eping the package which holds it covered from
the air so that it may not dry out. Every member should have a little
corner in his garden for growing apple seedlings. It is an enticing
experiment, and such seed as this is likely to give good results. We are
still looking for the $1,000 apple. You may grow it from some of this
seed. Package of twenty-five seed at ten cents, to be secured of Secy.
Latham.

A FAVORABLE WINTER FOR FRUITS.--The ground was in good
condition last fall, with a reasonable amount of moisture, fruits, both
trees and plants, well ripened up, and now with a fairly good blanket of
snow and no long continued severe weather, we have to this point in the
winter a very certain assurance of a good yield of fruit the coming
spring. To be sure the thermometer was down in the neighborhood of
thirty degrees one night, but it was there so short a time that it
scarcely seems possible that any harm could have been done by it. The
horticulturist should be a natural optimist and always anticipate
something good ahead, which is one pretty sure way of getting it.

MINNESOTA NURSERYMEN GIVE MEMBERSHIPS.--A considerable number
of the nurserymen of Minnesota are again giving memberships this year as
premiums to purchasers of nursery stock in quantity of $20.00 or
upwards. This is a commendable enterprise, not only on account of its
material assistance in building up the membership roll of the society
but more especially because it brings in the kind of members who have,
or should have, a large practical interest in the workings of the
association, and we believe also that it is like "casting bread upon the
waters;" those receiving these memberships will have a warm feeling for
the nurserymen which present them. If you who read this are Minnesota
nurserymen and are not in the list of those who are doing this service
for the society, don't you want to take advantage of an immediate
opportunity to align yourself with those who are showing so large an
interest in the welfare of the association?

[Illustration: GATHERING THE APPLE CROP IN HAROLD SIMMONS'
ORCHARD--AT HOWARD LAKE.]

While it is not the intention to publish anything in this
magazine that is misleading or unreliable, yet it must be
remembered that the articles published herein recite the
experience and opinions of their writers, and this fact must
always be noted in estimating their practical value.

THE MINNESOTA HORTICULTUR