C!ecretary's (^orqer. 



Fruit for the Winter Meeting. — Are you saving any? We want 

 to make the greatest of all our exhibits at the coming meeting. Bring any- 

 thing and especially seedling apples. 



New Life Members. — During the month of August the following names 

 were added to the life membership roll of this society: Wesley S. Foster, 

 Milaca, Minn., A. T. McKibben, Ramey, Minn. 



Death of the Wife of Amasa Stewart. — The many friends of Amasa 

 Stewart, now for thirty years a life member of this society, will sympathize with 

 him in the death of his wife, which occurred at his home at Lamarque, Texas, 

 on August 29. Mr. Stewart has been a resident of Texas now for twenty 

 years but is still well remembered here by his large circle of friends. We are 

 in hopes he may visit us at the coming annual meeting. 



Fruit at Winnebago City.— A recent letter from 8. D. Richardson, the 

 veteran nurseryman and fruitgrower of Wiunebago City, says, ''There are lots 

 of apples in this county, the Wealthy and Duchess are fine, and many trees 

 that bore heavily last year are doing the same this year. The wet weather has 

 been bad for many varieties; especially on the crabs and hybrids Ihe foilage is 

 bad, and the fruit is scabby and worthless." 



HORTIULTURE AT CORNEIvI. UNIVERSITY AND ElvSEWHERE. — Prof. L. 

 H. Bailey, who for so many years has been professor of horticulture in 

 Cornell University, New York, has been advanced to the position of Dean of 

 the New York College of Agriculture and Directoi of the State Experiment 

 Station. Prof. John Craig takes his place at the head of the horticultural de- 

 partment. A somewhat similar change takes place at the Iowa Agricultural 

 College, where Prof. H. C. Price, for some time horticulturist, leaves to accept 

 a position as Dean of the Ohio College of Agriculture. Prof. A. T. Irwin, who 

 has been Prof. Price's assistant the past year, becomes acting head of that 

 department. 



Our "OIvDEST Member" at the Late Fair. — Mr. Ditus Day, of Farm- 

 ington, Dakota Co., one of the "Veterans of Minnesota Horticulture" and 

 perhaps the oldest member of this society, at least the oldest of the old 

 members, was at the state fair again this year, as he has been for a great many 

 years past, with a full show of fruit from his orchard, including a large collec- 

 tion of apples, a collection of seedling apples, many single plate entries, etc. 

 Mr. Day's age, we believe, is 86 years. He is apparently in good health and 

 enjoyed a week's stay at the fair most heartily, occupying during that period 

 a tent on the grounds and generally alone. We hope and expect to see him 

 there in this capacity yet a good many years. 



