480 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Protect the Tree Buyer.— "I hope at the coming- annual meet- 

 ing- we ma}' a good attendance of nurserymen and that we can agree 

 upon a law that shall be framed with special reference to the pro- 

 tection of the average buyer of nursery stock. I know there is much 

 sport made of his mistakes and general greenness, but think it is 

 rather dear sport for us home nurserj^men."— Clarence Wedge. 



Extertaixmext AT LAKE CiTY.— Don't neglect to notify Mr. Joh n 

 W. Kennedj' of Lake City, chairman of entertainment, bj^ Jan. 1st, as 

 to the length of j'our stay there, that they may have ample time to 

 make preparation for us. They don't know whether to count on 

 fifty or one hundred and fift}'. We hope it will be the latter number, 

 and it is more likely to be. 



Don't miss this meeting! If you are a little hard up and feel too 

 poor, come, just the same. To stay away would be a "penny wise, 

 pound foolish'' policy. You will learn very much, and especially 

 the things you most need to know; and above all, you will "absorb" 

 inspiration, and go home full of renewed courage. Let nothing 

 keep you away! 



Variation from Buddixg. — In the museum of the Southern Illi- 

 nois Normal University is an exceedingly interesting exhibition of 

 bud variation, or sport, in pears. It consists of a specimen fruit of 

 the Howell pear from the parent tree, this specimen measuring- 

 eight and one-half inches in circuinference with stem one and one- 

 fourth inches long. This is about the normal size of that fruit. 



Also two fruits from the budded tree. These fruits are five and 

 one-fourth inches incircumference with stems one and three-fourths 

 inches in length. The fruit on the parent tree grows singly, on the 

 budded tree in groups or clusters of two or three. The budded 

 fruit is not so perfect in development as and the shape differs from 

 that of the parent. 



The flavor of the fruit froin the two trees is similar. The stock 

 was three or four inches in diameter and the buds were inserted in 

 the limbs. The fruit from all of the scions was alike. No fruit 

 growing from the stock. 



These specimens were collected and preserved by Prof. George H. 

 French of the S. I. N. U. from the farm of George Elliott, about six 

 iniles southwest of this city. 



Fraxk D. Willis, of St. Paul. 



Carbondale, Ills., Dec. 18, 1894. 



Qiiestioi^ ^^o^- 



(In replying to a question, give its number.) 



9. What is the best wa3' to plant apple seed to make it grow? I 

 have tried for four j^ears and only successful the first year. — E. C. 

 King. 



