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PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS. 



Annual meeting of the Oregon State Horticultural Society, January, 1906. 



Dr. J. H. Cardwell then delivered his annual address as president of 

 the society, as follows: 



In behalf of ovir Portland horticulturists, I tender you a cordial wel- 

 come. We are glad to have you with us. Your executive committee, 

 deferring to the greater attraction, the Lewis and Clark Exposition, 

 deemed it inexpedient to attempt to interest you in the contemplated 

 summer meeting of the society. The time was perhaps more profitably 

 employed in the Horticultural Building. 



The season was one of great interest in the horticultural display. 

 This was the surprise and the admiration of visitors, and did much to 

 advertise, the very enviable reputation Oregon has established as a 

 fruit-producing State, and will' undoubtedly influence many fruit growers 

 and home seekers to return to us, and become neighbors and citizens. 

 Professor Van Deman, formerly head of the Government Department of 

 Pomology, than whom there is no more competent authority, said to me, 

 ■'•There are only two or three districts in the United States that could 

 presume to rival you in the size and quality of your fruits, notably the 

 apple, prune, and cherry." Professor Van Deman mentioned the Ozark 

 Mountains as one of these districts in production of the apple and peach, 

 and I believe a district in South Carolina was mentioned, especially, 

 for fine peaches, apples, and small fruits; though he did not think these 

 districts produced finer or showier fruits than we were then displaying 

 on exhibition in the Horticultural Building. The old story-^you have 

 heard it — "Our exhibit, the Oregon exhibit, as always, took a large 

 majorty of the prizes." 



Referring to the State Boai'd of Horticulture: In view of the inade- 

 ■quacy of the law, the insufl[iciency of the State appi'opriation to meet 

 the requirements of the Commission, to properly do the work of orchard 

 inspection over so large an area, the Board prepared amendments to the 

 law which were passed by the last Legislature, creating in addition to 

 the Board, county inspectors on petition of local fruit growers. This 

 provision proved a wise and timely adjunct to the efficiency of this 

 Board. The work is being inaugurated with great promise to the fruit 

 industry of the State; not too soon for the urgent demands of this 

 interest. Notably, the mild, moist climate of Western Oregon, so favor- 

 able to fungous growths and insect pests, calls for a better understand- 

 ing of the situation, intelligent inspection, and thorough work — a more 

 rigid enforcement of the law. 



Since the introduction of the insect pests known to Eastern States and 

 the Orient, annual spraying is no longer a problem, but a necessity; 



