C!ecretary's {^ori^er. 



'The Duchess APPLE-crop here is of no value for shipment Heretofore 

 it has not paid to put Duchess in cold storage because I have paid so much for 

 ice ($4.00 per ton). I am now putting up my own ice and hope by improv- 

 ing my cold storage plant to do a paying business." — E. H. S. Dartt. 



U. S. NuRSERV Stock Gets into Manitoba.— "The Canadian government 

 has just pas.sed an order in council making it possible to get in nursery stock 

 from the States. The stock must pass the customs between March 15th and 

 May loth and has to be fusmigated before it can b^ distributed." — H. N. T. 



All Reports ark Sent Prepaid. — Most of the reports sent out from this 

 ofli:e to members of the society go by express and are in all CASES PRE-. 

 PAID. If the express company in any case collects express charges on these 

 reports at the time of delivering, take a receipt and send it to the secretary, 

 and the money will be refunded. 



Origin of the "MoulTon" Apple — 'T desire to make a correction about 

 the Moulton apple. In looking over an old order book of the late Peter M. 

 Gideon, 1 saw in the list of apple orders sent out one variety under the name of 

 Moulton and supposed it was one of his seedlings. Recently, in talking with 

 his oldest son, Ansel, I learned that this variety was procured from the old 

 Moulton nursery in north-east Minneapolis and is nothing more or less than 

 the White Transparent, a Russian variety."— Wyman Elliot. 



A Prosperous Society. — The Massachusetts Horticultural Society offer 

 this year in prizes: plants, $2,000; flowers, $2,500; fruits, $1,700; vegetables, 

 $1,200; gardens, $500; native plants, $175. These very liberal premiums 

 emphasize a plethoric treasury. This society was organized seventy-one years 

 ago. Fifteen years later it built its first hall, moving twenty-one years later 

 into larger quarters. The holdings of this society have increased to a very 

 large sum, making it probably the wealthiest organization of its kind in the 

 country. 



Insects Injurious to Cultivated Plants.— The annual report of Prof. 

 Otto Lugger, State Entomologist, just received, is of special value to the fruit 

 growers of the state as it contains a very full list of the bugs infesting fruit 

 trees, plants, etc., giving accurate descriptions, accompanied by plenty of 

 illustrations and suggestions as to methods of repression or extinction. If 

 the reader is interested in this important subject, a copy of the report can be 

 had without expense by addressing the author at St, Anthony Park. The book 

 contains 259 pages and is well indexed for convenient reference. 



The Forestry Association Seeks an Appropriation. — A bill has been 

 introduced into the legislature, which, if it becomes a law, will place in the 

 hands of the Minnesota State Forestry Association $1,500 a year to be used in 

 the furtherance of the valuable educational work they are doing. We hope it 

 will pass, and if you are equally interested in its success you can aid very much 

 by writing to the representatives from your district in regard to it. The 

 association has had no appropriation the last two years but has still succeeded 

 in doing considerable work. 



