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STATE FAIR, 297 
FRUIT EXHIBIT AT THE STATE FAIR. 
COMMUNICATION FROM WYMAN ELLIOT. 
DEAR FRIEND AND FELLOW MEMBERS:—As many of you know, the 
State Agricultural Society has honored me with the office of First 
Vice-President in that association, and, as some duties go along 
with this honor, on account of my acquaintance and interest in 
horticulture, they have made me superintendent of that department 
for the coming state fair. 
I should have been better pleased to hold this position at a time 
when the management had more money to put into premiums and 
the fruit crop was better, but with the assistance of my friends in 
horticulture, which, as ever, will, lam sure, be heartily given, we 
shall make the best of the somewhat unfavorable conditions and 
make up for it by greater efforts. 
On account of the finances of the Agricultural Society it was 
found necessary to cut down the premiums somewhat, but Iam led 
to believe this reduction is only temporary and hope that the 
amounts offered will still be sufficient to recompense you in fair 
degree for the trouble you are put to in making an exhibit. 
Let us show that ourinterest in our great pursuit is not altogether 
a mercenary one by taking hold and making the show of fruit this 
fall a worthy successor of the splendid exhibit of a year ago! Good 
will surely come of it, if we make an exhibit in this spirit, and the 
rightful demands of horticulture will be more readily and fully 
recognized. 
I wish every fruit grower in the state would write me at once giv- 
ing a full list of all the varieties of fruit they can furnish, and if any 
of the fruit will not keep well till the date of the meeting, arrange- 
ments will be made to place it in cold storage here without extra 
expense. : 
What have you gotto help out the display? Let us take hold 
with a will! Yours fraternally, 
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 1, 1895. WYMAN ELLIOT. 
SETTING TREES LATE.—About four years ago we received from a 
distant nursery, a bundle of trees that had made such a start in leaf 
that we despaired of our ability to make them live. We did not, 
however, throw them away but carefully rubbed and picked off the 
shoots which had made the most growth, and leaving them nearly 
bare carefully set them in orchard. Upon making comparisons in 
the fall of that year we found that those late-set trees had made 
fully as good a growth as a hundred or more which were set much 
earlier, and today, they are as fine trees as any we have in orchard’ 
Since that experience we have been much less careful to set trees 
when entirely dorment, and find, that, if all or nearly all of the fol- 
iage is removed and the roots guarded from exposure with extra 
care, there is little danger of loss. We moved three large trees of 
the Choke cherry this season when they had made a growth of 
nearly six inches and were in full bloom. They are now pushing 
out new growth and show every sign of making good trees.—N. W. 
Agri. 
