Competition for the $1,000 Prize. — Another competitor has appeared 

 for the $1,000 seedling apple prize offered by this society, Mr. Arnt. John- 

 son, of Viroqua, Wis., the seedling entered being grown from seed of the 

 Malinda planted nine years ago. It is claimed to be a long keeping winter 

 apple, even into June. Scions will be sent for testing to the fruit-breeding 

 farm. 



Valuable Seedling Apples. — Amongst the various seedling apples 

 exhibited, and to which prizes were awarded at our late meeting, were three 

 that the judges decided were of sufficient value to ask further information 

 about and endeavor to secure from them scions for testing at the fruit-breed- 

 ing farm. These are known as Nos. 17 and 19 by J. A. Howard, Hammond, 

 and a seedling without name or number from Wm. Schmidt, Excelsior. 



Our Representative on the State Forestry Board. — One member 

 of the State Forestry Board is appointed on recommendation by this society. 

 Hon. Henry C. Oldenburg, of Carlton, has occupied this position for a con- 

 siderable time, and upon the solicitation of the officers of the board the 

 executive board of this society endorsed his reappointment as our repre- 

 sentative. 



Minnesota Crop Improvement Association. — This state organization 

 will hold its annual meeting in the Fairmont High School building, February 

 13-15 next. A large exhibit of corn is assured. It may be that some of our 

 members will desire to attend this meeting and take part in this competitive 

 display. If so, they should address the Secretary, Prof. C. P. Bull, Univer- 

 sity Farm, St. Paul, Minn., for full information. 



See the Pink Slip. — Please do not fail to note the pink slip inside the 

 front cover page of our monthly. Whether you have paid membership fee 

 or not you will be interested in reading this over. It is our present plan to 

 place this slip in every issue of every magazine sent out during the year. 

 As it will be changed from time to time to keep abreast of the movement 

 of the society it might be well for the member to read this month by month. 



Delegates to Iowa and Wisconsin. — This issue of our monthly con- 

 tains the reports of the delegates to the Iowa and Wisconsin State Horti- 

 cultural Societies, both of which meetings were held at the same time, 

 December 12-14, the week following our annual meeting. As these societies 

 are so closely akin to the Minnesota Society in the character of membership 

 and the kind of work being done, we have a special interest in them as co- 

 workers and are glad to come in touch with them in this fraternal way. 



Are You a Member of the Present State Legislature? — If so, will 

 you not please write to Secretary Latham promptly to that effect. In the 

 effort about to be made to secure from the State Legislature a home for the 

 society we should like especially well to interest directly those members of 

 our society who belong to the present legislature. As this notice may 

 escape the attention of some member of the legislature, will not other 

 members of the society who know of any of our membership who are in the 

 legislature notify Secretary Latham also to that effect? 



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