CONTENTS, 



Proceedings : ^'''^'■'^ 



President's Address 2 



Secretary's Report 6 



Treasurer's Report i*3 



Report of Committee on Membership 20 



Report of Committee on Exhibitions 20 



Report of the Committee on Markets and Transportation .... 22 



Report of Committee on Legislation 25 



Experiences of a Hudson River Pear Grower. J. R. CorncU . . 27 



Report of Committee on New Fruits 3^^ 



Report on Fungous Diseases for 1905. Dr. G. P. Clinton 41 



Spraying Methods and Machinery. Samuel H. Derby 45 



Report'on Injurious Insects of the Past Season. W. E. Britton, 57 

 Recent Experiments with Oils and Other Sprays to Control the 



San Jose Scale. Prof. M. V. Slingerland 63 



A New Jersey Fruit Grower's Successful Fight with the San 



Jose Scale. William H. Skillman 71 



The Street Shade Tree Problem. Hon. James Draper 84 



Trees on State Highways J. H. Macdonald 87 



The Legal Side of the Matter. Judge Charles G. Root 89 



A New Man at the Work. John N. Brooks 94 



What Results May Be Expected. Prof. A. G. Gulley 95 



The Practicability of Roadside Embellishment. Edwin Hoyt. . 96 



Signs. L. W. Ripley 99 



The Need of a Better Understanding of Our Rights. C. I. 



Allen loi 



Macadam Roads and Tree Planting. A. C. Sternberg 103 



Insect Enemies of Shade Trees 105 



A New England Grower's Methods of Growing and Market- 

 ing the Apple Crop. T. L. Kinney 119 



The Need of Better Nursery Stock for Orchard Plantings. 



Prof. A. G. Gulley 134 



The "Pedigree Idea" in Nursery Stock. Edwin Hoyt 138 



