Secretary's ^ori^er. 



Fruit and the Fair. — You are surely g'oing to the state fair this 

 year and will bring- a basket of specimens to help out the largest 

 fruit show ever made in this state. 



No September Calendar. — A press of business in the harvest 

 season has broug^ht out the stiggestiou froin Mr. Harris, the writer 

 of our Calendars, that our readers boil down the September Calen- 

 dars of the last two years and make good use of the result. This 

 valuable part of our magazine will be missed by ruany, but they 

 may look for it again in October. 



The Printing Trouble.— Other horticultural societies besides 

 our own are having trouble on account of the enactment of new 

 printing laws. In Nebraska the report has been held back on ac- 

 count of litigation connected with the public printing,and in Califor- 

 nia the governor vetoed the printing bill, and they don't know where 

 they are. We know how they feel. 



San Jose Scale Certificates.— The eastern nurseries are begin- 

 ning to send out to their customers certificates of inspection made 

 by inspectors appointed from the state experiment stations, certify- 

 ing to the absence of this pernicious insect in their nurseries. The 

 one appearing in this ofBcebears no date and would be a convenient 

 thing to use indefinitely. To make these of value they should be 

 backed by suitable legislation. 



Store Fruit for our Annual Meeting.— Our members should 

 not forget to send fruit to cold storage for display at the winter 

 meeting. Anything will keep, apples, plums, grapes, peaches, etc, 

 in the splendid storage provided — from 36° to 40° — if sent in before 

 over-ripe. No expense attends this, and the fruit will be delivered at 

 the hall of meeting without any trouble on the part of the exhibitor. 

 Send in your share of the tribute. Tags for this purpose can be had 

 of the secretary. 



Pearce and his Peaches.— On or about August 17th, we helped 

 Mr. Pearce gather his peach crop, and they are now "on ice" await- 

 ing exhibition at the state fair. They were not many in number but 

 very choice in appearance and delicious in aroma — we hope to taste 

 them later. The tree from which they were gathered is one out of 

 fifty varieties he has tried, and he is propagating it to some extent 

 for future planting. Mr. Pearce is well known as one of our pion- 

 eers in this and other "departures" in fruit growing in the northwest 

 that are promising. 



