate the secretary exceedingly, and make it 

 possible to be more accurate in results, by sending at an early date full 

 entries of all the varieties of fruit that they expect to exhibit at the meeting. 

 This is more important than it seems to be. There are so many entries and 

 - so many varieties shown at our meeting, that a lack of trained clerical as- 

 sistance to do the work necessary connected with making the entries and 

 assigning the awards causes delay and an overpressure of work at a time 

 when other things should have fuller attention. Please make all entries 

 early. 



An -Extensive Seedling Orchard. — Mr. John Bisbee, of Madelia, is 

 operating an experiment orchard of his own op a very large-scale. Besides a 

 large number of varieties reasonably hardy in Minnesota, he has top-worked 



