So MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Have You Given Away Your 1902 Horticulturists? 



Give Away your last year magazines and get a new member for the society! 



Wisconsin Society, Annual Meeting— is to be held at Madison, Wis., 

 February 2-5, Mr. Frank I. Harris, of La Crescent, is to be our representative. 



Has All the Premium Books? — One of our zealous workers in sending 

 the name of a new member writes: "Could you let me have Prof. Goff's "Prin- 

 ciples of Plant Culture?" I have all of Prof. Green's books." How many 

 members can say as much? — and yet every one should be able to. But the 

 writer is not through working for us on that account, as he says further: "Of 

 course I shall try to get a new member whenever I can " This is the spirit 

 that is giving our society such strength and efficiency. "Go thou and do like- 

 wise." 



Edson Gaylord's Fruit List. — A recent letter from Edson Gaylord 

 recommends for general planting the Duchess, Wealthy, Plumb's Cider, Red 

 Charlamoff, N. W. Greening and Malinda, with Fall Orange and Utter's Red 

 foi; home use, for northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. The reader will 

 notice that some of the old favorites, not on our society lists any more, are 

 still being planted, in specially favored situations, it is to be presumed. The 

 Fall Orange was one of Mr. Peflfer's seedlings if we remember rightly, and is 

 of very choice quality, of the Grimes Golden character. — Oliver Gibbs. 



Forestry, A Correctio n— Gen. C. C. Andrews writes: "I wish to cor 

 rect an error in the report printed in the last number of the Horticulturist of 

 proceedings of the meeting of the Forestry Association. I am there incor- 

 rectly reported as recommending, in my remarks, the discontinuance of boun- 

 ties for tree planting on the prairies. What I said was: 'the state has for twenty-* 

 six years been paying $20,000 a year for bounties for tree planting on the 

 prairies, and with good results, and now it would seem but just that the stale 

 should appropriate a similar amount to begin the work of re-foresting cut over 

 non-agricultural lands in the forest regions.' " 



The Secrets of the Commercial Cannery. -This office is in receipt 

 of a book published by Hemlo-Meriam Co., Auburn, Cal., entitled, "Fruit 

 Grower's Manual." Its title hardly indicates the contents of the volume, as it 

 purports to contain very full directions for starting and operating canneries, 

 and recipes for the canning of all kinds of eatables, including fruits, vegetables, 

 fish, meats, etc. As to the value of these directions the writer is unable to 

 judge with accuracy from want ot experience. While written for the special 

 use of the canning factories, the recipes are undoubtedly of almost equal use for 

 home purposes. It is a small paper bound book of about 80 pages, very con- 

 densed and coveting an extensive field. Those interested in this subject might 

 do well to correspond with the publishers. 



