INDEX 
N 
A. 
Page 
Address, President’s, Chas. H. Wat- 
rous 7 
Address, President’s, report of com- 
mittee on 91 
Address of welcome, Robert Craig.. 4 
Address of welcome, response to, 
P. J. Berckmans 4 
Adjournment, final 118 
Agricultural schools of the high 
school grade, S. B. Green 131 
Alabama, fruit report of, P. S. 
Earle 157 
Alwood, Wm. B., commercial apple 
districts of Virginia 72 
American horticulture at Paris in 
1900, G. B. Brackett 66 
American plums for America, E. S. 
Goff 122 
Amendment to constitution proposed 
and adopted 114 
Apple culture, quality as a factor in, 
Chas. W. Garfield 119 
Apple districts of Virginia, Wm. B. 
Alwood 72 
Apple hybrids exhibited 88 
new varieties— 
Bismarck 88 
Bloomfield 88 
Canajoharie 89 
Gibb 164 
Granite Sweet 236 
Hamilton 224 
Hopewell 192 
Jackson 164 
Jacobs Sweet 185 
Kane 164 
Klickitat .' 210 
Koffman June 90 
Hilly of Kent 164 
Hincoln 224 
Eindfield 236 
Mrs. Bryan 224 
Pride of the Hudson 89 
Pride of Tennessee 90 
Shackleford 192 
Shone 197 
Stevens 224 
Windorf 236 
Winter Banana 88 
Yellow Sweet 224 
Yakima 210 
trees, Russian remedy for root 
killing of, N. E. Hansen 143 
Apricot, new variety — 
Superb 178 
Arizona, fruit report of, A. J. Me- 
Clatchie 160 
Avocados exhibited 88 
Auditing committee, report of 92 
Awards, report of committee on 87 
B. 
Barry, Wm. C., remarks on impor- 
tance of correct nomenclature 49 
32 
Page 
Beach, S. A., improvement of Ameri- 
can grapes 102 
Berckmans, P. J., response to ad- 
dress of welcome* 4 
Blackberry, new variety— 
Dallas 224 
Blueberry, the, its past, present and 
future, W. M. Munson 55- 
Brackett, G. B., American horticul- 
ture at Paris in 1900 66- 
Breeding, plant, lecture by H. J. 
Webber 52 
Breeding of fruits, C. G. Patten 92 
Buds, development of, Wm. R. Haz- 
enby 40 
Bylaws v 
C. 
California, fruit report of, J. A. 
Filcher 161 
California, view of conditions in, 
F. A. Kimball 248 
Capri-fig experiments in California, 
H. O. Howard 27 
Cardwell, J. R., fruit evaporation... 128' 
Catalogue revision, suggestions on, 
W. H. Ragan 98 
Certificate proposed for life mem- 
bers 115- 
Census of 1900, committee appointed 
to secure desired recognition of 
fruit culture 114 
Cherry, new variety— 
Occident 212 
Commercial, apple districts of Vir- 
ginia, address by Wm. B. Alwood.. 72 
Committee on census of 1900 appoint- 
ed 114 
on memorials, report of 101 
on president’s address, report 
of 91 
general fruit, report by H. R. 
Taft 100, 155 
on resolutions, report of 117 
on tropical and sub-tropical 
fruits, report of 92 
on tropical and sub-tropical 
fruits, report of by F. A. Kim- 
ball 238 
reports, credentials 24 
order of business 22 
Committees appointed for Philadel- 
phia meeting- 
on auditing 7 
on award oj Wilder medals 5 
on census of 1900 114 
on credentials 5 
on memorials 5 
on nomination of officers 48 
on order of business 5 
on president’s address 10 
on resolutions 5 
Committees, standing, and officers 
for 1899-1900 vii 
executive ix 
