All about the Minnesota State Horticultural Society : 1916 / presented by Vinegar Hill Nursery ; [Wm. Sandrock, proprietor].

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ALL ABOUT THE

Minnesota State Horticultural Society

1916

Annual Membership Fee $ 1.00

Life Membership Fee - . - 10.00

OVER

3,400 MEMBERS

IN 1915

EACH MEMBER MAY RECEIVE

1. “Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minne¬
sota” (cloth bound, 528 pages).

2. “The Minnesota Horticulturist/1 a
monthly magazine of 40 pages.

3. Several varieties of fruit trees or
plants from the Minnesota State Fruit-Breed¬
ing Farm for trial* See page six.

FOR MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THE
SOCIETY. READ THROUGH THIS FOLDER.

President— Thos. E. Cashman, Owatonna.

Secretary— -A. W. Latham. 207 Kasota Block, Minneapolis.

ADDRESS BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS AND ALL RE¬
MITTANCES TO THE SECRETARY.

OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY.

Tills society, supported in part by the state, has lor
Its work the securing aud dissemination of knowledge
pertaining to tree, fruit and vegetable growing, the
culture of flowers, etc., adapted to the soil and climate of
Minnesota, and the origination and testing of horticultural
products. It ha3 no other purpose than as defined above.

The present membership of the society consists of over
3,000 of the most active and wide awake professional and
amateur horticulturists throughout the Northwest.

The society holds regular summer and winter meetings,
at which fruits, vegetables, flowers, etc., are exhibited,
papers and reports on horticultural topics are read, and
the personal opinions of the members secured in the dis¬
cussions which follow.

A number of Trial Stations in different parts of the
state, under the charge of members, have charge of in¬
vestigations in various branches of horticulture, and are
making practical tests of things new and desirable. The
reports made by the superintendents of these trial sta¬
tions, and the reports of the Vice-Presidents of the so¬
ciety, along with the papers and addresses presented and
discussions had at the meetings of the society, with other
information of value, are compiled by the secretary and
printed at the expense of the state. The society re¬
ceives from the state an annual appropriation to assist in
carrying on its work.

Special attention is being paid at this time to the
origination of varieties of fruits, etc., adapted to this
region, and the members are urged to take an active part
in this very hopeful feature of our work. See prizes
offered for seedling apples and plums, etc., elsewhere in
this folder.

MEMBERSHIP.

Annual Members. — Any person may become a member
of this society for the year 1916 by payment of the an¬
nual fee of $1.00, which pays for the magazine for the
year (except for such numbers as were issued prior to
the date of membership and the issue exhausted), a hand¬
some cloth-bound copy of “Trees, Fruits and Flowers of
Minnesota’’ for the year 1915 (528 pages), sent prepaid,
and all the other privileges of membership for the year.
The annual report is sent to members of auxiliary societies
only upon prepayment of postage thereon.

All annual memberships expire the first day of the an¬
nual winter meeting.

Life Members. — The life membership fee is $10.00,
payable in two annual installments of $5.00 each if pre¬
ferred. Upon payment of the full fee they are entitled to
a file of the back reports, as complete as possible, some
twenty-five volumes, constituting an invaluable horticul¬
tural library.

Handsome membership certificates are sent to both an¬
nual and life members.

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PUBLICATIONS

The society issues a monthly magazine of forty pages.

“THE MINNESOTA HORTICULTURIST”

(Samples fro© on application).

These magazines contain the material previously re¬
ferred to and other matter of timely interest.

At the close of the year the twelve magazines, with
the journal of the society’s meetings, list of members,
index, etc., are bound together, making the annual re¬
port of the society, and entitled
“Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota.”

This annual report (the one for 1915) is given to
I members for 1916. (See under “Membership” on paga
2 this folder).

MINNESOTA STATE FRUIT-BREEDING FARM.

This farm is owned and operated by the state for
1 the sole purpose of breeding new varieties of fruits better
adapted to the needs of this climate than those now
planted. While it is under the management of the State
Experiment Station it is operated with the advice of the
State Horticultural Society. This farm is located
at Zumbra Heights, some twenty-three miles west of Min-
| neapolis on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. In the eight
I years since it was established it has already accomplished
very much, and new fruit plants of a number of varieties
i of apparently large value are being sent out for trial
| to the members of this society, (see list on page three
of this folder)). Every member should certainly secure
some of these plants and trees for testing and take part
in this most interesting and important work of fruit-
breeding.

