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HISTORY. 



to say that our organization has made its influence felt in the legis- 

 lative halls, has been instrumental in the formation of local vegetable 

 producers' societies, and has continued the exhibition work, making 

 displays in 1912 in connection with the meeting of the Vegetable 

 Growers' Association of America at Rochester and at the State Fair. 



SEED SERVICE 



Perhaps the most promising of the Association activities from 

 the financial standpoint is the establishment of the Seed Service. 

 Through this agency, a beginning has been made in bringing the 

 man in the field into touch with producers of reliable seeds. The 

 work offers opportunity for almost indefinite expansion, and it appears 

 that it will be possible not only to offer great advantages in better 

 crops, but also to effect material savings in the actual cost of the 

 seed. While low prices do not represent the primary object of the 

 work, it seems that reasonable figures and high quality are not 

 incompatible. 



PUBLICATION LIST 



To Mr. T. Greiner, chairman of the Committee on Investigation, 

 the members of the Association are indebted for the very complete 

 and comprehensive list of vegetable publications which he has com- 

 piled, and which appears in this Report. ^Yith this work done, it 

 has been possible to secure for our members many bulletins which 

 would not otherwise have been available. Other fields of work are 

 being considered, and the active aid of an increasing number of our 

 members is hastening our progress, at the same time attesting the 

 real interest which is felt in the success of our organization. 



THE OUTLOOK 



That the importance of the vegetable industry in New York is 

 little realized is indicated by a glance at the table that is shown on 

 page 172. Very few suspect that the crops of vegetables exceed in 

 value the crops of all other horticultural products, including fruit, 

 flowers, and nursery crops. The fruit industry for many years has 

 enjoyed the advantages of splendidly organized and highly useful 

 societies of state wide influence. The vegetable producer is coming 

 into his own, and at no very distant day his organization will stand 

 beside the other horticultural bodies in membership, in influence, 

 and in usefulness. 



