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Meeting of American Pomological Society.— A circular from 

 Secretary G. C. Brackett announces the reg'ular meeting- of this so- 

 ciety in its twenty-fifth session at Columbus, Ohio, September 1, 2 

 and 3. The program contains a list of well known horticulturists 

 from all parts of the country, the extremes of California, Florida and 

 Nova Scotia being represented here. Two of our Minnesota mem- 

 bers, Prof. S. B. Green and J. S. Harris, are talking of attending. 

 Why would'nt Minneapolis be a good place for the next meeting? 



Notice to Owners of New Seedling Fruits.— The owners of 

 seedling fruit trees, of which there are very many scattered through- 

 out the state, are urgently requested to correspond with the seed- 

 ling committee of this society, J. S. Harris, La Crescent, Minn., in 

 regard to them, giving description and history of tree and fruit and 

 to send samples of the fruit to him by mail when mature. A very 

 important part of the work of this society is to get information aa 

 to these new seedling fruits, from which are surely to come the fut- 

 ure orchards of the northwest. 



Texas Fruit Rates.— They have a little difficulty of their own 

 down in Texas as to express rates on fruit for the northern market, 

 as appears from the following extract from the August 7th number 

 of the "Texas Farin and Ranch." 



"The (state railroad) commission allowed the expressmen to re- 

 write the tariff sheet so that the express companies continue to pay 

 large dividends on watered stock and the poor devil who sweats be- 

 hind the hoe or plow and sends truck or fruit to market has the 

 pleasure of knowing that he is contributing to keep these noble and 

 philanthropic corporations out of the poorhouse." 



Stamping out the San Jose Scale Bill.— The late legislature 

 of Illinois made an appropriation to be expended by the state 

 entomologist for investigation, experimentation, report and instruc- 

 tion concerning San Jose scale and the inspection of orchards and 

 nurseries. Prof. Forbes thinks that this will enable his department 

 to clear out all existing, or at least all known, cases of invasion, but 

 in the absence of an appropriation for enforcement of economic 

 measures, the work is left to individual good will." So says the 

 Orange Judd Farmer, which would seem to indicate the failure of 

 the attempt to pass the anti-scale law last winter, and we have no 

 information to the contrary. 



Death of Warren W. Pendergast. — Just as we go to press, the 

 dispatches announce the death of this very promising young man, 

 himself a member of this society and the youngest son of our hon- 

 ored fellow member. Prof. W. W. Pendergast. He had been in a de- 

 cline during the summer, and his death was not unexpected. The 

 deceased was a person of unusual gifts of intellect and disposition 

 and had profited to a remarkable degree in his training. At the age 

 of twent3'-one, as a graduate of the agricultural department of our 

 state university and an expert in that line, he was placed in charge 

 of the work to be developed at the new sub-experiment station at 

 Grand Rapids, which place he was occupying at the time of his 

 decease. We hope in a later issue to make a fuller record of this ex- 



