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HORTICULTURE 



February 15, 190S 



FORMOSA 



LILIUM 



LONCIFP.ORUM 



Ends the Growers' trcuble 

 Abso utely free irom Disease 



WASHINGTON STATE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL ASSOCIATION. 



Spokane was selected as the conven- 

 tion city for the fifth annual meeting 

 of the Washington State Horticultural 

 Associalion. which closed its three 

 clays' session at Walla Walla. .Jan. 29 

 to 21. by the election of these officers 

 for 1908: 



President, H. M. Gilbert, North 

 Valiima; first vice-president, A. F. 

 Crowell, Spokane; second vice-presi- 

 dent, H. Horan, Wenatehee; treasurer, 

 William Itit/. Walla Walla; secretary, 

 Levi G, Monroe, Spokane. 



These jirizes were awarded by the 

 ^V■alla Walla Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion: 



l''or best Id boxes of apples packed 

 for market variety, Yalslma County 

 HorticuHural Society: for second best 

 10 boxes in the same class. Chelan 

 County Hoii;icultuial Society; for best 

 plate display, Spokane County Horti- 

 cultural Society; for best box of apples, 

 any commercial variety, Freewater, 

 Ore. 



The sessions took place in the Young 

 Men's Christian Association rooms, 

 where Mayor Kellogg of Walla Walla 

 welcomed the 400 delegates and fruit 

 growers from various parts of the 

 state, tiic reply being by Prof. Cyrus 

 L. Smith of Spokane, who was happy 

 in his remarks, thanking the Walla 

 Walla growers for their welcome and 

 entertainment and arrangement of de- 

 tails. Following the annual address 

 by E. L. Stewart, president of the so- 

 ciety, F. A. Huntley, state horticul- 

 tural insi)ector, in reviewing the fruit 

 horticultural interests of the state, ad- 

 vocated some legislation to eliminati* 

 the multifarious handling of products 

 by dealers, with its consequent profit 

 This was followed by an informal dis- 

 cussion. 



G. L. Whitney, inspector of Walla 

 Walla county, discussed "Fruit Grow- 

 ing in the Walla Walla Valley: Past, 

 Present and Future." He was fol- 

 lowed by J. M. Brown of North Yaki- 

 ma, who delivered a technical addrp,ss 

 on pear blight. He said in part: 



"The most practical and the only 

 sure preventive of this disease is to 

 amputate the limbs from one to three 

 feet below the least signs of any 

 blight, aud in this way get below the 

 effect of the germ. The limbs cut off 

 should be burned and the tools used 

 in cutting the trees dipped in disin- 

 fected water to kill any germs that 

 inay be on them." This was followed 

 by a general discussion. 



Horticulture and Education. 



Hon. Stephen B. L. Penrose, presi- 

 dent of Whitman College at Walla 

 Walla, delivered the principal address 

 of the day, speaking on "Horticulture 

 and Education." He said in part: 



"I wish to offer some suggestions in 

 the business of education, which is as 

 much your business as it is mine. 

 Every man should have at least one 



son better than himself, and every 

 woman should have one daughter bet- 

 ter than herself. The man who does 

 not advance the next generation makes 

 a failure of his life from an evolution- 

 ary point of view, despite the fact that 

 he might have attained success as a 

 money-getter, a business man or a 

 benefactor to the human race. What 

 we need is that you men who believe 

 in doing things in the best possible 

 way should revive the art of father- 

 hood; that you should understand the 

 seriousness and the sacredness of your 

 obligation to tlie next generation. 



"When it comes to the education of 

 your children by other people I would 

 suggest that you bear in mind three 

 lessons. First, you should insist on 

 training and experience in the teach- 

 ers you employ; second, you should 

 insist that the education should be 

 conducted in a scientific fashion; third, 

 you should bear in mind your own ex- 

 perience in the matter of fruit-raising, 

 that you must spend money freely, if 

 you wish your children to attain a 

 maximum development, you must be 

 willing to invest as much in their edu- 

 cation as you would in your orchard, 

 barn or cattle." 



"The Canning Industry" was dis- 

 cussed, following a paper on the .sub- 

 ject by J. B. Moran of North Yakima, 

 after which R. Freeman, editor of thi' 

 Northwest Farm and Home, North 

 Yakima, spoke at length on "The Rela- 

 tion of the Honey Bee to the Orchard." 

