C!ecretary's (^orijer. 



Bring Your Friend to the Annual Meeting. — This is a practical way of 

 doing service. You enjoy and profit by the meeting; so will he. 



The Iowa State Horticultural Society. — This association convenes in 

 annual session at Des Moines, Dec. 9, 10, 11. Prof. Samuel B. Green will be 

 there as the delegate of our society. 



A Profitable Seedling Tree. — The original tree of Lyman's Prolific crab 

 is reported by Mr. Lyman to have borne this year a crop of eight barrels, which 

 brought in the market a little over forty dollars. 



Bring Your Fruit to The Annual Meeting, — and especially any new 

 seedling fruit of promise. If you know of any such seedlings anywhete in the 

 slate, make it your business to see that they are shown at this meeting. The 

 hope and promise of the Minnesota orchardist lies in our native seedlings. 



Program of our Annual Meeting. — This program, already mailed to every 

 member, is also printed in this issue for permanent preservation. There must 

 be much of interest in it to every grower of fruit, especially in the Northwest, 

 and so full a consideration of the subject should invite a laige attendance 

 Are you coming? 



The North Eastern Iowa Meeting. — The North Eastern Iowa Society 

 meets Dec. 16, 17 and 18 at Nora Springs, la. Mr. O. W. Moore, of Spring 

 Valley, has consented to represent this society on that occasion. In return, 

 Mr. G. H. Purdy, of Mason City, la., will represent that society at our annual 

 gathering. 



What is Apple Blight? — In an article in the last number of the Wisconsin 

 Horticulturist, Prof. F. Cranefield, of the Wisconsin State Experiment Station, 

 says that blight is a "contagious bacterial disease" and the "only remedy at 

 present known is to remove and destroy by burning the affected twigs." This 

 is the whole theory and practice in a nutshell. 



In Memory of Mr. Gideon. — " Perhaps you remember that I proposed 

 to plant a Eucalyptus tree 'below frost line' in memory of Peter M. Gideon. 

 I meant it but thus far have not found such a place. Have arranged to go to 

 Cuba about the last of this month and will try to get a hearing with President 

 Palma and permit to plant my tree on the Capitol Grounds." 



Harbor View, Fla., Oct. 8, 1902. A. W. Sias. 



A Colorado Apple Box.— Some apples are coming into the Minnesota 

 market from Colorado, neatly packed in boxes which are said to hold a bushel. 

 As a matter of fact the interior dimensions of the box, 18 in. x 11 ^ in. x 

 11^2 in., figure up to a little over a bushel. It contains 2380 cubic inches, 

 and as a Winchester bushel is only 2150.42 cubic inches, it is over large by 

 229.58 cubic inches, a very liberal allowance, it would seem. Such a package 

 should hold a full bushel by weight and ought to find favor with both grower 

 and consumer. 



A Word from Alaska — Our long time fellow member, A. H Brackett. 

 writes from Skaguay, Alaska, "How I would like to be at your December meet- 

 ing", and we can easily believe this, he has always been so zealous for the so- 



