American Agriculturist, August 9, 1924 
Vote to Leave State Fair 
Fruit Men Object to Past Treatment 
I T takes more than a rainy day to mar 
the success of the annual summer 
meeting of the New York State Horti¬ 
cultural Society. In spite of the rain, 
several hundred fruit growers from every 
part of Western New York gathered at 
the farm of Charles S. Wilson at Hall, on 
Wednesday, July 30th, and everyone 
pronounced the meeting one of the most 
profitable and enjoyable held by the 
Society in years. 
Because of the bad weather, it was 
necessary to hold the speaking and the 
business program in the rural church at 
Hall. So large was the crowd that there 
were many who were unable to crowd 
inside. 
The speakers were Dean A. R. Mann 
of the State College of Agriculture, Dr. 
U. P. Hedrick, horticulturist at the 
Geneva Experiment Station, Prof. P. J. 
Panott, entomologist at the Geneva Sta¬ 
tion, and President Farrand, of Cornell 
University. 
Professor Panott outlined briefly the 
experiments that were being made in the 
Wilson-Jones orchards and told the 
visitors what to look for on the trip 
through the orchards. 
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President Farrand of Cornell Speaks 
President Farrand of Cornell spoke 
briefly but as usual had a message well 
worth hearing. He said that one of the 
great dangers of the times was over¬ 
specialization not only in the fruit busi¬ 
ness but in all other walks of life. Over¬ 
specialization narrows the horizon or the 
outlook on life and tends to make indi¬ 
viduals and nations narrow and selfish. 
President Farrand emphasized the great 
need in these troubled times of toleration 
and a sympathy and understanding of 
the other fellow’s and the other nation’s 
point of view. 
After the speeches. President Wilson 
brought some matters of business before 
the convention. Secretary Roy P. 
McPherson read the following resolu¬ 
tion, and after a brief«explanation and dis¬ 
cussion it was unanimously adopted. 
Resolved, that the members of the New 
York State Horticultural Society approve the 
undertaking of a cooperative investigation of 
peach yellows and little peach by the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture, and by the Experi¬ 
ment Stations of those states in which the 
disease is of importance, and that we request 
our president to-take such action as may be 
necessary to secure a federal appropriation 
for this purpose. 
President Wilson then made a state- 
ent regarding the much discussed 
■oposition of the Horticultural Society 
ithdrawing its support from the State 
air at Syracuse and recommending 
at fruit and vegetable exhibitors go 
i the Rochester Exposition instead, 
he following statement issued by Presi- 
;nt Wilson before the meeting explains 
ie position of the fruit men. 
The New York State Horticultural Society 
ts for many years tried to improve the exhibits 
fruits, flowers and vegetables at the State 
lir. The Society has never been met half- 
iy by the Fair authorities in its endeavors, 
forts have been made for twenty years to 
ive the horticultural exhibits properly housed 
it without avail. Recently the Fair aulhori- 
?s have given the Society a rebuff that makes 
hardly possible for the organization to con¬ 
fute its interest in the horticultural exhibits 
the fair. 
Members of the Society will remember that 
st year the Fair authorities placed the fruit 
bibit in charge of a man not connected with 
ie fruit interests in the state, wholly inex- 
irienced in putting up fruit exhibits, unknown 
1 most of the fruit-growers, and without a 
ngle qualification for the position not pos- 
ssed by any other intelligent man in the state, 
his man brought with him helpers who were 
> little experienced as he in matters having 
> do with exhibiting fruits. At both the 
ochester and Poughkeepsie meetings resolu- 
ons were passed asking the State Fair Com¬ 
ission to appoint as Superintendent of the 
ruit Department some man connected with 
ie fruit interests who has recognized qualifica- 
°ns for the position. This the Fair authori- 
es have refused to do, and have appointed 
the Superintendent who held the place last 
year. 
Under these conditions may it not prove 
advantageous to this Society to transfer its 
attempts to build up a fruit exhibit to the 
Rochester Exposition? Rochester is in the very 
center of the fruit, nursery, vegetable and 
flower interests of the state. This Society 
meets there every winter. The city, the hotels 
and the commercial institutions have given us 
every consideration possible. May it not turn 
out that the Exposition would furnish us better 
facilities for exhibiting fruit than the State 
Fair, and cooperate more intelligently, con¬ 
genially and helpfully with us? 
This is a matter that your President and 
Directors want the members of this organiza¬ 
tion to think over and discuss at the coming 
summer meeting. As a great fruit-growing 
state. New York should have somewhere each 
autumn a creditable exhibit of fruit. We have 
never had such an exhibit at Syracuse. May 
it not be worth while to try to make annually 
a great exhibit of fruit at the Rochester Ex¬ 
position. Those in charge of the Rochester 
Exposition will meet us, it is believed, more 
than halfway. 
If this Society recommends its members to 
exhibit at Rochester, vegetable growers, 
florists and nurserymen, none of whom are well 
satisfied with their treatment at Syracuse, 
should be asked to join in making annually a 
great horticultural display at the Rochester 
Exposition. 
Mr. Wilson stated that a resolution had 
been drawn which met the approval of 
all the officers of the Society. He then re¬ 
quested Secretary McPherson to read 
the following resolution: 
Whereas, the New York State Horti¬ 
cultural Society has for many years 
tried to have the exhibits of fruits, 
flowers and vegetables at the State Fair 
properly housed and better displayed, 
and has not been met half-way in its 
endeavors by the Fair authorites, 
and: — 
Whereas, last year the Fair authori¬ 
ties placed the fruit exhibit in charge 
of a man as Superintendent not con¬ 
nected with the fruit interests in the 
State, wholly inexperienced in putting 
up fruit exhibits, unknown to fruit 
growers, and without qualifications for 
the position not possessed by any other 
intelligent man in the State, and after 
being asked at the Rochester and 
Poughkeepsie meetings through reso¬ 
lutions unanimously adopted to ap¬ 
point a man connected with the fruit 
interests who had recognized qualifica¬ 
tions for his work, have refused to do so 
and have appointed the same Superin¬ 
tendent who held the place last year: — 
Resolved, that this Society transfer 
its attempts to build up a fruit, vege¬ 
table and flower exhibit to the Roch¬ 
ester Exposition, and that it recom¬ 
mend its members to exhibit at Roch¬ 
ester, and be it further resolved that 
vegetable growers, florists and nursery¬ 
men, none of whom are well satisfied 
with their treatment at Syracuse, 
be asked to join in making annually 
a great horticultural display at the 
Rochester Exposition. 
This resolution was regularly moved 
and seconded and was then followed by 
a discussion. 
It was stated from the floor that a su¬ 
perintendent had been placed in charge 
of the exhibits by the State Fair Com¬ 
mission last year who was totally inex¬ 
perienced, that his assistants also knew 
little about fruit, and that the whole 
exhibit had been handled in a manner 
wholly unsatisfactory to fruit growers. 
The Horticultural Society and fruit ex¬ 
hibitors made objections to the Fair 
Commission about the reappointment of 
the same superintendent for this year, 
but in spite of these objections, the Com¬ 
mission had appointed the same men. 
When the objections were made the Fair 
Commission asked the Horticultural 
Society to name three candidates from 
which the Commission would choose 
a fruit superintendent for the fair ex¬ 
hibits. Through a misunderstanding, 
the Horticultural Society named only 
one candidate. As soon as the Society 
learned that they were expected to name 
three instead of one, they named two 
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