Winter Meeting. 139 



LIST OF DELEGATES. 



Isaac D. Snedeker, Illinois State Society, Jerseyville, Illinois. 



Mr. Luke, Wisconsin Horticultural Society. 



S. W. Moore, State Society, Elwell, West Virginia. 



E. A. Riehl, Director Society Experiment Station, Alton, Illinois. 



Prof. John Craig, Director Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



G. Harold Powell, Ass't Horticulturist, Washington, D. C. 



G. S. Christy, President State Society, Johnson, Neb. 



T. H. Todd, Apple Growers' Congress, New Franklin, Mo. 



MISSOURI VALLEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



M. E. Chandler, Randolph, Mo. 

 C. V. Holsinger, Rosedale, Kas. 

 J. A. Durkes, Weston, Mo. 



ST. JOSEPH HORTICULTURAL SOCIKTY. 



L. J. Hartman, St. Joseph, Mo. 

 L. C. Wilson, St. Joseph, Mo. 



PLATTE PURCHASE HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



J. R. Milne, St. Joseph, Mo. 



J. W. McAdow, St. Joseph, Mo. 



W. S. Monger, Iowa State Horticultural Society, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. 



REMARKS BY DELEGATES. 



Mr. E. A. Riehl of Alton, Illinois, spoke of the work of the Illinois 

 •society. We have gathered together some four hundred varieties of 

 apples in our search for a better and more profitable variety than the 

 Ben Davis. 



The interest in the nut question all over the United States is won- 

 derful. We have found that we can bud and graft them, and if any 

 -of your members have good varieties of native nuts I would like to 

 ■ communicate with you. 



Mr. Todd of New Franklin, Missouri, spoke of the work of the 

 "American Apple Growers' Congress." He said that Missouri had more 

 apple trees than any other state. He thought that the apple growers 

 •of the State should join this society and be ready for the packing and 



