7-H) THE FRUIT INDUSTRY ix XEW YORK STATE 



The prime object of this society, as expressed in its constitu- 

 tion, is educational the promotion of the advancement of the 

 science of pomology and the art of fruit culture generally, and 

 in harmony with this expressed declaration the programs pre- 

 sented at the annual meetings have always been prepared. The 

 best horticultural authorities from far and near have appeared 

 upon our platform. 



This society was the first in the country to encourage the ex- 

 hibition at its annual meetings of spray nozzles and other devices, 

 and subsequently of spraying apparatus, from a spray syringe to 

 a power spraying machine. 



The officers of the society for fhe year 1915 are: 



President 

 W. C. Barry 



V ice-Presidents 



S. J. T. Bush, Morton F. H. Lattin, Albion 



George T. Powell, Ghent M. E. Ross, Avon 



A. L. Whitbeck, Sodus Win. H. Roeper, Wyoming 



Secretary-Treasurer 

 John Hall, Rochester 



Executive Committee 



B. J. Case, Sodus Geo. W. Dunn, Webster 



J. Corwin Jacks, Batavia E. W. Catchpole, ^sorth Rose 



Samuel Fraser, Geneseo 



As a stimulus to members, winter exhibits of fruit are made 

 at the annual meetings, some hundreds of dollars being paid in 

 premiums. 



The annual membership fee is $1 ; that for a life member is 

 $10. Either entitles the member, in addition to participation in 

 the meetings, to the annual report, a volume of more than 200 

 pages, containing all the addresses and discussions at the annual 

 meeting, and worth many times a dollar as a book of reference. 

 A set of these reports mark the horticultural progress of more 

 than half a century. 



