516 ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCKEDINGS OF THE) 

 STATE HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF 

 PENNSYLVANIA, HELD AT HARRISBURG, PA. 

 JANUARY 19-20, 1909. 



OFFICERS FOR 1909. 



PRESIDENT. 

 Gabriel Hiester , » Harrisburg. 



VICE PRESIDENTS. 



Hon. W. T. Creasy, Catawissa. 



P. H. Fassett Meshoppen 



R. M. Eldon Aspers. 



RECORDING SECRETARY. 

 Chester J. Tyson, Flora Dale. 



CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 

 Wm. P. Brinton Christiana. 



TREASURER. 

 Edwin W. Thomas. King of Prussia. 



REPORT OF GENERAL FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



By CHESTER J. TYSON, Chairman. 



In presenting- this report for the season of 1908, the chairman 

 extends his thanks to the correspondents who have made prompt 

 and satisfactory reply to the many inquiries. Blanks were mailed to 

 several persons in each of the sixty-seven counties of the State. 

 Responses have come from forty-seven of them, Butler, Clinton, 

 Cumberland, Elk, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Huntingdon, Indiana, 

 JefEerson, Juniata, Lycoming, McKean, Montour, Philadelphia, Pot- 

 ter, Snyder, Susquehanna, Tioga and Venango, being silent this 

 year. If any person from any of these counties, hearing or reading 

 this report, is willing to help with the Avork next year or knows of 

 some one else who is competent, the chairman will appreciate his 

 sending in the names and address. 



The season of 1908 has not been a very favorable one from a 

 horticultural point of view. With the exception of a few favored 

 ,spots, nearly all sections of the State report a cold, wet time of 

 bloom, with the extreme condition of freezing and snow in some 



