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\'erniont, ])ut I do not see them before me. I am sorry we 

 cannot hear from them at this time. 



Now the first on onr program this morning is an 

 address by Prof. F. C. Sears of Amherst, jMassachusetts, 

 on "Impressions of the Apple Industry on the Pacific 

 Coast."" I am sorry to say Prof. Sears is not able to 

 lie with us. he has been ill. We wired him niglit before last, 

 and yesterday he replied that perhaps he would be here. Xow 

 I regret to say he is not with us, but we have another gen- 

 tleman that was to speak immediately after him on the same 

 topic, and I feel sure will fill the bill, and without further in- 

 troduction at all, I will present to you our genial vice-presi- 

 dent, Mr. G. A. Drew. (Applause.) 



]\Ir. G. a. Drew : Our president said he was very 

 sorry that Prof. Sears is not here, and I am sure you all feel 

 the same, and I can assure you I am much more sorry than 

 anyone else, because Prof. Sears was to have delivered the 

 main part of this address, and I was simply going to make a 

 few remarks afterwards. Under the circumstances I will do 

 the best I can, and I hope you will bear with me. 



I am going to speak of my impressions of the fruit grow- 

 inof industrv on the Pacific coast. 



Impressions of the Apple Growing Industry on the Pacific 



Coast. 



Bv George A. Drew, Greenwich, Conn. 



So many wonderful stories have been told of the great 

 Northw^est as a fruit growing section, of how- King Api)le has 

 made fortunes there for one and all, that it had been my 

 dream for several years to visit this land of promise and sec 

 for myself if all the tales were true or part were fiction. Tiiis 

 last fall it was my good fortune to visit these famous apple 

 regions, study their methods at close range and try to see if 

 there were anv lessons to be learned which we could adopt to 



