Secretary's /^ori^er. 



Membership of the Horticultural Society.— The present member- 

 ship roll continues to be much in advance of that of last year, there being now 

 enrolled 1663 annual members, besides approximately 120 life members, 

 making almost 1800 members, about 350 more members on the roll than 

 last year at this time. 



A Successful Orchard at Sauk Rapids.— E. W. Mayman, at Sauk 

 Rapids, in a letter under date of Sept. 24lh says, "My apple and plum crop 

 are excellent and of good quality. I am just now picking my Wealthy and 

 will have over 100 bushels. My apple and crab crop will exceed 300 

 bushels and plum crop between 40 and 50 bushels." 



The Seedling Apple Exhibit at St. Louis.— A very full exhibit of 

 seedling apples from the orchard of T. E. Perkins, of Red Wing, is now being 

 made at the World's Fair in connection with the Minnesota Fruit Exhibit. 

 Mr. Wyman ElHot went to St. Louis on Sept. 15th to set up this seedling 

 display. He writes that there are 130 varieties in the collection. There are 

 also a few seedling apples from other parties. The judges have not yet passed 

 upon this collection, but it is quite certain there is nothing like it in Horti- 

 cultural Hall. 



Prof. S. B. Green on the Pacific Coast. — Prof. S. B. Green, horti- 

 culturist of the Minnesota Experiment Station, made quite an extended tour 

 of the Pacific coast this summer, visiting many of the experiment stations and 

 other points of special horticultural interest. We shall have the pleasure of 

 hearing from him at the winter meeting of our society as to his observations 

 during his trip. Our readers will be interested to know that Prof. Green is to 

 spend the first week in October at the World's Fair as one of the judges of 

 apples and pears. 



Who Has a Larger Wealthy than This?— The largest Wealthy that has 

 come to this office is from the orchard of George S. Perry, of Farmington. It 

 measures 11^/ inches around and weighs exactly 10 ounces and as to shape 

 is superb. It is a perfect type of Wealthy except, of course, that it is extra 

 large. Who has a bigger or better Wealthy than this? Should like to hear 

 from the next man. This specimen grew on a tree planted last j^ear. There 

 were several other apples on the tree. 



The Jewell Nursery Windmill at St. Louis.— The windmill which 

 the Jewell Nursery Company erected and maintained in the horticultural de- 

 partment at the late Minnesota state fair has been removed to a central loca- 

 tion in Horticultural Hall at the World's Fair and erected as a part of the 

 Minnesota Fruit Exhibit. For the benefit of our readers who did not 

 see this beautiful structure at the state fair, a brief description is given. The 

 mill is a very good fac-simile of an old fashioned windmill, standing on a 

 base of graduated shelves on which are placed glass jars of fruit of various 

 kinds and plates of fruit. The mill itself is veneered with apples and decor- 

 ated with mountain ash berries. It has four sails which turn about in a 

 natural way through the operation of simple machinery in the interior. The 

 entire structure is about thirty feet high. We hope to publish a photograph 

 of this windmill in the next issue. 



