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Mr. A. A. QUARNBERG, 
Vancouver, Wash. 
T. R. Rep, Special U. S. Frost Forecaster 
H. 8S. Ruopes, M.D., Tacoma, Washington 
Roevz RivER VALLEY 
UNION. 
H. C. Sampson, Secretary-Treasurer North 
Pacific Fruit Distributors, Spokane, 
Wash. 
Hon. W. E. Scorr, Commissioner of Agri- 
culture, Victoria, B. C. 
AveustinE D. Srexpy, Chief, Department 
Botany, Ohio Experiment Station 
J. R. Suinn, Horticulturist, University of 
Tdaho 
EF. E. Srckues, Secretary and Acting Man- 
ager Yakima Valley Fruit Growers’ As- 
sociation; Orchardist 
CLAYTON O, Smitru, California Experiment 
Station, Assistant Plant Pathologist 
R. E. Smirs, B. S., Plant Pathologist and 
Superintendent of Southern California 
Pathological Laboratory and Experi- 
ment Station. 
Roscort Witrorp THatTcHer, M.A. (Univer- 
sity of Nebraska), Professor of Agricul- 
tural Chemistry, Head of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture and Director and 
Chemist of the Washington Agricultural 
Nut Specialist, 
FRUIT GROWERS 
INTRODUCTION 
Experiment Station: Department Agri- 
cultural Chemistry University of Min- 
nesota 
THE FARMER and FrRUIt GROWER. 
WALTER STRICKLAND Trirornpnor, M. S. 
(South Dakota Agricultural College: 
Cornell University), Professor of lTorti- 
culture and Head of the Department of 
Horticulture and Forestry, Washington 
Experiment Station; Superintendent 
Lewiston-Clarkston Development Com- 
pany; Director Lewiston -Clarkston 
School of Horticulture 
R. E. Tromprie, Consulting Horticulturist 
CLARENCE CORNELIUS VINCENT, M.S.A,, 
B.S.A., Oregon Agricultural College, 
1907; M.S., 1909; M.S.A., Cornell Uni- 
versity, 1910; Assistant in Horticulture, 
Oregon Agricultural College, 1907-09; 
Graduate Student in Horticulture, Cor- 
nell University, 1909-10; Assistant Hor- 
ticulturist, University of Idaho, 1910 
W. W. Were, Drainage Engineer, U. S. 
Reclamation Service 
Gro. P. Wetpon, Entomologist, Colorado 
Experiment Station 
WeEenatcHEE Fruirr GrowERs ASSOCIATION, 
J. Howarp Wrictt, Manager Wright 
Fruit Company, North Yakima, Wash- 
ington, Orchardist. 
SUBJECTS TREATED 
The number of subjects enumerated is over four thousand fire hundred. 
A large number of these have been given special treatment; as, for example, 
the most important plant diseases, including Blight of Pear and Apple, 
Apple Water Core, Apple Tree Anthracnose or Black Spot Canker, Walnut 
Blight, Apple and Pear Scab, Apple Rosette, Plant Lice, Irrigation, Low 
Heading, Apple Packing, Fruit Marketing, Orchard Costs, Varieties to 
Plant, “Pedigree,” Overproduction, Horticultural Laws, Canning, Preserv- 
ing, Duty of Water, Drainage, Grafting Waxes, Preparation of Fruits and 
Vegetables for the Table, Road Building, Gardener’s Planting Table, Pea- 
nut Culture, Pecan Culture, Bibliographies on All Phases of Horticulture, 
Statistical Maps, Fruit Statistics of All the States, Rainfall, Frost Tables, 
Onion Culture, History of Orcharding in the Northwest, Intercropping, 
Windbreaks, Nut Culture, Bee Culture, Vegetable Garden, Orchard Tools, 
Warehouse Equipment, Spraying Accessories, Soil Water, By-products, 
Cold, Cool and Common Storage, Pre-cooling, Disease Susceptibility, De- 
scriptions of Varieties of Apples, Fertilizers, Score Card for Exhibition 
Pack, Mushroom Culture, Variety Adaptations, Industrial Alcohol, Trans- 
