568 ANNUAL REI'DRT OL' THE Off. Doc. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE 

 HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA , 

 HELD AT HARRISBURG. PA., JANUARY 24, 25 AND 

 26, 1911 



OFFICEKS FOK 1911 



PRESIDENT 



Gabi-iel Iliester, '.Harrisbnrg. 



VICE PRESIDENTS 



Hon. W. T. Creasy Catawissa. 



F. H. Fassett, Meshoppen. 



K. M. Eldon , Aspers. 



RECORDING SECRETARY 

 Chester J. Tyson , Flora Dale. 



TREASURER 

 Edwin W. Thomas , King of Prussia. 



PRESIDENT'S ADDKESS 



By GABRIEL HIESTER, Hanis^inrrj , Pa. 



It is very pleasant to greet yon again after a separation of a year, 

 dnring which time we have all been working along practically the 

 same line, thinking the same tlionghts, fighting the same enemies, 

 and, judging by the exj)ression of the faces before nie, reaping the 

 same reward. Although we had some partial failures, owing to 

 unfavorable weather conditions at critical periods, and some of us 

 were badly scared for a few days during peach harvest, I think 

 the year taken as a whole, has been a profitable one to the members 

 of this association, and we have reason to congratulate ourselves on 

 a bright prospect for the future. 



