"Eat Less Candy. The Allies need the sugar," says the Food Admin- 

 istration. "All right," our patriotic farm boys and girls are saying, "Nuts 

 and popcorn are better anyway." 



Fifty Thousand Quarts of Everbearers. — In a communication from 

 Chas. F. Gardner, Osage, Iowa, under date of October 2, he says, "Vines are 

 loaded now with fine berries, no damage from frost yet. We are troubled 

 to get pickers. We have already marketed since August 15 fifty thousand 

 quarts." — Some strawberry patch. 



Minnesota Insect Life. — The Entomological Department of University 

 Farm are publishing a quarterly, an interesting and valuable bulletin, en- 

 titled Minnesota Insect Life, which we commend to our membership. This 

 can undoubtedly be secured regularly by application to Prof. F. L. Wash- 

 burn, University Farm, St. Paul. We note that the July 1, 1917, issue con- 

 tains the new nursery and orchard inspection law, which everyone purpos- 

 ing to offer trees and plants for sale should certainly read. 



No. 1017 Everbearing Strawberry Wins a Prize. — Mr. Jay F. Lyon, 

 of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, writes me that the new everbearing seedling straw- 

 berry, No. 1017, which has been sent out now for two or more years to our 

 membership for trial, was entered by him at the last Wisconsin state fair, 

 and it won the first prize. Mr. Lyon also speaks in the highest terms of 

 Minnesota's strawberry No. 3, which he says he finds a week earlier than 

 the Dunlap and a better berry. We are glad to have the value of these 

 Minnesota seedlings confirmed in a neighboring state. 



Delegates to and from the Wisconsin Meeting. — We shall have the 

 pleasure of having with us at our annual meeting as representative of the 

 Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, Wm. Toole, the well-known florist 

 and seed grower of Baraboo, Wis. He is to fill an important place on the 

 program, and we are fortunate in having him here. The delegate whom 

 our society will send to the Wisconsin meeting is Prof. T. A. Erickson, who 

 has charge of the Boys' and Girls' Club work in this state, and he will take 

 this opportunity of telling the Wisconsin people how it is done in Minne- 

 sota. 



Plant Premiums for 1918. — The list of varieties of new fruits, also 

 of flowering plants, etc., to be offered to our membership as premiums for 

 the year 1918 is not yet complete, but will be prepared soon, and will be 

 published in the new society folder for 1918, and also in the January, 1918, 

 issue of the society monthly. A number of very promising varieties of new 

 fruits are to be sent out from the fruit-breeding farm, and every member 

 desiring to participate in this valuable testing of new fruits will have an 

 opportunity of doing so. Please look for the list in the January number, 

 and do not make any selection of plant premiums until it comes to hand. 

 Members have sometimes made selection from the list of the previous year. 

 This is a mistake, as the list for 1918 will be an entirely different one. 



Prizes Offered at the Annual Meeting. — Some important changes 

 have been made in the premium list of the annual meeting. It will be 

 noticed that the sum offered to be divided pi-o rata amongst exhibitors of 

 top-worked apples has been increased from $25.00 to $40.00; on boxes of 

 apples the amount to be divided pro rata has been increased also from 

 $25.00 to $50.00. Changes have been made in the prizes offered for seedling 

 apples, $40.00 only to be divided pro rata amongst early winter seedlings, 

 and $60.00 amongst late winter seedlings. We hope the ladies will note 

 particularly the prize offered for the first time for collections of canned 

 fruits and vegetables. Aside from cutting out certain classes of premiums 

 offered for cut flowers and reducing the first premiums on vegetables from 

 $3.50 to $2.50, there are no other special changes in the list. . 



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