CONTENTS 



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Introduction 035 



Tlio Fruit Districts ol New V..rk. U. 1'. Hedrick 638 



Thi' N HI-MTV Industry in New York, Samuel Fraser 640 



Various Methods of Refrigeration and Its Advantage to the Public, 



George H. McKay 662 



The Apple Grading Law, B. D. Van Buren 669 



The Apple-packing Train, F. S. Welsh 679 



Inspection Work of the Department of Agriculture in Relation to 



Horticulture, Dr. George G. Atwood 684 



History of Fruit, Exhibits at State Fair, H. B. Knapp 694 



Horticultural Exhibits and What They Mean to the Fruit Interests of 



the State of New York 706 



Exhibit of New York Fruit at the Columbian Exposition, Edward 



van Alystyne 706 



New York Fruit at the Pan-American Exposition in 1901, F. E. 



Da\\ Icy 707 



New York Fruit at the Land Shows and San Francisco Exposition, 



Charles G. Porter 710 



The Western New York Horticultural Society, John Hall 717 



The New York State Fruit Growers' Association, E. C. Gillett 727 



Hudson River Fruit Exchange, W. Y. Velie 731 



The Apple 741 



Introduction of the Apple into America and New York State, 



Charles S. Wilson 743 



The Apples of New York, Prof. S. A. Beach 761 



Soil Types for Varieties of Apples, H. J. Wilder 769 



Tillage, W. H. Chandler 776 



Cover Crops, R. D. Anthony 785 



Intercropping the Young Orchard From an Economic Standpoint, 



M. C. Burritt 794 



Sod Mulch vs. Tillage for Apple Orchards, W. D. Auchter 803 



Fertilizers for Fruits, U. P. Hedrick 811 



Care of Young Trees, William Hotaling 816 



Care of the Old Orchaid, Roy P. McPherson 824 



Pruning, Edward van Alystyne 830 



Insects Particularly Affecting the Apple, Dr. E. P. Felt 842 



Some of Our Most Common Apple Diseases, H. H. Whetzel and 

 Lex R. Hesler 855 



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