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vineyard. By this method he claims that more grapes and better ones 

 can be produced. 



HARDY FRUITS FOR THE NORTHWEST. 



Prof. Hanson of Brookings, S. D., gave a very practical paper on 

 the small fruits for the northwest. He said it was absolutely necessary 

 to grow varieties from native seedlings of all varieties of the native fruits, 

 if one wished to succeed in fruit growing in the Dakotas. He already 

 has under experimentation over 2,000 seedlings that are crossed on our 

 best hardy sorts with those of the native varieties found in that section. 

 He argues that hardiness being one of the first requisites, tliat there is 

 only one way to obtain this, and that is by using hardy- parentage. From 

 his experience and work in the last few years he is already commencing 

 to build up a pomology for the northwest that will be of great value. It 

 is by the persistent work of just such men as Prof. Hanson that our hope 

 lies in making every section and altitude produce fruit adapted to its pe- 

 culiar environments. 



John T. Stinson of Springfield, Mo., who was the acting pomologist 

 at the World's Fair, spoke of the great value of this international exhibit 

 to the fruit grower, giving men from different sections of the country an 

 opportunity of comparing fruits grown under different conditions, both 

 of irrigation and cultivation, so that the direct results could easily be 

 seen. It also gave a great stimulus to fruit growing, which has in this 

 country developed to such an extent .that in sections it is the only in- 

 dustry in which the people engage. 



A WESTERN MAN MADE PRESIDENT. 



One of the main features of the closing and last session of this notable 

 gathering was the election of its officers for the next biennial period. 

 Heretofore this Society has always met in the East, and naturally its of- 

 ficers were eastern men who knew but little of the possibilities of the great 

 Mississippi valley. It was very fitting that at this election a man of the 

 prominence and experience of L. A. Goodman of Kansas City be elected 

 as its President. He is one of the men who has had more to do in com- 

 mercial orcharding and in horticulture in all its branches than any man we 

 know. He has been for twenty-five years Secretary of the Missouri Hor- 

 ticultural Society. 



Prof. Craig was elected Secretary by unanimous consent, and also 

 Prof. L. R. Taft of Michigan for Treasurer. 



Never before was there such a collection of brainy fruit men as was 



