CO-OPERATl\I-: FRUIT MARKETING. I57 



well in that section. One of the advantages in having only one 

 variety is that the general appearance of the shipment, when opened, 

 is more nniform, which is a help. Hood River made its great record 

 for strawberry shipment on the Clark seedling. 



The problem of marketable fruits is an important one, and Mr. 

 Graves thinks it must be solved by each association in its own way, 

 and that canning, vinegar and cider factories will naturally become 

 a portion of the work of an organization of this kind when it has 

 reached perfection. 



The subject of allowing the Express Company to act as sales 

 agent was fully discussed, and the experience of growers w^as op- 

 posed to this method of marketing except in occasional cases. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1907, WISCONSIN STATE HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



J. A. HOWARD^ DELEGATE, HAMAIOND. 



On Tuesday morning, owing to the intense cold, the trains on 

 the Milwaukee road were from three to five hours late, and your 

 delegate did not reach Madison till Wednesday morning at ten 

 o'clock. I went directly to Guild Hall, where I found the meeting 

 in session, and the reception of delegates in order. Your delegate 

 was cordially received and made an honorary member, and was also 

 made to feel at home, as there were so many familiar faces that are 

 seen at our Minneapolis meetings, including A. J. Philips, C. G. 

 Patten, Geo. J. Kellogg, Prof. Hansen, Prof. S. B. Green, Roy D. 

 Underwood and others. 



The secretary's report on trial orchards showed the society spent 

 $1,500 on them in 1906. 



The society took an active part in warning the people of the 

 state against fraudulent tree dealers, who were operating in vari- 

 ous sections, by instructing the secretary to send notices to all the 

 newspapers warning the public. 



A report on cranberry culture in Wisconsin for the last forty 

 years, by Mr. Bennett, showed that cranberry culture had been very 

 unprofitable, in a great many localities. 



The next paper, "Strawberry Review for 1905-6, Plant Injury 

 and Cause, Crop and Prices, and most Profitable Varieties," by 

 M. S. Kellogg was very interesting. Mr. Kellogg thought that ice 

 forming on plants, smothering them, was one of the chief causes 

 of winter-killing. Crop was light and prices good, and the Sen. 

 Dunlap was one of the best varieties for the commercial grower. 

 Nearly every grower reported more or less injury. 



