INTRODUCTION 



Mb. a. a. Quarxbebg, Nut Specialist, 

 Vancouver, Wash. 



T. R. Reid, Special U. S. Frost Forecaster 



H. S. Rhodes, M. D., Tacoma, Washington 



Rogue Ri\ek Valley Fruit Growehs 

 Union. 



H. C. Sampso.n'. Secretary-Treasurer North 

 Pacific Fruit Distributors, Spokane, 

 Wash. 



Hon. W. E. Scott, Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture, Victoria, B. C. 



Augustine D. Selby, Chief, Department 

 Botany, Ohio Experiment Station 



J. R. Shinx, Horticulturist, University of 

 Idaho 



F. E. Sickles, Secretary and Acting Man- 

 ager Yakima Valley Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation ; Orchardist 



Clayton O. Smith, California Experiment 

 Station, Assistant Plant Pathologist 



R. E. Smith, B. S., Plant Pathologist and 

 Superintendent of Southern California 

 Pathological Laboratory and Experi- 

 ment Station. 



Roscoe Wilfoud Thatcher, M.A. (Univer- 

 sity of Nebraska), Professor of Agricul- 

 tural Chemistry, Head of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and Director and 

 Chemist of the Washington Agricultural 



Experiment Station: Department Agri- 

 cultural Chemistry University of Min- 

 nesota 



The Farmer and Fruit Grower. 



Walter Strickland Thornrer, M. S. 

 (South Dakota Agricultural College; 

 Cornell University), Professor of Horti- 

 culture and Head of the Department of 

 Horticulture and Forestry. Washington 

 Experiment Station: Superintendent 

 Lewiston-Clarkston Development Com- 

 pany: Director Lewiston-Clarkston 

 School of Horticulture. 



R. E. Trujible, Consulting Horticulturist 



Clarence Cornelius Vincent. M.S. A., 

 B.S.A., Oregon Agricultural College, 

 1907: M.S., 1909: M.S.A.. Cornell Uni- 

 versity, 1910; Assistant in Horticulture, 

 Oregon Agricultural College, 1907-09; 

 Graduate Student in Horticulture, Cor- 

 nell University, 1909-10: Assistant Hor- 

 ticulturist, University of Idaho. 1910 



W. W. Weir. Drainage Engineer, U. S. 

 Reclamation Service 



Geo. P. Weldon. Entomologist, Colorado 

 Experiment Station 



Wen.atchee Fruit Growers Associatkin. 



J. Howard Wright. Manager Wright 

 Fruit Company. North Yakima. Wash- 

 ington, Orchardist. 



SUBJECTS TREATED 



The nunibei- of subjects enumerated is over four thousund five huiidrrd. 

 A large number of these have been jjiven special treatment; as, for example, 

 the most important plant diseases, including Blight of Pear and Apple, 

 Apple Water Core, Apple Tree Anthracnose or Black Spot Canker, Walnut 

 Blight, Apple and Pear Scab, Apple Ro.sette, Plant Lice, Irrigation, Low- 

 Heading, Apple Packing, Fruit Marketing, Orchard Co.sts, Varieties to 

 Plant, "Pedigree," Overprodnction, Horticultural Laws, Canning, Preserv- 

 ing, Duty of Water, Drainage, Grafting Waxes, Preparation of Fruits and 

 Vegetables for the Table, Road Building, Gardener's Planting Table, Pea- 

 nut Culture, Pecan Culture, Bibliographies on All Phases of Horticulture, 

 Statistical Maps, Fruit Statistics of All the States, Rainfall. Frost Tables, 

 Onion Culture, History of Orcharding in the Northwest, Intercropping, 

 Windbreaks, Xut Culture, Bee Culture, Vegetable Garden, Orchard Tools, 

 ^^'aI•('ll(luse iMjuiimient, Spraying Accessories, Soil Water, By-])roducts, 

 Cold, Cool and Common Storage, Pre-cooling, Disease Susceptibility, De- 

 scriptions of ^'arieties of Apples, Fertilizers. Score Card for Exhil)ition 

 Pack, Mushroom Culture, ^'ariely Adaptations, Industrial Alcohol, Trans 



