Secretary's (^orijer. 



A Word From a Veteran — "In spite of young tornadoes I am harvest- 

 ing a quarter crop of apples. My hybrid, the Dartt, as you call it, is pleasing 

 me; trees well loaded, quality fine. Its greatest fault is size — too large as a 

 crab and too small as an apple." E. H. S. DarTT. 



A Successful Fruit Garden. — "We are having a splendid crop of fruit 

 this year. Strawberries have a big crop. The product from one-third acre 

 sold for $165.00. Duchess and early varieties are selling for $1.25 per 

 bushel." There are many other such. 



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The August Number Was Very Late — A series of untoward event 



connected with the mechanical part of the work of publishing our monthly 

 were to blame for the very late issue of the August number. Once in a while 

 "a cog slips" in the best geared machinery. 



A Successful Season. — The Minnetonka Fruit Growers' Association, 

 representing the north shore of Lake Minnetonka, have made sales of fruit this 

 season in excess of $43,000. The crops of its members have been good and 

 prices high. The fruit growers in that region are happy. 



"The Shelter Belt is Necessary'." —These are the concluding words of 

 a recent letter from Seth. H. Kenney, of Morristown, hin wich he describes 

 the devastation in his orchard from wind storms this summer. There are other 

 reasons why a shelter belt on the side of the orchard from which the wind 

 storms come is a good thing. Think about it. Next spring is a good time to 

 plant one. 



Magazine of Arboriculture. — This is the title of a new Magazine de- 

 voted to the general subject of tree culture, to be published by the International 

 Society of Arboriculture.of which General Wm. J. Palmer, of Colorado Springs, 

 Col., is president and John P. Brown, of Connersville, Ind , is secretary. The 

 initial number will be issued September 1st. The subscription price, (including 

 membership in the society) $2.00, may be remitted to the secretary. 



Prof. F. A. Waugh Goes to Mass.— Prof. Saml. T. Maynard, for these 

 many years professor of horticulture at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 

 has severed his connection with that institution, and Prof. F. A. Waugh, of the 

 Vermont Agriculture College, takes the place vacated. Both these names are 

 very familiar to us as advanced thinkers and workers in this field. Prof. May- 

 nard's plans are not announced. We understood that Wm. Stewart, heretofore 

 assistant horticulturist in the Indiana school, takes Prof. Waugh's place in 

 Vermont. 