PRIZES FOR SEEDLING FRUITS.

Prizes Offered by the Society for Valuable Varieties of
the Apple and Plum Grown from seed.

1. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS is offered as a Prern
ium by this Society for a Seedling Apple Tree “as hardy
and prolific as the Duchess,” with fruit equal to “the
Wealthy in size, quality and appearance, and that will
keep as well as the Malinda.”

2 . ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS (contributed by Mi-.
0. M. Loring of Minneapolis) is offered for a seedling
plum.

8. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS is offered annually (to¬
tal $700) for seven years for the best Late Winter Seed¬
ling Apple, under prescribed conditions.

4. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for seedling roses of
the Rosa RugOsa type, to be awarded in 1918. Rosa
Rugosa seed can be had of the secretary at 10c per packet.

5. SIX HUNDRED to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
in prizes for one acre orchards, planted in the spring of
1914. Prizes to be awarded in Sept. 1921.

Address the Secretary for fuller information as to these
offers.

Apple seed suitable for growing seedling trees can be
had of Secretary Latham, at 10 cents per package of 25
seeds.

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LIST OF PREMIUM BOOKS

Given to New Members or to All Members (New or Old)
for Securing New Members — But Net to Both.

Provided Selection is Made During the Current Year _

Not Later.

Fifty cents is allowed each new member, or to each
member securing a new member, to be applied as pay¬
ment on any of the following books, the balance, if any,
to be paid in cash or by securing other members. All
books sent by mail postpaid, and ail bound in cloth ex¬
cept as noted.

Amateur Fruit Growing, 138 pages, 50 cents.
Vegetable Gardening, 240 pages, paper bound, 50 cents;
cloth bound, $1.00.

Forestry of Minnesota, 401 pages, 50 cents.

Principles of American Forestry, 334 pages, $1.50.
Popular Fruit Growing, 298 pages, paper bound 60

cents, cloth $1.00.

Farmers' Windbreaks and Shelter Belts, by Prof. S. B.
Green, 70 pages, illustrated, paper bound, 25 cents.

(The above six books were written by the late Prof.
Samuel B. Green, horticulturist of the Minnesota State
Experiment Station, and are especially adapted to North¬
western conditions) .

Landscape Gardening, by F. A. Waugh, 152 pages, $1.00.
American Horticultural Manual, 2 volumes, Profs. J. L.
Budd and N. E. Hanson, $3.00.

Plums and Plum Culture, by Prof. F. A. Waugh, 371
pages, $1.50.

Evergreens and How to Grow Them, by C. S. Harrison,
95 pages. Cloth, 50 cents.

Weeds and How to Eradicate Them, by Prof. Thos
Shaw, 240 pages, cloth bound, 50 cents.

Phlox Manual, by C. S. Harrison, paper bound, 25 centm.
Peony Manual, by C. S. Harrison, paper bound, 25 cents.
Iris Manual, by C. S. Harrison, paper bound, 25 cents.
The above three books by Mr. Harrison are well illus¬
trated and will be found not only helpful but enjoyable
by every lover of flowers.

A cash premium if preferred. The member securing a
new member may retain 30 cents from the annual fee
instead of receiving the premium offered.

If preferred instead of books, two lots of plant premiums

(from list to be found on page 6 of this folder) may be
selected.

THE SOCIETY LIBRARY

Contains at present about 3,000 volumes. It includes
reports of similar associations, standard works on horti¬
culture and books of reference.

Three card indexes have been prepared, via.; (1), of our
library; (2), of our society reports, including all the arti¬
cles published in these reports; (3), of horticultural bulle¬
tins from the various State Experiment Stations.

The library is open to all, but is especially the home
of the members. These desiring to take out hooks should
address the secretary to learn the conditions.

FRUITS FOR MINNESOTA PLANTING.

List adopted, by the Minnesota State Horticultural So-
eiety, Dec. 9, 1915. For the Guidance of Planters.

APPLES.

Of the first degree of hardiness: Duchess, Hibernal,
Patten’s Greening, Okabena.

Of the second degree of hardiness: Wealthy, Malinda,
Anisim, Iowa Beauty, Lowland Raspberry, Jewell’s Win¬
ter, Milwaukee.

Valuable in some locations: Wolf River, Yellow Trans¬
parent, Longfield, Northwestern Greening, Tetofsky, Peer¬
less.

