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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
December, 1918 
Wisconsin horticulture 
Published Monthly by the 
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 
12 N. Carroll St 
Official organ ol the Society. 
FREDERIC CRANEFIELD, 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. 
Advertising rates made known on application. 
PROGRAM 
Annual Convention, State Horticultural Society, State Capitol, Mad- 
ison, Wisconsin, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 
January 8th, 9th, and 10th, 1919 
Capital Hotel Headquarters for Officers and Delegates 
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 
Membership fees fifty cents, which includes 
twenty-five cent® subscription price of Wiscon- 
sin Horticulture. Remit fifty cents to Frederic 
Cranefield, Editor, Madison, 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. 
Wednesday Afternoon, 2 O’clock 
Opening Address — Hon. Merlin Hull, Secretary of State. 
Introduction of Delegates from Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, 
and Northern Illinois Societies. 
OFFICERS 
N. A. Rasmussen, President Oshkosh 
J. A. Hays, Vice-President Gays Mills 
A. Toole, Treasurer Baraboo 
F. Cranefield, Secretary Madison 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
N. A. Rasmussen Exofficio 
■J. A. Hays 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., L. 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 
MARKET GARDENING 
1. Do We Need More Young Men in Commercial Gardening? How 
Shall They Begin? Answered by Irving Smith. 
2. Five Acres of Vegetables and Five Acres of Fruit — J. W. Roe. 
3. Tomatoes For Market : Varieties and Culture — J. F. Hauser. 
4. Pruning and Spraying Small Fruits — T. II. Kiethley. 
5. Market Gardening — F. II. Gibbs, President Minnesota Vegetable 
Growers Ass’n. 
6. Strawberry Round Table — Informal talks by members on successes 
and failures. 
Wednesday Evening, 8 O’clock 
Country planning as affected by the war, Prof. F. A. Aust. 
Convention Next Month 
Owing to unusual conditions, 
the program is far from complete. 
It has been very difficult to get re- 
plies to letters, due to the strain 
of the last few weeks of the war, 
its unexpected termination and to 
the plague of influenza. The sec- 
retary, however, can assure mem- 
bers that the program will be full 
to overflowing and better, if pos- 
sible, than last year. There may 
be some changes but there will 
surely be many additions to the 
program as here printed. A new 
feature is the Garden Conference 
Thursday forenoon which will be 
attended by delegates from all the 
Thursday Forenoon, 9:30 O’clock 
VICTORY GARDENS 
(Formerly War Gardens) 
1. Liberty Gardens in Minnesota in 1918 and Plans for Victory Gar- 
dens 1919 — Prof. R. S. Mackintosh, Minnesota. 
2. Organizing a City for Garden Work — Prof. J. G. Moore. 
3. Propagation and Distribution of Plants — II. C. Christensen. 
4. Garden Pests and Their Control — Prof. L. G. Gentner. 
5. Gardens in Small Cities — W. R. Abbott. 
Discussions of Community Gardening by Delegates to Garden Con- 
ference. 
Thursday Afternoon, 2:30 P. M. 
1. Indiana Apple Orchards — F. J. Ileacock, President Indiana Horti- 
cultural Society. 
