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The $1,000 Seedi^ing Apple. — We are reminded by seeing in "Our 

 Horticultural Visitor," printed at Kinmundy, 111., an advertisement of the 

 offer of $1,000 made by this society for a seedling apple, that there is still an 

 opportunity for competition for this much desired fruit. All the varieties that 

 have been entered where scions have been furnished are growing in the ex- 

 perimental orchard at the state experiment station, under the charge of Prof. 

 Green, and a record of them is being kept. Any seedling fruit of good quality 

 and keeping well it might be well to enter for this premium. The variety 

 would be at least be tested in connection with others at the station and the com- 

 parative value of each ascertained. 



Some New Life Members. — The latest addition to the roll of life mem- 

 bers of this society is the name of Prof. R. S. Mackintosh, lately removed from 

 the Minnesota Experiment Station to fill the chair of horticulture in the 

 Alabama State Experiment Station and Agricultural College. Mr. Mackin- 

 tosh's present address is Auburn, Alabama. Other names that have been 

 added to this roll the current society j^ear are: 



"William Tanner, Cannon Falls; Henry Dunsmore, Olivia; LeRoy Cady, 

 St. Anthony Park; R. L. Daniels, Red Wing; W. H. Hart, Owatonna; Thos. 

 E. Cashman, Owatonna; Preston McCulley, Maple Plain; M. M. Williams, 

 Little Falls; Wm. A. Peterson, 164 LaSalleSt., Chicago, 111; F. F. Fletcher, 

 409 Bank of Commerce, Minneapolis; Otto Schell, New Ulm; Geo. A. Baker, 

 Janesville; M. R. Cashman, Owatonna. 



A Pointer in Cold Storage of Apples. — The writer stored a number 

 of barrels of Wealthy apples last winter that kept very well indeed. One 

 barrel was taken out as late as in April and was still in fine condition. The fruit 

 was beautifully colored before harvesting. This lot of apples all came from 

 trees grown in the sod. Another lot stored in the same room under the same 

 conditions came out in very poor shape and badly rotted. They were not 

 nearly as well colored as the first lot and were grown in an orchard that had 

 been cultivated throughout the season. This does not mean that the writer 

 favors sod rather than cultivation in an orchard, as he very much prefers the 

 reverse, but it is a pointer in the matter of preservation of apples in cold 

 storage that subsequent experiments may show to be of more or less value. 

 We should like to hear from otheis who have had experience along this line. 



An Apple Seedling Record. — Would a record of the valuable seedling 

 apples growing in the northwest, the record kept as one of the books of the 

 secretary's office, be of practical value? Such a record if kept should contain 

 the name of the grower, the age of the tree, the description of the fruit, etc., 

 and a number given to the variety by which it might be known hereafter. 

 There are a great many seedlings now in Minnesota, and in the near future 

 there will be very many more, that are of some value and occasionally one of 

 very much value. There is no method now in use for keeping track of these 

 seedlings as a whole. They are shown at the state fair and at our winter meeting 

 in part, and something of a record appears there about them. If thought best 

 such a record might be opened at this office for the registration of all seedling 

 apples that show value. Suggestions along this line are solicited by the secre- 

 tary. 



Fruit Exhibit from Minnesota at St. Louis ExposiTioi>r. — The State 

 Commission have decided that a first class fruit exhibit shall be made from 

 this state at the exposition to be held at St. Louis next year, and Secretary 

 Latham has been placed in cbaige of it. The exhibit will consitl mainly of 



