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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
January, 1917 
Oli$con$in Horticulture 
Published monthly by the 
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 
12 N. Carroll St. 
Official organ of the Society. 
FREDERIC CRANEFIELD, Editor. 
Secretary W. S. H. S., M-adison, Wis 
Entered as secona-ciass matter May, 13, 
1912, at the postoffice at Madison, Wiscon- 
sin, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 
Advertising rates made known on appli- 
cation. 
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 
Membership fee fifty cents, which in- 
cludes twenty-five cents subscription price 
of Wisconsin Horticulture. Remit fifty 
cents to Frederic Cranefield, Editor, Madi- 
son, Wis. 
Remit by Postal or Express Money Order. 
A dollar bill may be sent safely if wrapped 
or attached to a card, and pays for two years. 
Personal checks accepted. 
Postage stamps not accepted. 
OFFICERS. 
N. A. Rasmussen, President Oshkosh 
D. E. Bingham, Vice-President 
Sturgeon Bay 
L. G. Kellogg, Treasurer Ripon 
F. Cranefield, Secretary Madison 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
N. A. Rasmussen Ex-officio 
D. E. Bingham Ex-officio 
L. G. Kellogg Ex-officio 
F. Cranefield Ex-officio 
1st Dist., A. Martini Lake Geneva 
2nd Dist., R. J. Coe Ft. Atkinson 
3rd Dist., II. H. Morgan Madison 
4th Dist., Henry Wilke Milwaukee 
5th Dist., C. V. Holsinger Wauwatosa 
6th Dist., H. C. Christensen Oshkosh 
7th Dist., Wm Toole. Sr Barahoo 
8th Dist., O. G. Maldc Grand Rapids 
9th Dist.. L. E. Birmingham Sturgeon Bay 
10th Dist., C. L. Richardson .... 
Chippewa Falls 
11th Dist., J. F. Hauser Bayfield 
BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
N. A. Rasmussen F. Cranefield 
L. G. Kellogg 
The Annual Convention 
The report of a convention is 
dry stuff, dry to write and dry 
to read. You say, “very fine,” 
“best we ever had” etc., etc., on 
to the end and you have said 
just what you said last time. 
That’s all there is to be said 
about it. The only way to get 
anything out of a convention is 
to be there. 
It was a good convention. The 
program was full and it was in- 
tense every hour and every min- 
ute. 
Some of the high lights: The 
five papers by women, Mrs. 
Whittlesey’s paper on cranber- 
ries which was only incidentally 
about cranberries after all but 
contained much besides, the 
philosophy of content of a peace- 
ful, happy home life; Mrs. Ras- 
mussen’s clear thinking and de- 
scriptions of sane and rational 
housekeeping helps; Mrs. 
Geiger’s delightful story of the 
garden; Mrs. Strong’s tale of a 
garden that yielded not only 
flowers and vegetables but best 
of all regained health; Mrs. 
Moore’s story of a village fair; 
all these taught us that our con- 
vention is a stale and unprofit- 
able affair without woman’s help. 
Prof. Robert’s talk on apple 
scab control which provoked 
discussion that persisted until 
the president shoved the whole 
bunch of disputants out of the 
meeting into the corridor where 
they talked until the following 
day. 
Prof. J. G. Moore’s forceful 
address on the needs of Wiscon- 
sin horticulture was one of the 
most striking and helpful talks 
that our members have listened 
to since Prof. Bailey’s visit four- 
teen years ago. This will be re- 
viewed in a later issue. 
These are some of the bright 
spots but all of the rest was 
good. 
The fruit exhibit was excep- 
tionally high in quality; no better 
fruit has been shown in recent 
years and no other fruit exhibit 
in the wide world was ever 
staged in a more beautiful place, 
the grand rotunda of the Capitol. 
Under the great dome which is 
rivaled by but two others in the 
world, with massive columns of 
Italian marble for a background 
surely Wisconsin apples were for 
once well staged. 
The “57 varieties” of apple 
products in glass prepared by 
Mrs. H. H. Morgan attracted 
universal attention. A complete 
list of these and recipes for all 
important ones will be given 
through these columns. 
So ends the story. 
Your Good Will, Please! 
If you are a paid member of 
this Society you are certainly 
satisfied with the investment. 
The bigger the membership 
the more you will get for your 
money. The membership fees 
are applied exclusively to the 
support of the magazine and pay 
for it in part, the balance being 
derived from advertisers. Ad- 
vertising rates are based almost 
wholly on circulation. If the 
circulation of this paper could be 
doubled the advertising rates 
could be advanced fifty per cent 
and still give the advertiser 
better value for his money. 
With the increased revenue 
Wisconsin Horticulture could be 
increased to twenty-four pages 
or more. It’s clearly up to you, 
my dear reader. You are the 
one and the only one wdio can 
turn the trick. The paper is 
sent only to members. Will you 
do vour share? 
We are Not Highbrows 
A lady who attended the Con- 
vention for the first time this 
year expressed her great sur- 
prise and pleasure at meeting so 
many people eager to learn about 
gardens and the simple things 
about gardening. “I had heard 
about the Horticultural Society 
but had always thought of it as 
composed of people of much 
learning and that everything 
would be way above my head 
but instead I found just ‘com- 
mon folks’ like myself with an 
over powering love of gardening 
and all eager to learn and to tell 
others their own experience.” 
