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ing the city parks. He lived the whole time in Central Park, but 

 planted and cared for trees more or less in Fremont Park. He then 

 moved to Harbor View, De Soto Co., Fla., and went into fruit grow- 

 inof, where he still resides. 



Preserving Fruits. — A process for preserving- fruits, etc., by- 

 sterilized air has been patented by Dr. A. T. Perkins, of Chicago. It 

 is claimed that by this means perishable products can be carried 

 around the world. If this claim proves to be well founded and the 

 process is inexpensive, a revolution will come about in this class of 

 commerce, in which all except, perhaps, some of the fruit growers, 

 will share the benefit. The products of Australia and California 

 will fill the markets of Europe, and tropical fruits will be plentiful in 

 North America. 



Publishing The Fruit List.— Amongst the other work done at 

 this office the past month, a copy of the last fruit list adopted by 

 this society accompanied by a brief description of the general pur- 

 pose, etc., of the society, was sent to every newspaper in the state 

 outside the large cities, and to some of these, in all about 425. If 

 you did not see the list in your local papers, it would be in order for 

 you to inquire why information of such value is withheld. It ought 

 to have the most prominent place in the paper, at least once, that 

 everj'^ reader may be reached. 



Membership Renewals.— If j^ou are one of those who has over- 

 looked renewing membership till now, please sit down et once and 

 send $1.00 to exchange for a membership ticket for 1896. Should yon, 

 for any reason, desire to postpone this for a while, kindly notify the 

 secretary, or if you do not care to remain a member longer (happily 

 there are few in this class) please write also, that the secretary may 

 know your wishes. It is the desire of this society to continue the 

 names of all its old-time members upon the rolls. Being a inutual 

 association, its interest and power for good lies in its membership. 



An Important Committee. — The committee has been announced, 

 whose appointment was provided for by the late annual meeting of 

 the State Forestry Association, to draw a bill for presentation to the 

 next legislature, putting in practical form the suggestion of Capt. 

 J. N. Cross, that the state, as trustee, assume the charge of such for- 

 est lands as may be tendered to it, the proceeds to go mainly to the 

 fostering of educational institutions. It consists of Capt. Judson N. 

 Cross, of Minneapolis, H. B. Ayres, of Carlton, and Ed. A. Beals, of 

 Minneapolis. The proposition if carried out would be far reach- 

 ing in its effects and should and will receive the most careful con- 

 sideration. If properly planned and successfully executed, it would 

 provide a permanent and sure fund for education and result ulti- 

 mately in a perfected system of forestry in our state, first for these 

 trustee lands and later, necessarily, for all the forests in the state. 



