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WESTERN NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL 

 TO MEET IN ROCHESTER IN JANUARY. 



The forty-eighth anniversary of the West- 

 ern New York Horticultural Society will oc- 

 cur January 28th and 29th, 1903, at Roches- 

 ter. Among- the speakers will be Professor 

 L P. Roberts, of Cornell University ; Dr. H. 

 J. Webber, and Professor Harold Powell, of 

 the Department of Agriculture, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. ; Dr. W. H. Jordan, director of 

 the New York Exp't Station ; the "bug 

 man," Professor M. V. Slingerland, always 

 entertaining and instructive ; Professor S. 

 A. Beach, Dr. L. L. Van Slyke, Professor 

 F. C. Stewart, and other. Mr. Alex. Mc- 

 Neill, prominent in the service of the Cana- 

 dian government, will give a talk on "Grad- 

 ing and Packing," an object lesson. 



About fifty years ago a few men interested 

 in fruit culture met in Rochester, in response 

 to a call which declared that the culture Of 

 fruits in this region was becoming an im- 



portant branch of industry. Apple growing 

 and all fruit raising was then in its infanc}'. 

 Out of the meeting of earnest, enthusiastic 

 men who responded to that call sprang the 

 society, which, for nearly half a century, has 

 devoted its energies and its money to the 

 advancement of the art of fruit culture. The 

 discussions of practical questions, in which 

 every one is free to participate, is a popular 

 feature of the annual gatherings, and it is 

 no uncommon thing to hear well-to-do fruit 

 growers attribute their success largely to 

 their membership in the society. 



Few people realize the extent of the apple 

 industry of the United States. Thirty years 

 ago a barrel of American apples was a curi- 

 osity in the English market. The total ex- 

 ports from American to European ports, for 

 the week ending December 6th of the pres- 

 ent year, amounted to 111,191 barrels. The 

 total shipments of apples from American 

 ports for the present year up to December 