Most profitable varieties for commercial planting in
Minnesota: Wealthy, Duchess, Patten’s Greening, Oka¬

bena, Anisim.

Recommended for top-working on hardy stocks : Wealthy,
Malinda, N. W. Greening, Stayman’s Winesap, Grimes
Golden, Milwaukee, McIntosh.

Varieties for trial: Eastman, Evelyn, Windsor Chief,
Gilbert.

CRABS AND HYBRIDS.

For general cultivation: Florence, Whitney, Early
Strawberry, Sweet Russet, Transcendent.

Varieties for trial: Faribault, Dartt, Success.

PLUMS AND HYBRID PLUMS.

For general cultivation: De Soto, Forest Garden, Wolf
(freestone), Wyant, Stoddard, Terry, Surprise.

Most promising for trial: Compass Cherry, Hanska,
Opata, Sapa.

GRAPES.

First degree of hardiness: Beta, Janesville.

Second degree of hardiness: Moore’s Early, Campbell’#
Early, Brighton, Delaware, Worden, Concord, Moore's
Diamond, Wyoming Red.

RASPBERRIES.

Red varieties: King, Sunbeam, Miller, Loudon, Minne¬
tonka Ironclad.

Black and purple varieties: Palmer, Gregg, Older,

Columbian, Cumberland.

BLACKBERRIES.

Ancient Briton, Snyder. Eldorado.

CURRANTS.

White Grape, Victoria, Long Bunch Holland, Pomona,
Red Cross, Perfection, London Market.

GOOSEBERRIES.

Houghton, Downing. Champion, Pearl, Carrie.

STRAWBERRIES.

Perfect varieties: Bederwood, Enhance, Lovett,

Splendid, Glen-Mary, Clyde, Senator Dunlap.

Imperfect varieties: Orescent, Warfield, Haveriand,

Marie.

Everbearing varieties, for trial: Progressive, Superb,
American.

ORNAMENTAL FRUITING SHRUBS.

Valuable for trial: Dwarf Juneberry, Sand Cherry,
Buffalo Berry, High Bush Cranberry.

NUT FRUITS.

Bhellbark Hickory, Black Walnut, Butternut.

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PLANT PREMIUMS FOR 1916.

Jill members, old or new making application prior to
April 1st, are entitled to select two lots of plant premiums
from the following list.

They will be sent postpaid (except as noted).

Those paying membership fee after April 1st are not en¬
titled to select plant premiums for this year.

Select two lots by number.

No. 1. Packet of Chinese cabbage seed.

No. 2 Ten rooted cuttings of house plants.

No. 3. Eight rooted chrysanthemum cuttings.

No. 4. One dahlia root.

No. 5. Collection, six varieties annual flower seeds.

No. 7. Ten seedling perennial plants.

No. 8. Assortment of apple tree scion* for top-work¬
ing.

The Following Premiums Axe New Fruits From the Min
nesota State Fruit-Breeding Farm.

They give promise of being valuable, but the full meas¬
ure of their value is yet to be determined. Member*
receiving these new fruits do so with the understanding
that they are receiving them for trial and that their suc¬
cess or failure is to be reported on later.

No. 9. Two hybrid plum trees three to five feet, prom¬
ising varieties of large fruited hybrid plums, to be sent. by
express at expense of members. Most excellent.

No. 10. Six plants of No. 4 raspberry postpaid.

No. 11. Twenty-four plants No. 4 raspberry by exprem.

No. 12. Twenty-four plants No. 4 raspberry by express
and 100 additional for $4.00.

No. 13. Twelve plants No. 3 June bearing strawberry
postpaid.

No. 14. Fifty plants No. 3 June bearing strawberry

by express.

No. 15. Fifty plants No. 3 June bearing strawberry

by express and 100 additional plants for $1.50.

No 16. Six plants of No. 1017 everbearing straw
berry postpaid.

No. 17. Twenty-five plants of No 1017 everbearing

strawberry by express.

No. 18. Twenty-five plants of No. 1017 Everbearing

strawberry by express and 100 additional plants for $8.00.

All orders for the above premium plants sent without
cash payment will be filled first, and any plants loft
thereafter will be divided evenly amongst members send¬
ing cash orders therefor, and money received in pay¬
ment for such plants will be returned in proportion to
the number of plants which we are unable to supply to
filling the orders.

Right of substitution is reserved in caa© the premiums
selected cannot be supplied.

When Bonding for Plant Premium® always givo the

number of your membership ticket.

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