120 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A Horticultural Class Bulletin. — Prof. Samuel B. Green, horticultur- 

 ist at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, is the author of Class 

 Bulletin No. 12, just issued for the use of his classes in greenhouse laboratory 

 work, which contains much material of special value to all practical horticul- 

 turists. Some of the subjects treated with illustrations are, pollination of 

 plants, growing plants from cuttings, grafting, budding, seed testing, packing 

 trees, etc., for shipment, pruning and winter protection. A copy can be had 

 postpaid by addressing the author at St. Anthony Park, enclosing 10 cents. 



Origin of Stewart's Seedling Currant. — In a recent letter from Amasa 

 Stewart, the originator of the above variety of currant, now living at Lamarque, 

 Tex., he speaks of its origin as follows: 



"I planted the seed of a White Grape currant, in LeSueur county, in 1858, 

 that was grown by the side of the Cherry, White Dutch and Red Dutch cur- 

 rants, that produced the Stewart's seedling. 



"You can see the marks of the White Grape on it and also notice the 

 resemblance between it and the Cherry currant." 



Frost Proof Strawberries. —Reporting on a series of experiments con- 

 ducted to ascertain the comparative frost resisting properties of different 

 varieties of strawberries, the Montana experiment says: "In the varieties 

 which were most damaged by frost the seeds were most exposed to the surface; 

 in the varieties that suffered least the seeds were least exposed; and the grada- 

 tions of seed exposure and consequent injury were plainly marked. 



"Nine varieties of strawberries experimented with, the Bissel, Crescent, Gen- 

 eral Putnam, Princeton Chief, Parker Earle, Robinson, Stevens, Shuster Gem 

 and Warfield, all of which have the seeds deeply embedded in the pulp, escap- 

 ed injury altogether. Varieties with short fruit stalks and long leaf stalks, it 

 is also noted incidentally, are less liable to injury from late spring frosts, from 

 the fact that their flowers are to some extent protected by the foliage." 



Have You Planted the Compass Cherry? — Although the title applied 

 to this fruit is evidently a misnomer, as it is not really a cherry but rather a 

 hybrid, being a cross between the common wild sand cherry and the Miner 

 plum, it is in reality a very desirable kind of fruit as well as a highly orna- 

 mental tree in leaf, bloom and manner of growth. A single tree upon the 

 lawn makes a beautiful sight, and a group of them should look charming. It 

 is so well thought of also as a market fruit that some are putting them out by 

 the hundreds, and no - fruit garden may be considered complete without it. 

 We note that a number of nurserymen now advertise it in their lists, and as it 

 has been generally planted for a number of years now and propagates very 

 readily, it ought to be easy to find it on sale in any desirable quantity. Don't 

 fail to include one or more trees of this fruit in your spring planting. 



