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fruit were gathered last year, and it kept well till the middle of April, being 

 used daily after February 1st for pies and sauce up to that time. Prof. Goflf 

 pronounces it good enough to propagate, so Mr. Philips says, and he is going 

 to grow it and put it on the market to fill a long felt want as a real winter 

 crab. His name for this new candidate is sufficiently unique, being called 

 Shook Winter Crab, because the fruit kept so well notwithstanding he "shook" 

 the fruit down instead of hand-picking it. 



AnenT the "Missing Link" Apple. — An official high in the Illinois 

 State Horticultural Society writes as follows in regard to this new variety of 

 apple, which is at present being somewhat exploited in the northwest, (this in 

 answer to an inquiry): "The only endorsement of the apple that I know of is 

 that at the annual meetings a premium is offered for the 'best plate of new 

 apples, good enough to be recommended.' The apple has been entered and 

 received this premium two or three times, one time, I know, without any 

 competition, and once the other competitors were ruled out because their 

 varieties were not considered new. As you have the reports, you can find the 

 report of the committees under the head of 'premium awards.' One party, 

 writing from the vicinity near where it is claimed the variety originated, calls 

 it a fraud. I do not know enough about it to express an opinion and have not 

 found any prominent horticulturist who does know much about it. I can 

 frankly say that I do not like the method taken to push it, and it is very evi- 

 dent that there is a great effort to 'work' the Illinois Horticultural Society in 

 connection with it." 



Store Fruit for the State Fair and the Annual Meeting.— 

 Arrangements same as for a number of years past have been made with the 

 Produce Refrigerating Co., 410 1st Street North, Minneapolis, to receive and 

 care for fruit stored there for either of the occasions referred to above. Any 

 varieties of apples, plums, peaches or pears that you are willing to exhibit and 

 that will not keep till then under ordinary cellar conditions, can be sent to 

 this address for storage, where it will be kept in a temperature of 32 to 35 

 above zero, which will retain it in good condition a long time. Fruit should 

 be picked, carefully wrapped and sent by express prepaid as fast as it ripens, 

 and in this way the exhibitor will be able to make a full show of whatever 

 varieties are growing on the place regardless of when they mature. It is this 

 process which is enabling us to make such fine shows of fruit at both the state 

 fair and the regular winter meeting of the society. No charge will be made to 

 the person storing the fruit for keeping it, and it will be delivered at the places 

 of exhibition at the proper time also without expense. Any contemplating 

 exhibiting fruit should send to Secretary Latham and get shipping tags speci- 

 ally printed for this purpose. Send early and store everything you are able to. 

 We want these exhibitions to be the "top notch." 