 This was followed by a discussion. 



The second day's session included 

 papers on "Natural Cultivation," J. F. 

 Littooy of Wenatehee; "Orchard Care 

 and Cultivation," C. L. Smith of Spo- 

 kane; "Conservatism and Diversifica- 

 tion in the Orchard," L. R. Freeman of 

 North Yakima; "Spraying for the Cod- 

 lin. Growing and Marl<eting," J. L. 

 Dumas of Dayton; "Association Work 

 and the Commercial Value of a Good 

 Pack," E. H. Shepherd of Hood River. 

 Ore.; "Fruit Handling." C. E. Nosier 

 of Walla Walla. These papers were 

 discussed at length. 



Prof. W. S. Thornber, horticulturist 

 of the Washington State College at 

 Pullman, opened the program the last 

 day with an addresjs on general mat- 

 ters, which aroused a discussion. He 

 was follow-ed by Dr. J. Hedger of Ki- 

 ona. with a talk en "Fruit Culture"; 

 .7. A. Rose of Kennewick, spoke on 

 "The Cultivation of the Early Straw- 

 berry," and there was a general dis- 

 cussion, led by M. N. Richards of 

 North Y'akima. and \. .1. Linville of 

 Wenatehee on general association 

 work. Prof. J. O. Jayne, irrigation in- 

 vestigator of the I'nited States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, also talkea on 

 "Practical Irrigaticn." 



Following this the officers were 

 elected for 190S and Spokane chosen 

 for the meeting in January, 1909, when 

 the Spokane County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, cf which H. W. Greenberg is 

 president and L. G. Monroe, secretary, 

 will give what promises to be the larg- 



est and most important apple exhibi- 

 tion on the continent in the Spokane 

 armory, which has a seating capacit\ 

 of 5,000. The Spokane Chamber of 

 Commerce,, of which Frederick E. 

 Goodall is president, has guaranteed 

 cash prizes aggregating not less than 

 $1,000 in addition to trophies and rib- 

 bons for the winners in the various 

 classes, which will be open to every 

 grower in the State of Washington. 



Secretary Monroe said on his return 

 to Spokane from Walla Walla: 



"The fourth annual meeting of the 

 state society was the best attended and 

 most interesting in the historj- of the 

 society. We have in the neighborhood 

 of 500 members, of which 155 are in 

 Spokane county, and there is every 

 reason that the first mentioned num- 

 ber will be increased to 1,000 before 

 the end of the year. 



It is also purposed to bring the con- 

 vention of the National Irrigation Con- 

 gress to Spokane in 1909. The Spo- 

 kane country delegation to the meet- 

 ing at Albuquerque, N. M., in Septem- 

 ber, will include 100 growers from va- 

 rious parts of the Inland Empire, who 

 will take with them a train load of 

 fruit grown in this part of the Pacific 

 Northwest. Charles B, Reed is origi- 

 nator of the plan, which will be car- 

 ried out by Martin J. Wessels of Spo- 

 kane. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 

 National Flower Show Special Premi- 

 um Offers, 

 .lohn Breitmeyer's Sons, Detroit, 

 Mich., offer ?25 first, $15 second, for 

 best fifty blooms of La Detroit rose. 



Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa., cash, premium not yet specified, 

 $25. 



F. Dorner & Sons Co., LaFayette, 

 Ind. Fifty bloms Winona carnation, 

 first $12, second $S, third $5. 



Samuel Murray, Kansas City, Mo. 

 Best six plants Cibotium Schiedei, not 

 over ten inch pots, $50. 



John Young, New Y'ork. Cash, $50; 

 premium not yet specified. 



W. N. RUDD. 

 Chairman Premium Committee. 



PASADENA GARDENERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The success of previous shows has 

 encouraged the Pasadena Gardeners' 

 Association to hold a Spring Flower 

 Show on April 2, 3, 4, 1908, on a much 

 larger scale, as everything looks bright 

 and promising and there are many 

 good and new things in the Floral 

 Kingdom to draw from. The commit- 

 tee appointed to take charge of the 

 arrangements is composed of Robert 

 Pegg, chairman, Richard Thomas, sec- 

 retary, John Blake, Otto Heutchey, 

 Robert Kroll. A. T. Hanson, G. F. 

 Neillsson, J. McGilvaray, G. Sawyer 

 and Paul Janock. H. E. GEORGE. 



