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HISTORY. 



to take steps to organize an association which shall have for its aim 

 the furtherance of the interests of its members in such of the ways 

 mentioned above as may seem best. 

 (Signed) 



C. H. Aldrich, Mattituck, N. Y. 

 Edward Arxts, Syracuse, N. Y. 

 W. L. BoxxEY, Batavia, X. Y. 

 W. R. CoxKLixG, Mattituck, X. Y. ' 

 Axsox P. Fisher. Canastota, X. Y. 

 H. B. FuLLERTOx. Medford, X^. A^. 

 T. Greix'er, LaSalle, X. Y. 

 X"". J. Gould, Albion, X. Y. 

 W. J. House, Arkport, X. Y. 

 Jex'X'ix'gs Bros., Canastota, X. Y. 

 F. & H. P. Laxgdox, Constable, X. Y. 

 CD. LeVax, Sanborn, X'. A'. 

 JoHX' R. Spears, Xorthwood, X'. A'. 

 Geo. B. Tyler, East Aurora, X'. Y. 

 H. R. Talmage, Riverhead, X. Y. 

 Chauxcey West, Irondequoit, X". Y. 

 Wm. H. Woodward, Latham, X'. Y. 



Vegetable Growers 



L. H. Bailey, 

 Dean of X^ew A^ork State College of Agriculture 



JoHx Craig, 

 Professor of Horticulture, 



Xew A'ork State College of Agriculture 



This call was given wide publicity, and in response thereto, a 

 goodly number of growers assembled at Ithaca on February 21 to 23, 

 1911, to hear the speakers who had been engaged by the Department 

 of Horticulture of the College of Agriculture to address them, and 

 to consider the feasibility of organizing a state vegetable growers' 

 association. 



THE first meeting 



The proposal was considered at an informal meeting on Wednes- 

 day, February tw^enty-second. The late Professor John Craig 

 called the meeting to order, and Mr. E. A. Tuttle of Eastport, Long 

 Island, was nominated and unanimously elected chairman of the 

 meeting. After a full discussion, Mr. C. R. White moved that, 

 "It is the sense of this meeting that the Xew York State Vegetable 

 Growers' Association be organized." This was seconded, and after 

 brief discussion, was carried. The following committee was ap- 

 pointed to draw up a plan of organization: C. R. White, W. L. 



