Secretary's (^ori^er. 



Dei^egates to South Dakota and Wisconsin Societies.— Mr. T. E. 

 Gashman, of Owatonna, is to represent this society at the annual meeting of 

 the Wisconsin horticulturists. Their meeting takes place in Madison, Wis., 

 early in February. Mr. D. M. Mitchell, also of Owatonna, is to represent our 

 society at the meeting of the South Dakota society on January 19, 20 and 21. 

 This meeting is to be held at Madison, S. D. 



Delegates to Iowa Societies.— To the Northeastern Iowa Society 

 which met in Decorah, Dec. 16, 17 and 18, went Mr. L. P. H. Higby, of Albert 

 Lea, as our representative. Mr. F. H. Nutter, of Minneapolis was our dele- 

 gate to the Iowa State Horticultural Society, which was held Dec. 8, 9 and 10. 

 Reports of both of these delegates came into the hands of the secretary 

 promptly and have been set up by the printers for this number but are likely 

 to be crowded out by the press of other matter. 



Have You Renewed Your Membership for 1904 ?— Some who receive 

 this number of the magazine may not have as yet renewed membership for the 

 current year. If you are one of the number, wi'l you please give this prompt 

 attention or write the secretary and state at what time it will be convenient for 

 you to do so. We desire to continue every member of the previous year upon 

 the roll but not against his wishes. The only way the secretary may know 

 this is for you to write him about it. Kindly give this immediate attention. 



A Valuable Sand Cherry Hybrid.— Erik Anderson of Lake Park, 

 Minn., speaks of the Pennock hybrid, a hybrid between Moore's Arctic and the 

 Rocky Mountain sand cherry, as the most valuable of the prunus family on 

 his place, and he has seventy-five varieties of plums, besides four varieties of 

 cherries and four of sand cherry and its hybrids. Of all of his plums he men- 

 tions the best to be Surprise, New Ulm, Beauty, Brittlewood, Quaker and 

 Cheney. With him the Wyant and Desota are very productive and reliable. 



Apple Seedlings Growing and in Bearing in the Northwest.— 

 One hundred eighteen varieties of apple seedlings were shown at the late 

 winter meeting of the society, but we are fully impressed with the belief that 

 there are still others in the state that we ought to know about. Will our 

 readers in the interest of orchard development of the northwest kindly write 

 the secretary as to any such trees in their neighborhood, giving the name of 

 the owner and such brief description of tree as may be at their disposal. The 

 receipt of such information will be promptly acknowledged. 



A Red River Valley Horticultural Society.— Mr. T. A. Hoverstad, 

 of Crookston, writes, under date of Nov. 21, of the organization of a horticult- 

 ural society in his section of the state, to be called the Red River Valley Horti- 

 cultural Society. Rev. O. A. Th. Solem is president, and Mr. Hoverstad is 

 the secretary. There are quite a good many members of the state horti- 

 cultural Society in the neighborhood of Crookston, where Mr. Hoverstad re- 

 sides, Mr. Solem's location being at Halstad, a few miles south of Crookston. 

 Fruit growing is prospering beyond all expectation in that section of the 

 valley. 



