C^jecretary's ^orijer. 



Apple SEED for Distribution.— Prof. Green has a quantity of apple 

 seed, saved from different varieties of apples which ripened at the Experiment 

 Station last summer, and will send it out to applicants for a small charge, a 

 package of one ounce for ten cents, intended to cover the expense. Address, 

 Prof. Samuel B. Green, St. Anthony Park, Minn. 



Plenty of Winter Apples.— "We are going to have plenty of winter 

 apples as soon as they can be propagated and put on Ihe market. We expect 

 to have plenty of apples to use every winter without having recourse to cold 

 storage when our apple trees bear. The day for saying that we cannot raise 

 winter apples in Minnesota is past, for there are lots of winter apples raised all 

 over the country, and some of them are pretty good eating." S. D. Richardson. 

 Reports of Meetings in This Number. — The report of the annual 

 meeting of the Northeastern Iowa Horticultural Society, by the delegate, 

 Jonathan Freeman, is to be found in this number; also reports of the recent 

 meetings of the Minnesota Bee-Keepers and the State Agricultural Society. 

 Please note them. A report of the Wisconsin Society's meeting, to be held 

 Feb. 3-6, will appear in the March number, by our delegate, Wyman Elliot, 

 and of the So. Dakota meeting by L. R. Moyer. 



Grow Native Grape Seedlings. — "Why not our grape hybridizers who 

 really want to give the cold North something truly ironclad in the way of 

 hardy roots and tops for our coming choice new cultivated grapes, work from 

 our best wild western native grapes? I do not remember seeing a native grape 

 injured in the top or root by the hard winter of 1899-1900, which killed 

 nearly all vines of our cultivated sorts. Let everybody help grow choice new 

 ironclad native grape seedlings." F. K. Phoenix. 



The Wealthy a "Survival of the Fittest." — A Colorado exchange 

 has the following, which will be of interest to growers of this fruit: 



"The worst insect of all is the codlin moth, against which the apple growers 

 must wage continual warfare. A novelty in apples, however, is to be found far 

 up the valley about Salida and Buena Vista. At an altitude of six and seven 

 thousand feet wormless apples of two varieties can be grown — the Wealthy and 

 the Yellow Transparent. The spring frosts are so severe as to kill the insects, 

 yet these two hardy varieties of apples can withstand the frosts." 



Resolutions on Death of J. S. Harris. — The following resolutions 

 were unanimously adopted at the late annual meeting of the Northeastern 

 Iowa Horticultural Society: 



"Resolved that this society joins with its sister societies of Minnesota in 

 mourning for the death of that earnest worker, valued citizen and true man, 

 Mr. J. S. Harris, late of La Crescent, Minn., and with them we extend our 

 heartfelt sympathy to his immediate friends and family for this, their and our 

 great loss." 



A Horticultural Club at Constance, Minn. — A club has lately been 

 organized among the farmers living about Constance, Minn., entitled "Farm 

 ers' Horticultural and General Improvement Club." The name sufficiently 

 indicates the purpose of the organization. The active membership at pres- 

 ent stands at ten, and the society has allied itself with the state organiz- 

 ation. The president is John P. Ness; secretary, Fred Johnson. There ought 

 to be a hundred such organizations in our state. They would be found ex- 

 ceedingly helpful and a source of much social enjoyment as well. Ad- 

 dress the secretary for suggestions for the formation of such organizations 

 if you are interested in forming one in your neighborhood. 



