

ecretary's (^ori^er. 



Wni. Sonierville, of Viola, has been appointed deleg-ate to the 

 winter meeting of the Iowa State Horticultnral Society to be held at 

 Des Moines, la., Dec. 11, 1894. 



South Dakota Horticultural Society.— This society meets in 

 annual session at Vermillion, S. D., Dec. 11-13, 1894. Alfred Terry 

 of Slayton has been appointed a delegate to represent our society 

 on that occasion. 



Program for our Annual Meeting. —Look for the program for 

 this ineeting, which will be found in the next, January, number. It 

 will not be sent out to members in a separate enclosure as has been 

 done heretofore. 



The 24th session of the American Pomological Society will be held 

 at San Fransisco, Cal., Jan. 16, 17 and 18,^1895. ^The next volume of 

 transactions will be more than usually valuable and interesting. 

 Minnesota ought to have more memberships in the society. Bien- 

 nial membership, $4.00. Life membership, $20.00. J. S. Harris is vice- 

 president for Minnesota. 



Mr. Clarence Wedge, of A.lbert Lea, has been'appointed delegate 

 from this society to the annual|meeting of the Northeastern Iowa 

 Hort. Society, meeting at Mason City, la., Nov. 27-29, 1894. His re- 

 port as delegate appears elsewhere in this number. 



Qiiestioi^ ^1B^^^- 



(III replying to ;i <iuestion, jjive its nuinber.) 



6. Is Herbert any more reliable than Rogers Nos. 4,9 and 15? 



7. Do 3'^ou know of anj-^ Russian apple, except] Repka Malenka that 

 can be classed as a winter apple? 



G. J. Kellogg, Janesville, Wis. 



8. Who knows anything aboutjthe "Minnetonka" apple.'beingsold 

 by the agents of L. L. May & Co., at$1..50each— notniore than a dozen 

 to each person? It is advertised as "very large," an "ideal cooking 

 apple" and "keeps about two months longer the Wealthy." I would 

 like to know more of this high-priced variety before buying. 



