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Title: Trees, fruits, and flowers of Minnesota
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Subjects: Minnesota State Horticultural Society Gardening Fruit-culture Horticulture
Publisher: Minneapolis : Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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of Iowa, and all of North Dakota, South Dakotaand Manitoba. Early Winter Seedling.—The fruit shown must not have been kept in cold storaee.A specimen of wood three years old (at least six inches longj taken from the tree bearing theapples shown, and a concise history and description of the tree and its fruits, must accom-pany each entrj-. Competition is open to all except on such varieties as are being propagated for sale bysome person other than the originator. i Premiums will be divided pro rata among all the entries commended by the judgesaccording to the comparative meiit of each as a commercial fruit. Premium $40.00. Late Winter Seedling.—Same conditions as for early winter seedling except that iffound necessary the fruit shown may be retained and final decision reserved till later in thewinter. Premium $60.00 Some special premiums will probably be offered as last year. Any partieswilling to offer such premiums are requested to communicate with thesecretary at an early date.
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THE MINNESOTA HORTICULTURIST. rOL. 33. NOVEMBER, 1904. No. 11. THE PAEONY. C. S. HARRISON, YORK, NEB. This belongs to the Runnculacea family. It derives its namefrom a Dr. Paeon, of legendary renown, who lived about thetime of the seige of Troy. It is said he first used the roots formedicine. In mediaeval days it was known as the gallant herbof the sun, good for falling sickness, and the black seeds takenbefore retiring would keep off the nightmare. Infused in sackand taken just before and after the new moon, it was a sovereignremedy for weakness of the back. In case of children the surestway to ease them was to hang a bit of the root around the neck. There are several distinct native sorts. The officinalis, thepiny of our mothers, is a native of Switzerland and was intro-duced into England in 1548. The tenuifolia, or fern leavedpaeony, is a native of Russia. It has extremely delicate foliage.These are two varieties, double and single. The double is thefirst of all to flower—followi

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