16 Report of Stale Board of Horticulture . 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 



APRIL, 1901. 



To the State Board of Horticulture — 



Gentlemen : I can not ascertain that any formal report of 

 your chairman to this meeting is contemplated by our horti- 

 cultural law. However, as he is intrusted with the supervi- 

 sion of the work of the commissioners, suggestions may not 

 be out of place. Secretary Dosch having been appointed Su- 

 perintendent of the Oregon exhibits at the Pan-American Ex- 

 position, I very reluctantly accepted his resignation, and upon 

 his recommendation appointed Mr. George H. Lamberson, 

 secretary pro tempore. Of this action you were duly advised. 

 Mr. Lamberson's appointment expires to-day, and it will be 

 necessary for you to make further provision for tilling the 

 vacancy caused by Superintendent Dosch's resignation. Sev- 

 eral applications have been received for appointment as secre- 

 tary, and these are now laid before you. 



I also submit a form to be used by you in future orchard 

 inspection, if it meets your approval. By using this form we 

 will have more definite information as to the ownership, lo- 

 cation, condition, acreage, and varieties of fruit grown in the 

 state. It is eminently desirable that we have more data 

 upon these subjects. On April 23 I attended a meeting of 

 representative fruit growers at La Grande, where an organi- 

 zation was effected and arrangements made for the construc- 

 tion of a large two-story fruit house, built of stone. On Sat- 

 urday, the 6th instant, I also addressed a large meeting of 

 horticulturists at Milton, and endeavored to impress upon 

 them the advantage of organized over individual efibrts. The 

 sentiment was unanimous in favor of incorporating a co- 

 operative fruit union, and preliminary steps were taken to 

 that end. 



The fruit industry of Oregon is rapidl}^ developing, and all 

 the nurseries of the state, so far as I can ascertain, are bare 

 of desirable varieties of trees. 



I look forward to much benefit to accrue to our fruit grow- 

 ers from the enforcement of the pure food law of our last 



