HORTICULTURAL EDITOR \ 



OF 



Orchard and Farm 



In George P. Weldon, Orchard and Farm has a Horti- 

 cultural Editor of broad experience and wide repu- 

 tation. He contributes each month a feature 



article on some vital topic of timely interest to fruit 

 growers^ and in addition writes more briefly 

 on various phases of horticulture. He 

 also answers inquiries of subscribers. 



Mr. Weldon was born and raised on a Colorado farm. He 

 graduated from Colorado Agricultural College with the de- 

 grees of B.S. and M.S., and from 1906 to 1908 served as As- 

 sistant State Entomologist of the Maryland Agricultural Col- 

 lege and Elxperiment Station. From 1 908 to 1911 he served 

 as Chief of Field Investigations for the Colorado Elxperiment 

 Station, and later became Deputy State Entomologist of Colo- 

 rado, also serving in the Department of Zoology and Ento- 

 mology in the State University. In 1913 Mr. Welon become 

 Chief Deputy of the California State Horticultural Commission, 

 and later. Acting Commissioner of Horticulture. In 1919 he 

 became Pomologist for Chaffey Junior College of Ontario, one 

 of the leading educational institutions of the State. He is the 

 author of many important agricultural bulletins and books, in- 

 cluding "Pear Growing in California^'* "Apple Growing in Cal- 

 ifornia," and others. 



George P. Weldon writes exclusively for 



Orchard and Farm 



LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 

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