CONTENTS. 



Proceedings : 



President's Address 1 



Secretary's Report 5 



Treasurer's Report 12 



Reports of Standing Committees : 



on Legislation , 20 



on Exhibitions 21 



on Markets and Transportation 22 



on Injurious Insects 24 



Commercial Fruit Growing in New England : Its Advan- 

 tages and Disadvantages. Prof. F. C. Sears 28 



Report on Fungous Diseases for 1908, with Special Notes 

 on Melon Culture and Diseases and the Peach Yellows. 



Dr. G. P. Clinton 39 



Recent Advancement in Successful Spraying, with Special 

 Reference to the Control of the San Jose Scale. Prof. 



H. A. Surface 55 



Observations on Apple Growing in the Pacific Northwest. 



Prof. John Craig 71 



First Annual Banquet 80 



The Menu 82 



Mr. Hale 82 



Prof. Clinton , 83 



Dr. E. H. Jenkins , 85 



Prof. John Craig 87 



Mr. Farnsworth , 89 



Mr. Edwin C. Powell .* 91 



Mrs. Atkins 92 



Mr. Lee 93 



Mr. Geo. A. Cosgrove 94 



Mr. F. H. Stadtmueller 95 



Secretary Brown 96 



Mr. H. W. Collingwood 98 



President Beach 101 



Prof. F. C. Sears 103 



Mr. Pratt 104 



Mr. Fullerton 105 



The Proposed New England Fruit Show. Wilfrid Wheeler.. 113 



Resolution to Appoint a Publicity Committee 116 



Growing and Handling Berries and Other Fruits for the Fancy 

 Market. W. W. Farnsworth ' 120 



