CONTENTS. 



Proceedings. page 



President's Opening Address i 



Secretary's Report *. 4 



Treasurer's Report 8 



Report of Legislative Committee 9 



Report of Committee on Membership 9 



" " Exhibitions ii 



" " Markets and Transportation I2 



" " New Fruits i6 



" " Injurious Insects 19 



" " Fungous Diseases. J. H. Putnam 25 



Some Lessons from the Pan-American Fruit Exhibit. Prof. A. G. 



Gulley 29 



The Lime Sulphur and Salt Mixture for the San Jose Scale 36 



Cover Crops and Soil Conditions in Orchards. G. Harold Powell 38 



Novel Methods in Apple Growing. Grant G. Hitchings 50 



The Essential Points in Profitable Small Fruit Culture. A. G. 



Sharp 70 



Ornamental Planting about the Farm Home. F. W. Card 79 



Injurious Insects. W. E. Britton 84 



What have we Learned about Peach Growing and Selling in 1901 ? 



T.N. Barnes loi 



Plum Culture and further Planting of Plums. J. T. Molumphy 



and G. S. Butler 107 



The Prevention of Brown Rot of the Stone Fruits. F. C. Stewart 112 

 Cold Storage: Preparing and Storing the Fruit. Wm. H. Hart . . . 117 

 Some of our Common Fruit Diseases, with Special Reference to 



the Brown Rot of Peaches and Plums. C. O. Townsend .... 133 

 What are the respective Advantages of close and wide-apart Orchard 



Planting? George H. Hale 145 



Domestic and Foreign Fruit Markets, and their Requirements. 



Charles Foster 147 



Election of Officers 165 



How to Attain Success in Canning and Preserving Fruits. Ciiarles 



E. Steele 167 



Resolutions adopted 172 



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