THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 25. NOVEMBER, 1897. NO. 11. 



E. J. CUTTS, 



HOWARD LAKE, MINN. 



Died September 22, 1897, Aged 53 Years. 



The sudden death of Mr. E. J. Cutts, of Howard Lake, on the 22d of 

 September last, deserves more than a passing notice. In the three- 

 fold capacity of lecturer for the horticultural branch of the state in- 

 stitute and editor of the horticultural departments of the North- 

 western Agriculturist and Farmers' Institute Annual, he became 

 closelj^ identified with the horticultural interests of the state. He 

 was beginning to assume a position for which he was enainenlly 

 fitted, a position in which he could impart to others the practical 

 information that he had acquired through years of persevering 

 work. A brief sketch of his life will be of tiruely interest to our 

 readers. 



Mr. E. J. Cutts was born in Kennebec county, Maine, on the 17th 

 of August, 1844. His father, William Cutts, was a sea captain, and a 

 brother of his, following the same vocation, died at sea a few years 

 ago. The family moved to New York in 1853, and 3'ouug Cutts com- 

 menced his business career when fourteen years old as clerk in a 

 city store. In 1862, at the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the 22d New 

 York Militia, serving in New York and Virginia. 



In 1869, after a visit to the West Indies f. r his health, he came to 

 Minnesota and resided in Minneapolis and vicinity for four years 



