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COI.D Storage for Exhibition Fruits. — Arrangements, similar to those 

 of late years, have been made for storing early ripening fruit for exhibition at 

 the state fair, and later ripening for the winter meeting of this society, with 

 A. Booth &Co., No. 205 North 5th St., Minneapolis. Fruit for the state fair will 

 be placed in a temperature of about 40° Fahrenheit, which it is believed is suit- 

 able for keeping so short a time. Fruits for the winter meeting will go into a 

 colder room, about 35°. As heretofore, exhibitors are urged to forward ex- 

 hibition fruits to this storage as fast as they ripen, sending by express prepaid. 

 All fruit so stored for the state fair will be delivered at Horticultural Hall there 

 free of charge for storage or transportation there on Friday afternoon preced- 

 ing the opening of the fair, in ample time for the exhibitors to arrange their 

 displays. No expecting exhibitor should hesitate to avail himself of these 

 facilities, which will decrease very much the inconvenience and expense of get- 

 ting fruit to the fair, and increase correspondingly the probabilities of get ting 

 early ripening fruits on the table in good condition. Each specimen sent 

 should be wrapt separately in paper, and all those of the same kind placed in a 

 sack by themselves suitably labeled. Do as much of the sorting and arranging 

 for the various entries as possible at home, which will decrease the labor to be 

 done on the ground. Every package sent to this storage should have attached 

 one of the printed labels prepared for this purpose. Send at once to the Secre- 

 tary Latham for a supply. Under no circumstances put fruit for the state fair 

 and winter meeting in the same package. Fruit for the winter meeting will be 

 held till that time and delivered at the place of meeting on the day before its 

 opening, also without expense to the. exhibitor. 



"Forestry in Minnesota" Revised — The revision of this popular 

 work, by Prof. Samuel B. Green, horticulturist of the state experiment station, 

 which was referred to some time ago in the Secretary's Corner, is now an ac- 

 complished fact, and the book is ready for distribution. As with the first edi- 

 tion, its use is especially intended for the forestry department of the Minnesota 

 University. The changes and enlargements which have been made are such 

 as are intended to add to its value especially in this direction. The first edition 

 is in use as a text book in a large number of agricultural colleges and other 

 schools of the country, and the new issue will have undoubtedly a still larger 

 demand. It is a book of 400 pages, very handsomely gotten up and fully illu- 

 strated, a book that would sell easily, considering the size and style of printing, 

 for $1.50, but as it has "been printed by the State University it is offered for the 

 cost of publication. It can be had upon application to the author, Prof. S. B. 

 Green, addressing him at St. Anthony Park, Minn., and enclosing thirty-seven 

 cents. This edition covers all the ground reached by the first one, but much 

 improvement will be found in the classification and in a considerable extension 

 of the first part of the book, which is devoted to elementary forestry. This 

 takes up the subject of forest tree culture, both in the forests and on the prai- 

 ries, including forest regeneration, propagation of forest trees, forest protection, 

 mensuration, wood and its uses, forest economics, and includes, in fact, a very 

 full treatment of all the problems relating to this subject. There follows this 

 a description of the native Minnesota trees, and then a list of the forest trees 

 of the United States, with a very convenient glossary and a full index. The 

 book will be found exceedingly useful to amateurs, as well as to those who are 

 taking up the subject in a technical way. This edition of ten thousand copies 

 will be soon exhausted. Every member of the society should make application 

 at an early date to be sure of securing a copy. 



