CONTENTS. 



Proceedings : page 



President's Address 1 



Secretary's Report 6 



Treasurer's Report ' 15 



Reports of Standing Committees : 



on Membership 22 



on Legislation ?3 



on Injurious Insects 23 



on Exhibitions 28 



on Fungous Diseases 30 



Is Legislation Needed to Secure Uniform Methods of Grad- 

 ing, Packing and Branding Fruits for Shipment? Dr. G. 



M. Twitchell and others 35 



Discussion of the Question of Uniformity in Grading, Pack- 

 ing and Branding Fruits 44 



Hardiness of the Peach. Prof. U. P. Hedrick 47 



Some New Points on Peach Diseases. Prof. M. B. Waite.... 59 

 The New Oil Emulsions for Treating the San Jose Scale. C. 



D. Jarvis " 81 



Eight Years' Experience with the San Jose Scale in Our 



Orchards. S. Seward Hopkins 98 



Quality from the Grower's Standpoint. J. H. Hale 107 



The Views of a Consumer. Mrs. Ella B. Kendrick IIU 



How to Reach the Consumer and Increase the Use of More 



and Better Fruit. H. W. Collingwood 115 



Report of the Standing Committee on Markets and Transpor- 

 tation 126 



Tillage vs. Sod-Mulch for the Apple Orchard. U. P. Hedrick. 135 

 " Successful Western Methods of Grading and Packing Fancy 



Apples. Prof. L. B. Judson 153 



The Election of Officers 160 



Essentials for Success in the Growing and Marketing of Ber- 

 ries and Market-Garden Crops. H. M. Howard 163 



