SECRETARY S CORNER. 439 



by the fruit now in storage it seems likely to be so. With the co-operation of 

 the members it can easily be brought about. Members attending the meeting 

 are urgently requested to make all the entries possible in every class. In 

 some cases the premiums have been slightly increased over last year, and a 

 number of special premiums are being offered as additional inducements. To 

 make the best exhibit we have ever made, however, is sufficient inducement 

 to the members to bring about the best results. 



Seedling Apples at the Winter Meeting. — As last year, an even 

 $100 00 is offered for premiums on seedling apples at the coming annual 

 meeting of this society, to be divided pro rata amongst the exhibitors of seed- 

 lings possessing commercial value. Entries in this class may be made from 

 western Wisconsin, northern Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Mani- 

 toba. We hope for a full display of the seedlings of the northwest. The seedling 

 apple exhibit last year was the most interesting part of the splendid fruit dis- 

 play made at the meeting. No exhibitor within these limits is barred, and the 

 fact that seedlings have been shown and taken premiums previously will not 

 interfere with their being exhibited and taking premiums again this year. 

 Bring out all of the good seedling apples. 



Program of Annual Meeting. — The program of the annual meeting 

 of this society, to be held in Minneapolis December sixth to ninth, four days, 

 is now practically complete and will go to the printer Nov. 1st, to be ready 

 for mailing to the members Nov. 15th. The sessions will be held in the 

 Unitarian Church, where we were so splendidly accommodated last year. The 

 acoustic properties of the audience room are almost perfect, and there is no 

 difficulty in hearing members in any part of the hall. As the fruit room is on 

 the floor below there is no confusion or noise from this source to interfere with 

 the interest of the meetings. Look over the program and see what you are 

 specially interested in and plan to be there in attendance that particular ses- 

 sion or, better still, come Thursday morning and stay till Friday night — and 

 above all things don't miss the society banquet, to be held Thursday evening. 

 Everything points to the fact that this will be the most popular and successful 

 gathering the Minnesota society has ever held. Hotel Vendome will be as 

 heretofore the headquarters of the members. A room can be engaged before- 

 hand for the mesting if desired. 



Red Cedar as a Cause of Rust on Wealthy Apples. — In a letter 

 from Prof. Wheeler of South Dakota, he states that he recently visited 

 an orchard in that state and found the Wealthy trees verj' badly affected by 

 rust, although other varieties appeared to be quite healthy. He also states 

 that there are a large number of junipers (red cedar) on that place, and he 

 thinks they are probably responsible for harboring the disease, as they are 

 thickly covered with cedar apples, and many of them are dying as the result 

 of this disease. This is interesting from the fact that the Wealthy is never 

 seriously injured by leaf rust in this section, nor are any of our apples seriously 

 injured in this way except in special locations. 



It should be more generally known that the fungus that causes the rust 

 on apples passes one stage of its life on the red cedar, where it produces 

 swellings which in the late spring or early summer push out long, gelatinou.=, 

 scarlet horns, often two inches long, and these are very conspicuous in such 

 trees. In some parts of the country the only way of getting rid of rust has 



