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ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 STATE HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF 

 PENNSYLVANIA, HELD AT LANCASTER, PA., 

 JANUARY 14-15, 1908. 



OFFICERS FOR 1908. 



PRESIDENT. 

 Gabriel Hiester, Harrisburg. 



VICE PRESIDENTS. 



Hon. W. T. Creasy , Catawissa. 



F. H. Fassett, Meshoppen. 



R. M. Elden, Aspers. 



RECORDING SECRETARY. 

 Enos B. Engle, Waynesboro. 



CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 

 Wm. P. Brinton Christiana. 



TREASURER. 

 Edwin W. Thomas King of Prussia. 



REPORT OF GENERAL FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



The Chairman wishes to thank each member, who, by willing and 

 heart}' co-operation, has made this report possible. 



For the information of those who are not familiar with the work 

 of the General Fruit Committee, a few words of explanation may not 

 be amiss. Toward the end of the year 1907 a printed form, contain- 

 ing fifty-fi^^e questions, divided under fourteen Iieads, was mailed to 

 each of 200 names, representing every county in the State. With 

 each went also a circular letter of explanation and a stamped return 

 envelope. Out of the 200, nearly 100 persons responded, thereby be- 

 coming members of the General Fruit Committee for 1007. 



Many of the reports were prepared with great care and all of them 

 were full of information. From these answers the general report has 

 been compiled. The statements following are not, therefore, based 

 on the personal view or opinion of the Chairman but are, so far as 

 possible, his interpretation on the views of many correspondents. 



