BETTER FRUIT 



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vois Avenue, St. Louis. Mis- 

 souri, chairman of committee 

 on exhibits. Intending exhib- 

 itors should wri'-e him now. 



No special railroad rates 

 will be authorized for mem- 

 bers attending the convention. The guar- 

 antee required is prohibitive as far as this 

 association is concerned. We therefore 

 advise each member to consult with the 

 local ticket agent in his local- 

 ity regarding routes and rates, j 

 The sooner the better. A 

 "special party rate" may be . 

 obtained in cases where ten 1 

 or more can gather at some I 

 central point, the conditions 

 being that the same route be 

 used both going and return- 

 ing, all traveling on one and 

 the same ticket. 



Mr. Frank Weber, chairman 

 of the entertainment commit- 

 tee, advises us that the pro- 

 gram, as outlined up to the 

 present, includes a visit to 

 Missouri Botanical Gardens, 

 autiimobile ride through the 

 residence sections, the parks 

 and the main business sec- 

 tions of the city; "special car" 

 trip for ladies only to a popu- L 

 lar summer garden theater; 



QUEEN OF THE MARKET RED R.-\SPBERRY 



"Shaw Banquet" for 

 members and a boat 

 ride for all on the 

 beautiful and majes- 

 tic Mississippi Ri^-er, 

 with music and re- 

 freshments. Badge 

 book will contain the 

 program in detail. 

 The committee on program 

 has decided to hold half-day ses- 

 sions only for business, and it is 

 their belief that if members 

 respond promptly and heartily 

 to this arrangement the sessions 

 can be made intensely interesting and 

 exceedingly profitable. Chairman J. H. 

 Dayton's desire has been to arrange for a 

 program in which every member present 

 will take part, recognizing the fact that 

 free discussion, following a few short 

 papers on practical subjects by practical 

 men, will produce a fund of information 

 that will make the annual report one of 

 exceptional value. Besides the usual 

 introductory numbers, several commit- 

 tees appointed by President Stark have 

 had to deal with very live topics, and 

 their reports will doutbless create much 

 discussion. Then S. J. Hunter, state 

 entomologist of Kansas, will speak on 

 "Nurserymen and Entomologists;" Dr. 

 J. C. Whitten, professor of horticulture 

 in the University of Missouri, will talk 



on "Spring versus Fall Plant- 

 ing of Fruit Trees." The 

 professor has been conduct- 

 ing experiments along this 

 line for a number of years. 



The balance of the time 

 will be taken up with the dis- 

 cussion of such questions as 

 "^"^^ "Ethics of Our B usmess, 

 "How to Extend Our Mar- 

 kets at Wholesale and Retail," 

 "Standardization of Prices at 

 Retail and Wholesale," "Stan- 

 dardization of Grades," "Mail- 

 ing L'ists — Should They Be 

 Classified?" "Who Are Enti- 

 tled to Trade Lists?" "How 

 Best Kept Up to Date," 

 "Should Large Buyers Not in 

 the Trade, Such as Parks, Cemeteries, 

 Public Institutions, etc., Be Given Trade 

 Prices." These questions will be opened 

 by short papers or talks by such prac- 

 tical men as Harlan P. Kelsey, J. M. 

 Pitkin, F. H. Stannard, Abner Hoopes, 

 T. J. Smith. W. H. Maloney, C. J. Maloy, 

 E. W. Kirkpatrick, H. C. Chase, E. S. 

 Welch, Wm. Pitkin-, T. B. Meehan and 

 others. Every member should go pre- 

 pared to participate in the discussions. 

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EATING AN APPLE.— "Do you know what you 

 are eating?" said the doctor to the girl. "An 

 apple, of course." "You are eating," said the 

 doctor, "albumen, sugar, gum, malic acid, gallic 

 acid, fiber, water and phosphorus." "I hope those 

 things are good. They sound alarming." "Nothing 

 could be better. You ate, I observed, rather too 

 much meat at dinner. The malic acid of apples 

 neutralizes the excess of chalky matter caused by 

 too much meat, and thereby helps to keep you 

 young. Apples are, good for your complexion. 

 Their acids drive out the noxious matters which 

 cause skin eruptions. They are good for your 

 brain, which those same noxious matters, if 

 retained, render sluggish. Moreover, the acids of 

 the apple dimi,nish the acidity of the stomach that 

 comes with some forms of indigestion. The phos- 

 phorus, of which apples contain a larger percentage 

 than any ofher fruit or vegetable, renews the essen- 

 tial nervsils matter of the brain and spinal column. 

 Oh, the ancients were not wrong when they 

 esteemed the apple the food of the gods — the magic 

 renewer of youth to which the gods resorted when 

 they felt themselves growing old and feeble. I 

 think I'll have an apple," concluded the doctor. — 

 New York Tribune. 



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CONSTRUCTION work on the irrigation sys- 

 tem of the Willamette \'alley Irrigated Land 

 Company at West Stayton, Oregon, is progressing 

 rapidly, the weather having been unusually favor- 

 able for outdoor work. From seventy-five to eighty 

 men and thirty to thirty-five teams have been at 

 work daily, and it is expected that water will be 

 turned into the canal this month. 



ELBERTA PEACHES 



