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\o\iv (^ori)er, 



"I am very much interested in your magazine and wish our folks 

 could publish one like it. 

 Corning-, la.. Aug. 10, 189.'i. A. F. COLLMAN," 



Ex-Pres. la. State Hort. Society. 



"The matter in your August number is well up in character. The 

 seedling fruit notes are of great interest. The plan of Mr. Cross on 

 forestry is good, and I see that my friend Fernow thinks so, too. He 

 is well able to judge, as he knows of the experience of other coun- 

 tries where these matters have been tested in part already. I hear 

 many good words of the Loudon raspberry this year. I tested it in 

 the office before it was named and helped to name it. The Miller 

 and King (both reds) ought to be well tested in Minnesota also. 



Parksley, Va., Aug. 12, 1896. H. E. VAxN Deman." 



"I would like to state that my red raspberry canes are afllicted 

 with very small worms; they lay in layers inside the stalk and eat 

 the stalk until it dies. Can any of the members of this society tell 

 me what to do or what remedy to use? I would like to hear from 

 some of them on this subject. GEO. B. WlDGER." 



Chatfield, Minn., Sept. 4, 189<). 



"In the September number of the Minnesota Horticulturist I see 

 Mr. Pendergast, of Duluth, has sent you a specimen of yellow clover, 

 I have the same growing on my lawn. It is a very dwarf variety of 

 clover, much smaller than the white clover, and is of no value un- 

 less it is for lawn, and I think the white clover superior to it for 

 that. C. W. Conner." 



Sac City, la., Sept. 4, 1896. 



English Rules for Judging Fruit.— The following rules are in 

 use by the Rural Horticultural Society', London: The fruit is judged 

 by points, 12 being the maximum, and these points are distributed 

 in the following proportion: For flavor, G; for qualitj', 3; for appear- 

 ance, 2; and for size, 1. It is explained that " (|uality " is intended to 

 mean the degree of smoothness or meltiugness of the Hesh (the ab- 

 sence of grit), or, in case of early apples, crispnesa and juiciness of 

 the flesh may be considered. (Juality, therefore, refers mainly to 

 the texture of the flesh. Appearance, of course, includes color and 

 beauty of form; but size, which counts only one-twelfth in the esti- 

 mate, does not mean that the largest fruit receives the highest 

 marking. There is a type size, which invests the fruit with its great" 

 est value for table use, and this is counted perfection. Hnonuous 

 specimens are not preferred, since beyond a certain point size is a 

 defect in dessert fruits.— Garden and Forest. 



