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kind, and this means handling as eggs are handled. In fact if they could be 

 packed in cases with partitions as eggs are, and each apple wrapped, the condi- 

 tions would be ideal. Try a few boxes next year for practice. 



Interesting News from State Forestry Board.— The Minnesota 

 State forestry board yesterday received reports from the auditors of Becker, 

 Cook, Otter Tail and Pine counties, showing that 2,990 acresof land had been 

 forfeited to the state for non-payment of taxes, and that the land is better 

 adapted to forestry than to general agricultural purposes. 



Many counties have sent in no reports, and several of the reports received 

 do not give the desired information. Land that accrues to the state for delin- 

 quent taxes, after the county commissioners have certified that it is unfit for 

 agricultural purposes, is placed under the care of the forestry board. 



As many of the county commissioners through the northern part of Minne- 

 sota, where the larger part of such land is located, are known to be favorable 

 to the forestry movement, the members of the forestry board expect a large 

 amount of land will be placed under its care this winter. Until a decision has 

 been made by the county commissioners, the forestry board has no control 

 over such lands. 



S. M. Owen was chosen president of the board to succeed Judson N. Cross, 

 of Minneapolis, who died last August. Memorial resolutions were passed on 

 the death of President Cross, who was the originator of the forestry board. 

 — Minneapolis Journal. 



A Manitoba Fruit Dispi^ay. — " A highly interesting and suggestive ex- 

 hibit of Manitoba-grown fruit was made a short time ago in the windows of one 

 of the large Winnipeg dry goods houses by the Western Horticultural Society, 

 of which Mr. Bartlett, of Winnipeg, is secretary. 



" The principal contributor of large fruits was A. P. Stevenson, of Nelson, 

 who showed twenty-two varieties of standard apples, several hybrids, and half 

 a dozen crabs, among the varieties of standards being specimens of the Wealthy 

 and Patten's Greening, both of which are American seedlings, and the following 

 Russian varieties: Hibernal, Anisette, Blushed Calville, Repka Kislaga, Rus- 

 sian Gravenstein, White Rubits, Silken Leaf, Ostrokoff, Cinnamon Pine, Little 

 Hat, Sacharrine, Red Cheek, and a number of others. In crabs, he showed 

 Transcendent, Hyslop, Virginia, General Grant, Philip's 1000, Whitney and 

 Minnesota. The Archbishop of Rupert's Land also showed several nice speci- 

 mens of apples and three varieties of crabs, which were grown at St. John's, 

 Winnipeg. From Portage la Prairie quite a number of standard apples and 

 crabs were exhibited, [Messrs. Lyall showing a very good sample of Duchess 

 apple and Transcendent crab; Cadham, Duchess apple and Hyslop and Trans- 

 cendent crabs; Alton, Evans, Garnier. Rowe, Logan, Canniff, each with good 

 specimens of crabs. W. G. Fonseca, Chas. Wellband and John Green, of Win- 

 nipeg, showed Transcendent crabs. Thomas Franklin, Stonewall, exhibited a 

 great variety of crabs and seedling plums and several apples. In crabs he 

 showed Hyslop, Orange, Tonka, Martha, Virginia, Sweet Russett, Briar's 

 Sweet, and a number of others. This fruit was grown on trees which had the 

 protection of shelter belts or trees."— Farmer's Advocate, Oct. 5, 1901. 



The death of L. H. Wilcox, of Hastings, late in October, is announced. At 

 this writing fuller particulars are not at hand. 



Mr. Wilcox was for a number of years an earnest worker in the society, 

 being a member of the executive board for five years consecutively, from 1889 

 to 1893 inclusive. 



