BREEDING OF NATIVE NORTHWESTERN FRUITS. 79 



Prof. Hansen: If you carried the process too far there might 

 be that danger, but I think you can do it to a very large extent and 

 still keep it hardy. There might be such a thing as improving our 

 native plums too much, but you would have to carry it a long way 

 before you would impair the hardiness. For practical purposes I do 

 not think there is any danger of breeding too high in our time. Still, 

 we are experimenting, and we will know more about the matter by 

 and by. 



Cfecretary's (^ori^er. 



The Present Annual Membership Roll — for 1901 numbers 447 at 

 the date of writing, Jan. 24th, Shall we make it a thousand this year? It de- 

 pends on you. Have you made an effort yet to help it along ? It should not 

 be difficult with all the inducements offered. Take one evening this month 

 and do for another what some one has already done for you. 



Delegate to Wisconsin Society Reports. — President Pendergast, repre- 

 senting this society at the Wisconsin meeting, has made a report of the doings 

 of that society at Oshkosh on that occasion, but it has not been possible to get 

 into this number. Reports of all the meetings in neighboring states are now 

 in except that from South Dakota. 



Annual Meeting, South Dakota State Horticultural Society, — This 

 meeting was held this year on January 22 to 24 at Sioux Falls. Mr. Dewain 

 Cook represented our society. The program for a three day's session contains 

 a large number of interesting topics on subjects of special value to the prairies 

 of that state. Many of the papers written will probably be published in the 

 "Horticulturist" later. 



A Good Meeting. — Secretary E. W. Randall served up a rich program for 

 the recent meeting of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society, and it was 

 evidently appreciated, for just before adjournment the board of managers were 

 instructed to furnish a stenographic reporter for the next annual gathering and 

 arrange for printing a report of it. That is right. The farmers of the state 

 should have the opportunity to study the wise things that are being said at 

 such meetings as this. 



Horticulture in the Farmers' Institute. — The withdrawal of Mr. A. 

 K Bush from the institute corps to take his seat in the state legislature divides 

 the work of teaching horticulture at the institutes among a number of the 

 other lecturers, who are qualified to speak on this subject as well as interested 

 to do so. Mr. A. W. Trow, who is a life member of this society, is attending 

 to the distribution of our literature at the meetings, and is assisted on the plat- 

 form in our special field by Messrs. Terry, Henry, Greely and others. Even 

 Mr. Gregg himself takes a hand occasionally. 



