Cfecretary's (^orijer. 



Exhibit Something at the Summer Meeting.— Look over the premium 

 offers and bring whatever you have that fits into it. We want a very full ex- 

 hibit of the articles listed. 



Bring Your Roses to the Summer Meeting. — It is the purpose to give 

 some time to the consideration of roses at the coming summer meeting, and a 

 large exhibit of named varieties is desired. To encourage a full display liberal 

 premiums are offered on each named variety. See notice of summer meeting 

 in this number. Bring what you have, if only one variety. 



"Lessons in Commercial Fruit Growing." — Under the above title Prof. 

 E. S. Goff, horticulturist at the Wisconsin Agricultural College and state 

 experiment station, has just issued a work gotten up to meet the special needs 

 of his class-room. Its scope exceeds the range of possible commercial fruit 

 culture in that state, being intended evidently to be used in teaching the prin- 

 ciples and practices of the art in a general and comprehensive way, the semi- 

 tropical fruits receiving equally a share of attention. It is intended, as he 

 says, "as a supplement to 'Principles of Plant Culture,' " and the two works 

 together make ,'a excellent compendium of the subject. The student in 

 practical horticulture in our state will find both these books of value to have 

 at hand for reference and study, and especially so as they have been written by 

 one who has had much opportunity to make practical study in a local way of 

 most of the subjecis treated. The volume is a 12 mo., 221 pages, and can be 

 purchased of the University Co-operative Association, Madison, Wis., for $1.00. 



The 1902 Minnesota State Fair Premium List.— This list is now in 

 press, and a copy will be sent very soon to each member of this society for 

 1901. Any who fail to receive it, or any others, can secure it by addressing 

 the secretary, E. W. Randall, Hamline, Minn. The only change of special 

 moment affecting the horticultural department is in offering the premiums on 

 collections of fruit in lump sums, to be divided among all the competitors in 

 proportion to the comparative merit of the various exhibits. The attention of 

 prospective exhibitors is called especially to the general regulations, preceding 

 the list of premiums in this department, and any special restrictions noted 

 with the premium offers. With the gradual development of the department it 

 becomes more and more necessary to enforce with strictness all these rules. 

 Exhibitors are urged to acquaint themselves thoroughiy with them by repeated 

 reading and study. It will be of great aid to them in getting exhibits in proper 

 shape and pay well in returns. 



Notes from the OwaTonna Tree Station. — On the tree station I raised 

 a great many new varieties of apples last season as a result of girdling, many 

 of which are winter varieties of great promise. My seedling M is a good keeper, 

 of good color, size and quality. One apple tastes just like a banana. I would 

 call things by their right names, so I call this Banana. Won't it be nice 

 when we raise fine ripe bananas in Minnesota? I girdled alternate rows the 

 first of last July. This will show results this season and enable us to note the 

 difference between girdled trees and those that are not girdled. There are 

 more than 600 grafted varieties of seedling apples which have originated 

 here and are now mostly in bearing. E. H. S. Dartt. 



