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legislature, and are confident that Commissioner Bailey will 

 ultimately prevent the importation into this state of acid 

 vinegars, of jellies, jams, and other compounds deleterious to 

 health and falsely sold as fruit products. The enforcement 

 of this law will create a demand for pure food preparations 

 that our horticulturists ought to fill to their advantage. 



To raise fruit witli profit I am convinced that the following 

 conditions must be complied with : first, commercial fruit 

 must be of a high standard of excellence; second, the package 

 must be attractive, and an honest one ; third, the producer 

 must have an intelligent knowledge of tlie markets. I am 

 satisfied that local unions are of great business (as well as 

 educational) value, and I recommend that you provide such 

 organizations "at centers of fruit production. 



The commissioners of the board during the past year have 

 performed a large amount of labor considering the means at 

 their disposal and the extent of their respective districts. 

 You have done much to prevent the ravages of insect pests 

 and the sale of infested fruit ; but our horticultural laws re- 

 lating to these subjects will never be fully enforced until we 

 have an efficient paid inspector in each fruit-growing county 

 of the state. I invite you to discuss fully the methods to be 

 pursued during the present year, in order to make the work 

 of the board of the greatest value to our fruit-growing in- 

 dustry. 



E. L. SMITH, 

 President Oregon State Board of Horticulture. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 



APRIIj, 1902. 



Gentlemen : We have convened at this date in order to com- 

 pare the past year's experiences and discuss methods for im- 

 proved work the ensuing season. In 1901 we harvested the 

 most valuable fruit crop ever grown in the State of Oregon, 

 aggregating in value $2,375,000. The commissioners of our 

 State Board of Horticulture, the professors of the Hatch Ex- 

 periment Station, at Corvallis, and the press, contributed 

 materially in securing this grand result. 



