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 and flowers. Send for a copy to Sec. E. W. Randall, Hamline, Minn., if you 

 have not already received one, and see what you can bring to this great show to 

 help dedicate the new Agricultural and Horticultural Hall. 



Information Wanted p'rom You. — A blank circular has- been or soon 

 will be sent out to each Minnesota member of this society asking for certain- 

 information from each one. It will take only a few minutes to write in the 

 answers to the questions asked in this circular, and a prompt and generous 

 response will be greatly appreciated by the officers of the society. A general 

 reply will add much to the effectiveness of the work of the society. 



Why? — "Why does the Minnesota society exclude from their lists of hardy 

 and safe trees for Minnesota such trees as the Florence crab and Greenwood 

 crab ? At my place they take the lead of all the crabs in earliness to fruit and 

 are strong, healthy growers, hardy and will stand most anything except the 

 chopper's ax. Second: Why are they not propagated more? Third: There 

 are others also as good — the Arctic and Tonka, Isham and Moulton. The 

 Power crab is hardy but sunscalds more than those named." O. J. Hagen, 

 Red River Valley. 



A Word to the Wise. — "Warn your readers to let the high priced Winter 

 Banana apple tree alone; grafts all killed out last winter, Ditus Day and 

 Phoenix No. 50, from Dartt, wintered finely. I am working the Lounsend, a 

 new blue Wisconsin plum; it has proved very hardy at Baraboo. 



"I received some strong evidence of my top-working theorj' from Minnesota 

 the other day. An apple grower informs me that a Wealthy tree grafted on a 

 Transcendent stock twenty-five years ago bore five barrels of apples last year. 

 I put in 1,000 grafts this spring in Virginia and Hibernal." — A. J. Philips, West 

 Salem, Wis., May 4, 1901. 



The Wori^d's Fair Diplomas and Medai^s. — Nearly eight years ago 

 certain diplomas and medals were awarded to Minnesota by the Columbian 

 Exposition for fruits displayed there under the auspices of this society. To- 

 day, as the result of much correspondence, they have at last come to light from 

 the vaults of the State Historical Society, still in the original packages, ani 

 have been transferred to this society as the proper custodian. They are four 

 in number and are for the following articles: 



1. Collection of Grapes. 



2. Small Fruits, 



3. Pomaceous and Stone Fruits. 



4. Refrigerator. 



They will be on exhibition in this office hereafter. 



New Quarters for Horticui,ture at the State Fair. — A new build- 

 ing is now under contract, to be completed in time for use at the next state 

 fair, intended to furnish ample space to accommodate the two closely related 

 interests of agriculture and horticulture. Its size is approximately 240 feet 

 long and 165 feet wide. The horticultural department will occupy the north 

 end, and as the building faces west, with that end a short distance south of the 

 Farmer's Institute building, the new location will not be far removed from the 

 old. We shall need at this time probably a space about 80 feet wide by 165 

 feet long, the full width of the building. This will give us a little more space 

 for the floral display as well as a little more space for the fruit tables than we 

 have been using. To fill this space creditably we shall need the assistance of 



