EDITORIAL NOTE 



By action of the executive committee, the secretary has been 

 instructed to compile and publish a report of the work of the New 

 York State Vegetable Growers' Association from its organization to 

 the close of the 1913 meeting. 



The program of the 1911 session was prepared and in large measure 

 carried out before our Association was formed, and the papers and 

 discussions are not now available for publication. 



The record of the 1912 program consists of reports and papers 

 contributed by speakers, summaries of addresses delivered without 

 manuscript, and notes on a few discussions. 



The usefulness of the 1913 program has been extended immeasur- 

 ably by the recording of all reports, addresses, and discussions in 

 stenographic notes. These notes, together with manuscripts of the 

 speakers, are herein preserved. 



The high standard of excellence of the programs of our meetings 

 has been made possible by the co-operation of the Department of 

 Horticulture of the New York State College of Agriculture, which 

 has entertained our Association each year. 



The value of this report will be comparatively slight if it is not 

 used as a reference work. It is full of practical notes representing 

 actual experience under New York conditions. It has been the aim 

 to render this fund of information readily accessible by the insertion 

 of many subheads and by including a full table of contents and an 

 exhaustive index with many cross references. 



