CONTENTS 



PACE 



Officers for 1Q13 2 



Members, Li f e 5 



Anrnual 6 



Annual Meeting 7 



Address of Welcome, by W. B. Skelton 7 



Response, by Dr. G. M. Twitchell 10 



Address, by Dr. Robert J. Aley 13 



Improving the Marketing and Distribution of Farm Products, by 



Hon. Charles J. Brand 19 



President's Address, by H. L. Keyser 31 



Factors Influencing Successful Orchard Spraying, by Prof. Don- 

 ald Reddick 34 



Address, by John A. Roberts 50 



The Fertilization of Apple Orchards, by Dr. John P. Stewart ... 55 



Business Meeting 88 



The Influence of Cultural Methods and Cover Crops upon the 

 Yield, Growth and Commercial Quality of Apples, by Dr. John 



P. Stewart 94 



Cooperative Fruit Handling Associations of the Pacific Coast, 



by Prof. B. S. Brown 137 



The Pear-Leaf Blister Mite, by E. H. Siegler 143 



Our Successes and Failures, by W. H. Woodworth 150 



The Present and Future of Apple Growing, by S. H. Fulton . . . 160 

 Bees Indispensable in Modern Horticulture, by Dr. Burton N. 



Gates 160 



