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to the uttermost ends of the earth. Sections of Douglas 

 County could supply the Northwest with the earliest straw- 

 berries; and Clatsop county could keep up the supply where 

 Cove leaves off in late July, and continue until November. 

 There are wonderful possibilities of fruit growing in this 

 fair State of ours. 



The" work undertaken by the State Horticultural Society 

 last winter, of holding branch meetings all over the State and 

 organizing local societies, has been of great benefit. Let us 

 do everything possible to continue this work. We don't want 

 big meetings with lots of hot air, but meetings of actual fruit 

 growers where some practical man can talk and answer ques- 

 tions, and where the most bashful man will not be afraid 

 to talk. There are many matters for us to consider at this 

 meeting. I would like to see some better method of disin- 

 fecting nursery stock, and we should if possible secure uni- 

 formity in regulations with our sister States on the coast. 

 Then we should have, in my opinion, some law regulating the 

 marketing of fruit packages so that the inspector can have 

 some standard to work by. We can discuss these subjects, 

 and if we can arrange details, I should like to recommend the 

 enactment of such laws to the next Legislature. 



In order to give a clear idea of the scope of the work of 

 the Board of Horticulture, I incorporate section 1 of the act 

 of 1895, defining the boundaries of the districts and briefly 

 the duties of the Commissioners : 



Section 1. There is hereby created a Board of Horticulture, to con- 

 sist of six members, who shall be appointed by a Board, consisting of the 

 Governor, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer. Cne member of the 

 said Board of Horticulture shall represent the State at large and shall 

 be the president and executive officer of the Board, and one member 

 shall be appointed to represent each of the five districts as hereby 

 created, to-wit: (1) The First District, which shall comprise the coun- 

 ties of Multnomah, Clackamas, Yamhill, Washington, Columbia, Clatsop, 

 and Tillamook; (2) The Second District, which shall comprise the coi-n- 

 ties of Marion, Polk, Benton, Lincoln, Linn, and Lane; (3) The Third 

 District, which shall comprise the counties of Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, 

 Josephine, Coos, Curry, and Lake; (4) The Fourth District, which shall 

 comprise the counties of Wasco, Sherman, Morrow, Gilliam, and Crook; 

 (5) The Fifth District, which shall comprise the counties of Umatilla, 

 Union, Wallowa, Baker, Malheur, Harney, and Grant. 



