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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
January, 1918 
Wisconsin horticulture 
Published Monthly by the 
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 
12 N. Carroll St. 
Official organ of the Society. 
FREDERIC CRANE FI ELD, Editor. 
Secretary W. S. H. S., Madison, Wis. 
Entered as second-class matter May 
13, 1912, at the postoffice at Madison, 
Wisconsin, under the Act of March 3, 
1879. 
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OFFICERS. 
N. A. Rasmussen, President ... Oshkosh 
J. A. Hays, Vice-President. .Gays Mills 
W. A. Toole, Treasurer.. Baraboo 
F. Cranefield, Secretary Madison 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
N. A. Rasmussen Ex-officio 
.1. A. Hays *.i Ex-officio 
W. A. Toole Ex-officio 
F. Cranefield Ex-officio 
1st Dist., A. Martini Lake Geneva 
2nd Dist., R. J. Coe Ft. Atkinson 
3rd Dist., E. L. Roloff Madison 
4th Dist., Henry Wilke . . . .Milwaukee 
5th Dist., Jas. Livingstone. .Milwaukee 
6th Dist., E. S. Bedell Manitowoc 
7th Dist., D. H. Palmer Baraboo 
8th Dist., M. O. Potter. . .Grand Rapids 
9th Dist., L. E. Birmingham 
Sturgeon Bay 
10th Dist.. F. T. Brunk Eau Claire 
11th Dist.. J. F. Hauser Bayfield 
BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
N. A. Rasmussen F. Cranefield 
W. A. Toole 
Convention Notes. 
The proceedings were marked by 
seriousness and earnestness. Never 
in recent years has the attendance 
been as good. Usually during ses- 
sions one-third or more of the 
members might be found in the 
lobbies or lounging around the 
fruit exhibit but this year both 
places were deserted as long as 
there was any chance to listen to 
papers or ask questions. 
A very complete newspaper re- 
port of the convention appears on 
another page written by Mr. E. R. 
McIntyre of the department of 
agricultural journalism at the uni- 
versity and published in the Wis- 
consin Farmer of Dec. 20. Mr. 
McIntyre attended every session 
and has given us a very compre- 
hensive account of the proceedings. 
The score card system of judg- 
ing fruit as conducted by Prof. 
Moore at the state fair was adopted 
this year at the convention and 
with satisfaction to everybody. 
The fruit exhibit excelled in 
quantity and quality that of last 
year by at least 25 per cent. 
Mrs. Whittlesey secretary of the 
state cranberry growers associa- 
tion gave us a big idea. When 
forwarding entries for the cran- 
berry exhibit she wrote: “Do not 
return the berries but sell them 
and turn the money over to the 
Red Cross.” Thus was born the 
big idea that netted $36.60 for the 
Red Cross not from cranberries 
alone for when the vegetable and 
apple exhibitors were approached 
every one contributed, some their 
entire exhibit others such part as 
had not been sold at private sale 
before the announcement was 
made. Our versatile president 
besides being a perfectly good 
president and successful market 
gardener is also, it seems, an auc- 
tioneer, at any rate his skill was 
not questioned when he secured 
25 cents a piece for onions, and a 
dollar for 4 ears of pop corn. 
Most of the exhibits, pecks and 
plates of fruit and pecks of vege- 
tables, were bought for use and 
only once did the bidding get into 
the field of friendly rivalry to see 
who would do the most for the 
cause when Sheriff “Hank” Ire- 
land of Madison tried to get the 
peck of 1st premium Wealthy 
apples away from A. W. Bellitz of 
the Revisor’s office. Mr. Ireland 
quit at $2.75. Mr. Bellitz imme- 
diately turned the apples back and 
this time the peck brought $1.50. 
The auction idea is a good one. 
Even if no contribution cause is in- 
volved it is a satisfactory method 
of disposing of the exhibits. 
Significant and Encouraging 
Facts. 
Prof. Moore presented a paper 
at the convention entitled Some 
Recent Significant Facts in Horti- 
culture, marking certain mile posts 
and danger signals for the horti- 
cultural society. It was extremely 
well done but naturally covered 
only the period of 1917 up to the 
convention. If Prof. Moore could 
now rewrite this paper there is no 
doubt he would include one other 
significant fact, the organization of 
two auxiliaries to the state society, 
the woman’s auxiliary and a 
group of commercial fruit grow- 
ers as yet without name. 
This shows that the society is 
growing not only in numbers but 
in influence and scope. The so- 
ciety has grown beyond a mutual 
admiration society, beyond petty 
selfish aims, beyond the point 
where its influence or prestige may 
be used for the benefit of any par- 
ticular individual or line of busi- 
ness and now it appears"" it has 
grown to include factors that want 
to unite to the end that they may 
not only help themselves but 
through the society help to an even 
greater extent than before in the 
promotion and uplift of horticul- 
ture in our state. Truly we are 
growing and in the right direction. 
Helping Hands. 
A group of women who have at- 
tended conventions for years got 
together this year and organized a 
Woman’s Auxiliary Club. 
The following officers were 
elected: President, Mrs. E. L. 
Roloff, Madison; vice president, 
Mrs. N. A. Rasmussen; secretary. 
