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REPORT FROM Andrew Wilfert's Orchard.— a letter received from 

 Mr. Andrew Wilfert, Cleveland, Minn., under date of February 8th says, 

 "Have faith and you can remove mountains ! Faith and my invigorator pro- 

 tects my trees. Forty below zero does not injure them. Last Friday the 

 vpeather turned quite vearm, so I went around and examined my trees and 

 didn't find any discoloration of wood of last summer's growth. So I have no 

 reason to be alarmed." 



McLeod County Horticui^Iurai, Society.— Capt. A. H. Reed, of Glen- 

 coe, one of the vice-presidents of this society, is bending his energies to the 

 organization of a local horticultural society at Glencoe, his home town. His 

 example may well be followed in other localities and without doubt success- 

 fully as far as members can be found who are willing to devote some time and 

 industry to this work. A local society, however, to be of special use should 

 hold regular meetings, and discuss questions pertaining to local horticultural 

 problems. 



Minnesota Horticulture at the St. Louis Exposition. — The plans 

 of the structure to be used at the St. Louis Exposition upon which to display 

 Minnesota fruit have been completed and accepted by the management. They 

 are shown in this number of the magazine in connection with the report on the 

 fruit exhibit read at the late winter meeting. The contract has been let for 

 this structure, and if present plans are carried out it will be shipped to St. Louis, 

 together with the canned fruits that have been prepared to use with the exhi- 

 bit, about the fifteenth of March, weather peimitting. 



Annual Meeting of the Southern Minnesota Society. — The 

 Southern Minnesota Horticultural Society has decided to hold an annual 

 meeting at Albert Lea on Feb. 25, and an interesting program for the one 

 day session has been issued. There has been a change in the secretaryship in 

 that society, Mr. L. P. H. Highby, of Albert Lea, having been appointed 

 to succeed Mr. Jonathan Freeman, resigned. Mr. Freeman has held this office 

 for a number of years and shown great zeal and loyalty in connection with 

 the duties of the office. 



How TO Secure New Members.— A very zealous member of our society, 

 living at Madelia, has sent in, since the beginning of the year, something over 

 fifty new members, and in a letter he speaks of the method used in securing 

 them. The attention of our readers is called to this letter, which is printed 

 elsewhere in this number. The field is an open one, and there is nothing to 

 prevent other members from using these or similar methods to accomplish 

 similar results. Our membership ought to be in the thousands instead of 

 where it now is, although we are the largest society in the country. Dear 

 fellow members, what have you been doing this year to help increase this roll? 



SiAS and His Big Sioux.— Our friend, A. W. Sias, of Harbor View, 

 Fla., who still persists in signing himself "Sam Bucus," has just sent the 

 secretary, by mail, one of his Big Sioux grape fruits, measuring 191/^ inches 

 in circumference, big enough for a small pumpkin. It is evidently a variety 

 of fruit that keeps well, as he says he picked his Big Sioux nearly three 

 month's ago and they are yet sound and good. He writes that he will try to 

 call at our stall at the St. Louis Exposition about thirty-eight years from the 

 day that the Minnesota Fruit Grower's Association opened up, which will be 

 Oct. 4th, 1904, if we are not mistaken. The secretary will be glad to be cor- 

 rected if this date is given wrong. 



