INTRODUCTION 



We wish to acknowledge the assistance of the following persons, asso- 

 ciations and pei-iodicals for contributions and matei-ials along the lines of 

 their respective specialties: 



A. C. Allen, Orchardist, Medford, Oregon 



DwiGHT S. Anderson, Spokane Bar 



H. C. Atwell, Ex-President Oregon Hor- 

 ticultural Association 



Floyd Douglass Bailey, A. B., Assistant 

 Crop Pest Investigations, Oregon Exper- 

 iment Station 



Clyde Barnum, Deputy Inspector Rogue 

 River Valley 



C. N. Bennett, Engineer Clatsop Cran- 

 berry Bogs 



Mr. N. S. Bennett. Medford, Ore. 



Better Fruit. 



Philo K. Blinn, Special Investigator Col- 

 orado Experiment Station, Superintend- 

 ent The Rocky Ford Cantaloup Seed 

 Breeders Association 



Luther Buebank, Santa Rosa, Calif. 



Mr. F. H. Burglehaus, Sumner, Wash. 



A. B. Capps, Nurseryman, Prosser, 

 Wash. 



E. K. Carnes, Superintendent State In- 

 sectary, Sacramento, California; Hor- 

 ticulturist Natomas Consolidated. Sac- 

 ramento, California 



Country Genti.e.man. 



A. G. Craig, Horticulturist Washington 

 State College; Superintendent Arcadia 

 Orchards Company 



James Daily, Superintendent Hillcrest 

 Orchards, Medford, Oregon 



P. S. Darlington, Horticulturist, We- 

 natchee. Wash. 



W. M. Davidson, U. S. Department Agri- 

 culture. Bureau of Entomology 



G. B. Dean, Orchardist, Medford, Oregon 



J. W. Duncan. Superintendent of Parks, 

 Spokane, Washington 



Orange Judd Farjier. 



R. W. Fisher, Horticulturist Montana Ex- 

 periment Station; Superintendent Thou- 

 sand Acre Ranch. Bitter Root Valley, 

 Montana 



S. W. Foster, U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture. Bureau of Entomolo.gy 



H. M. Gilbert, President and General Man- 

 ager Richey & Gilbert Company, Fruit 

 Grower, Toppenish, Wash.. Large Pro- 

 ducer of Apples 



Professor W. H. Goodwin. Ohio Experi- 

 ment Station. 



Green's Fruit Grower. 



W. F. GwiN, General Manager Northwest- 

 ern Fruit Exchange, Portland, Oregon 



C. L. Hamilton. Inspector Yakima Valley 

 Fruit Growers' Association 



Geo. H. Himes, Assistant Secretary Oregon 

 Historical Society 



W. L. Howard, Phd., Horticulturist, Mis- 

 souri Experiment Station 



V. H. Howie, Expert Accountant, North 

 Yakima, Wash. 



Herbert Spencer Jackson, A. B., Botanist 

 and Plant Pathologist, Oregon Experi- 

 ment Station 



P. B. Kennedy, Reno, Nev. 



Edward Jacob Kraus, B. S., Research As- 

 sistant in Horticulture, Oregon Experi- 

 ment Station 



Mr. W. B. Lanham, Bitter Root Valley, 

 Mont. 



W. H. Lawrence, Superintendent and 

 Plant Pathologist Western Washington 

 Experiment Station; Plant Pathologist 

 and Horticulturist Hood River Apple 

 Growers' Union 



J. U. McPherson, State Horticulturist, 

 Boise, Idaho 



M. S. MiDDLETOx, Horticulturist, Nelson, 

 B. C. 



H. B. Miller, American Consul, Belfast, 

 Ireland 



RoBT. Morgan, Head Inspector. North Pa- 

 cific Fruit Distributors 



Oscar Matison Morris, B. S. (Oklahoma 

 Agricultural and Mechanical College), 

 Professor of Horticulture. Washington 

 Experiment Station 



Mr. Elias NEL.S0N, Quincy, Wash. 



Northwest Horticulturist. 



Mr. F. a. Norton. Grandview. Wash. 



G. Harold Powell, Horticulturist, Dela- 

 ware Experiment Station; U. S. Depart- 

 ment Agriculture, Pomologist and As- 

 sistant Chief, Bureau Plant Industry; 

 General Manager California Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Exchange 



