452 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



core. To my taste the flavor is much like that of Rog-ers No. 44, 

 strong-ly marked with the nutty flavor of Moore's Early, and a leaf 

 accompanying also bears a marked resemblance in color and tex- 

 ture to those of the latter variety. This g-rape has much to commend 

 it, and if it proves as early and productive as is claimed for it it will 

 be a very valuable acquisition to the list of fruits for the northwest. 

 It would at once take the place of the Moore's Earlj^, which is of 

 little value because of its sterility. 



A Society Relic— In the winter of 1882 our society held its an- 

 nual meeting' in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce of the city • 

 of Minneapolis, though the record speaks of them as the "Board of 

 Trade" rooms. Soon after the building in which these rooms are 

 situated was occupied by Johnson, Smith & Harrison, and the old 

 "Chamber" became their composing room. The successors of this 

 firm, Harrison & Smith, occupying the same premises, have printed 

 our reports and magazines now for five years, but it was only a few 

 days since that Mr. Smith called my attention to the evergreen de- 

 corations placed over the windows in the composing room fifteen 

 years ago by the horticulturists. They do not often clean house, but 

 the necessity of enlargement to meet the demand of '' better times " 

 has also suggested the farther advantages of painting and kalso- 

 mining-, and so these old and deeply dusty relics must at length 

 come down. They have brightened the old room a little for a long 

 time. If any one has the curiosity to see how a sprig of evergreen 

 looks after that many years of neglect, call at the secretary's office 

 where one is pickled. 



Death OF Mr. M. Pearce. — After a very short illness from typhoid 

 pneumonia, this old member of our society passed quietlj'^ away on 

 the 12th day of October, and was buried from his home, on the east 

 shore of Minnetonka, Thursday, the lith inst. A sad feature of his 

 death was the fact that his wife was away from home at the time on 

 a short visit to a daughter in Montana, the first time they had been 

 separated in their inarried life of forty-one 3'^ears. Mr. Pearce was 

 in this office some two weeks before his death and in his usual 

 health, though h'e has been failing much the last year or two and 

 anticipated and often spoke of his speedy death. Members will re- 

 call that he referred to this at our last meeting, the report of his re- 

 marks in this connection appearing on page 400 of the October mag- 

 azine. Mr. Pearce was a striking character in our field and will be 

 sorely missed. A suitable obituary will appear in the December 

 number. 



