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400 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
RETURN OF PRor. S. B. GREEN FROM EvUROPE.—After an absence of four 
months in Europe, Prof. and Mrs. Green were at home again September 6th, 
and the genial Professor put in an appearance at the Horticultural Building, in 
the State Fair, the same day. We were heartily glad to see him at home well, 
and glad also that we are to profit with others in the results of his trip. We 
shall receive of the gleanings from this excursion through these columns as 
well as elsewhere. 
WHat SOME SAY OF US AT THE STATE FArR.—‘‘The management has en- © 
couraged the horticultural department, and the result is that that has become 
~ the pride of the state. It is an unusual surprise and delight to all who see it; 
it really shows the wonderful development of fruit growing in Minnesota, 
where our pioneers imagined little could be done with fruit. Thanks to the 
efforts of Mr. Underwood, Elliott, Latham and other leaders of the State Hor- 
ticultural Society, that department is beyond criticism and merits only unlim- 
ited praise.’’—-orthwestern Agriculturist. 
‘‘Again the horticulturists of Minnesota did themselves great credit, and , 
added immensely to the fame of the state as a producer of fruit, by making an 
exhibit that excited the surprise and admiration of the thousands of visitors 
who constantly thronged the large and artistically decorated hall that is wholly 
devoted to their use.’’—/arm, Stock and Home. 
FIFTY NURSERIES IN MINNESOTA.—There is in the hands of the secretary 
a list of fifty so-called nurseries purporting to be growing and selling nursery 
stock in this state, and this list is thought not tocontain the name of any one 
who is a dealer only, though it may. It was hoped that this list might be veri- 
fied so as to warrant its publication, but the evident unwillingness of many on 
it to send in the facts necessary to substantiate a right to a place there is still 
making it inadvisable to send it out. Undoubtedly most of the member are 
doing a ‘“‘straight’’ nursery business, but an uncertainty as to some and desire 
to do no one an injustice is still withholding the list from the public, and 
likely to continue to do so. Any member can have access to the list in this 
othce, however. 
NOTES FROM CROOKSTON AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.—“‘I have 
no apples to send to the fair, nor is it likely I shall have any for some time. I 
have started a few trees each year, so this spring I had forty trees which had 
lived three and four years. I lost one Malinda last winter; all the others are 
all right apparently. There are some that began to dwindle away toward the 
close of the drought; some are going to survive. Patten’s Greening, which 
has promised so well in former years, is losing ground. Hibernal and Charla- 
moff seem to be the most encouraging now. I have about fifty seedlings of 
the Pyrus baccata, which are growing very nicely. I am beginning to plant 
seed from the more hardy varieties. 
“T have planted a great many plum trees, both native and cultivated. Most 
of the trees grow well but have not come into bearing yet. I had a small crop 
of currants and strawberries this year. This is the first time the small fruit has 
been bearing. The forest trees formerly planted are beginning to make a re- 
spectable showing. I begin to get some comfort out of the planting, and hope 
in the future to have some results of value to publish.’’ 
T. A. HoverRstap, Crookston, Minn, 
