THIRTY-THIRD BIENNIAL SESSION 
79 
Mr. Whyte: There are exhibited in this hall out here apples that ought 
to be known better than the “57” products. You may say there has never 
been in the world such an exhibit of new seedling apples, of as great value 
to us as those exhibited here. There are four hundred varieties here; think 
of it, four hundred varieties, mostly new, exhibited at this meeting; that 
is worth talking about — it shows wonderful development. Some of these 
are from the very far north and if I may refer to the question of the 
gentleman who spoke in regard to the value of seedlings, I would remind 
you of the fact that some ninety-nine per cent of all our fruit, apples and 
all other kinds of fruit, are accidental seedlings; that condition alone, I 
think, is a great encouragement to those who are growing the cross-bred 
seedlings. 
President Goodman: The Vice-Presidents of all of the States, and mem- 
bers from those states which have no vice-president present, will get together 
and select some one to represent their State or their Province, constitute the 
committee on nominations and will meet at 2 o’clock, to! consider the nomi- 
nations for officers and the Executive Committee. And they will make their 
report on Friday afternoon at the time the election takes place. 
Mr. Taber: And not only the Vice-Presidents but the Executive Com- 
mittee are requested to meet with the Vice-Presidents, right here promptly 
at two o’clock this afternoon, in order to take up some matters that have to 
be considered previous to the election. In this connection I have a telegram 
I wish to read; it is dated Victoria, B. C. — 
“Am unfortunately unable to be present at A. P. S. meeting as ex- 
pected, but Mr. Edwin Smith, in charge of precooling and storage inves- 
tigations in our department of agriculture, will be present. Kindly ex- 
tend to him courtesies of the Society. Suggest also that my proxy as 
vice-president for British Columbia be turned over to him. Kindly ad- 
vise him to this effect on his arrival. Best wishes for successful meet- 
ing. 
R. M. Winslow. 
ALASKA’S POMOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND OUTLOOK. 
C. C. Georgeson, Alaska. 
If we use the word “Pomology” in its strict sense, namely, the culture 
of pomaceous fruits, the outlook is not very bright; but if we use it in its 
larger sense-embracing the culture of all fruits, — the outlook takes on a 
brighter hue. 
Apples: — At the Sitka Experiment Station we have made an effort at 
testing a number of varieties of apples during the past ten years. In 1903 
a small test orchard was planted; it consisted originally of more than forty 
Varieties, but a majority of these proved to be failures; a small number of 
varieties (of which all contain crab blood) are doing fairly well, and have 
