CONTENTS 



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Secretary's Report 5 



Orchard Conditions 5 



Meetings of the Executive Committee 6 



PubHc Meetings 6 



American Pomological Society 8 



St. Louis Fair 8 



Our Printed Transactions 1 1 



Officers for 1903 12 



Members of the Society — Life 13 



Annual 15 



Treasurer's Report 16 



Business Transactions 18 



Meetings of Executive Committee 18 



Public Meetings 20 



The Horticultural School 21 



Field Meeting 22 



Annual Meeting 23 



Report of Committee on Sweepstakes Prize 23 



Report of Committee on President's Address 24 



By-laws amended 25 



Officers for 1904 25 



Resolutions 26 



Invocation by F. M. Preble 28 



Address of Welcome by Hon. George C. Wing 30 



Response to Address of Welcome, by D. H. Knowlton 32 



Annual Address, by Pres. Z. A. Gilbert 34 



The Apple in Cold Storage, by G. Harold Powell 38 



Fruit Storage 49 



Jt" ruit Packages, by D. H. Knowlton 64 



Orchard Fertility: 



Results from Use of Chemical Fertilizers — 



By S. H. Dawes 70 



By W. O. Breed 73 



By C. S. Phinney 75 



Results from the Use of Barn Manures, by V. P. 



DeCoster 79 



The Effect of Tillage and Cover Crops, by W. M. Mun- 



son 83 



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