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INDEX. 
Page. 
Committees —Continued: 
finance ix 
foreign fruits x 
general fruit ix 
new fruits x 
nomenclature xi 
revision of catalogue xi 
revision of rules of nomencla- 
ture xi 
to confer with U. S. Dept, of 
Agriculture xi 
tropical and sub-tropical fruits xi 
Connecticut, fruit report of, T. S. 
Gold 162 
Constitution, amendment to, adopted 114 
Constitution and by-laws v 
Contents iii 
•Coon, Willis H. remarks by, on ex- 
pansive tree protector 97 
Craig, John, paper on effects of the 
freeze of 1898-99 in Iowa 79 
Craig, Robert, address of welcome.. 4 
Culture, address by J. H. Hale 16 
D. 
Delaware, fruit report of, G. Harold 
Powell 164 
Development of buds in some of our 
common orchard fruits, Wm. R. 
Lazenby 40 
Dewberry, new variety — 
Mayes ( Austin ) 224 
Discussions — 
census of 1900 . — 114 
culture 20 
fig culture 32 
methods of marketing 71 
nomenclature 39 
pollination, cross, in orchards.. 78 
proposition to change system of 
awards 49 
proposition to furnish certifi- 
cates to life members 115 
retardation of bloom in fruit 
trees 47 
varieties originated near Phila- 
delphia 15 
District of Columbia, fruit report of, 
W. N. Irwin 165 
!. 
E. 
Earle, F. S., future of commercial ' 
orcharding in the south 124 
Effects of the freeze of 1898-99 in 
Iowa, John Craig 79 
Election of officers 64 
Ellwanger, George, letter from 26 
Emery, S. M., horticulture of Mon- 
tana 134 
Evaporation, fruit, J. R. Cardwell... 128 
Evils attendant on prevailing meth- 
ods of marketing, J. W. Kerr 68 
F. 
Fertilizers, commercial, and soiling 
crops, relations of, to fruit culture, 
H. E. Van Deman 83 
Fig, capri, experiments with in Cali- 
fornia, L. O. Howard 27 
exhibited, Hirta du Japon 88 
the, in Butte county, California, 
John C. Gray 242 
Freeze of 1898-99, effects of in Iowa, 
John Craig 79 
Florida, fruit notes from G. L. 
Taber 110 
Florida, fruit report of. W. S. Hart. 166 
Fruit evaporation, J. R. Cardwell... 128 
Fruits, breeding of. for upper Missis- 
sippi Valley, C. G. Patten..... 92 
Fruit committee, general, report 
of , ’ 100,155 
Page 
Fruit culture in the Mediterranean 
countries, Walter T. Swingle 60 
Fruit notes from Florida, G. L. 
Taber 110 
Fruit reports 153 
Alabama, F. S. Earle 157 
Alabama, Baldwin county, W. 
W. Jones 159 
Arizona, A. J. McClatchie. J . . 160 
California, J. A. Filcher 161 
Connecticut, T. S. Gold 162 
Delaware, G. Harold Powell.. 164 
Dist. of Columbia, W. N. Ir- 
win 165 
Dist. of Columbia, Allen 
Dodge 165 
Florida, W. S. Hart 166 
Georgia, G. H. Miller 169 
Idaho, Robert Milliken 171 
Illinois, T. E. ( Goodrich 173 
Indiana, James Troop 175 
Iowa, Eugene Secor 176 
Kansas, A. H. Griesa 177 
Kansas, Central, S. S. Dickin- 
son 178 
Kansas, Western, C. H. Long- 
streth 178 
Louisiana, F. H. Burnette 179 
Maine, W. M. Munson 180 
Manitoba, S. A. Bedford 182 
Manitoba, W. G. Fonseca 183 
Manitoba, A. P. Stevenson — 184 
Massachusetts, J. W. Man- 
ning 184 
Michigan, C. W. Garfield 185 
Minnesota, A. W. Latham 189 
Minnesota, Wyman Elliott — 190 
Minnesota, southeast, J. C. 
Hawkins 191 
Missouri, L. A. Goodman 191 
Missouri, northwest, N. F. 
Murray 192 
Nebraska, G. A. Marshall 194 
Nevada, R. H. McDowell 195 
Nevada, northeast, Wm. Smi- 
ley 195 
New Hampshire, F. Wm. 
Rane 196 
New Hampshire, J. D. Howe. 196 
New Jersey, I. J. Blackwell.. 197 
New Mexico, Parker Earle 199 
New York, Wendell Paddock. 199 
North Carolina, W, F. Massey 200 
North Carolina, J. S. Breece.. 201 
Nova Scotia, F. C. Sears 201 
Ohio, W. W. Farnsworth 202 
Ontario, H. L. Hutt 203 
Ontario, northern, G. C. Gas- 
ton 203 
Ontario, Niagara Peninsula, 
M. Burrill 205 
Ontario, southwest, W. W. 
Hilborn 206 
Ontario, Ottawa Valley, W. T. 
Macoun ...... 207 
Oregon, E. L. Smith 209 
Oregon, northern, Emile 
Schanno 209 
Oregon, northwest, Henry E. 
Dosch 212 
Oregon, southwest, H. B. 
Miller 211 
Oregon, upper Willamette, A. 
Sharpless 210 
Pennsylvania, G. C. Butz 213 
Pennsylvania, eastern, W. B. 
K. Johnson, — 215 
Pennsylvania, northwest, A. I. 
Loop 216 
Pennsylvania, southern, Gab- 
riel Hiester 216 
Quebec, R. Brodie 217 
Rhode Island, L. F. Kinney.. 218 
•South Dakota, N. E. Hansen. 219 . 
