C!ecretary's (®ori{er. 



Prof. Green at the Wisconsin Fair. — Prof. Samuel B. Green attended 

 the Wisconsin State Fair the second week in September in the capacity of 

 judge of fruit. He reports a good display of fruit and most hospitable treat- 

 ment. Before returning he visited the commercial peach orchard region on 

 the other side of the lake, in western Michigan. 



Apple Seedling Orchard at Red Wing.— On Sept. 17th Mr. Wyman 

 Elliot visited a very interesting seedling apple orchard on the farm of Mr. T. 

 E. Perkins, located six miles from Red Wing. A large number of varieties 

 from this orchard were exhibited at the late state fair in the Goodhue county 

 exhibit, and their examination at that time led up to this visit. As Mr. Per- 

 kins will give a history of this orchard and exhibit its fruit at the coming 

 annual meeting of this society no detailed description of it will be given here, 

 except to say that these trees are all grown from seed of the Malinda, a late 

 winter variety, crossed with hardy Minnesota varieties. 



Save Seedling Apples for the Coming Annual Meeting.— At this 

 meeting $75.00 will be offered as premiums for seedling apples, to be divid- 

 ed pro rata among all the exhibitors of fruit of merit, $25 for fall apples and 

 $50 for winter apples. For particulars see full premium list published else- 

 where in this "Sec'y Corner. " Come to the meeting if possible and bring 

 the seedlings along, but if you cannot come send by express to the secretary 

 in good season. In this competition no good fruit is barred by the fact that it 

 has already been shown at a previous meeting and taken a premium. We 

 want to see it again in contrast with any other new or old seedling that may 

 be displayed. 



Do You Know of Any Good Seedling Apples? — We are very desirous 

 of getting out a full show of any early or late winter varieties of Minnesota 

 seedling apples of merit at the coming annual meeting. As a member of this 

 society and interested in the rapidly developing pomology of this region, you 

 are also personally interested in this. If there are any such seedling trees 

 anywhere in the state to your knowledge will you not consider it your special 

 privilege to see that fruit from them is sent to that meeting, either by personally 

 seeing the owners or by correspondence; or lacking the necessary opportunity 

 send the address and brief statement of the fact to Sec'y Latham. There are 

 many seedlings in the state without doubt of which little is known, and a 

 determined and united effort on the part of the members of this society should 

 ferrit them out. 



Grapes at the State Fair from the State Experiment Station. 

 — A fine display of some forty varieties of grapes was sent to the state fair 

 just closed by Prof. Green from our State Experiment Station, including the 

 sorts approaching ripeness at that time. There were some very handsome varie- 

 ties in the collection, and it compared well with the competitive displays of 

 specially selected specimens. The B°ta,a hardy Minnesota seedling, was special- 

 ly noticeable with its good sized, compact bunches of brilliant black grapes 



