The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-12
STATE HORTICULTURISTS
Met in Portland Tuesday and
Wednesday. Corvallis Ably
Represented.

Represented.
The ninth annual meeting of the
state horticultural society was
! called to order Tuesday morning
of this week by President Gard
well at the A. o. U. w. temple in
Portland. The attendance was
good and the books show large
increase in membership during the
past year. The morning was taken
up with reports of standing COM
mittees, that of Prof. Washbnrn
on etomology, being of special in
terest and deserving of mention.
The first business of the afternoon
was the report of Secretary Sar-
gent which showed that the So
ciety was in a prosperous condi-
ton and that prospects for the fu-
ture were quite flattering. His re-
marks on the quarantine laws
showed clearly that if they were
not soon overpowered, the orchards
of the state would be overrun
with fruit pests. Max Pracht, of
Ashland whose, peaches. ."beat the
world" at the worlds fair, read an
interesting and practical paper on
the subject of ''Horticulture for
Profit; or, Fancy Fruit, Fancy
Packages, Fancy Prices," showing
from his experience the advantage
it was to the fruit growers to es-
tablish reputation by sorting his
fruit, being honest with the COM
mission merchants with whom he
deals and then making elaborate
use of printers ink. By packing
choice fruit in fancy boxes a fancy
price. could be commanded. Such
boxes were expensive but the ap-
pearance of fruit wrapped in white
paper and packed in them. orna-
mented with blue labels, were
such temptation to housekeepers
that they could not resist purchas-
ing them.
Hon. Thomas N. Strong, of
Portland, followed with an inter-
'esting address on horticultural
4 I.aWi Points, 2 IN which, he pointed
cut f{e deEcienc5 Of tha 9rAgonl
laws and cited California as a
model for other states to follow.
Henry Dosch, of Hillsdale, was
the last speaker of the afternoon,
the subject of his remarks being
"Evaporation," and showed there
was much room for improvement
in the various kinds of dryers
now in use. He gaye the results
of a series of experiments which
he had tried on apples and prunes
that were quite instructive.
EVENING SESSION.
The evenings session was well
attended social affair. Mayor
Mason had begn invited to deliver
the address of welcome, but was
unable to be present. He how
ever sent letter to the society,
which was read, in which his So
licitude for the welfare OF the So
ciety was expressed. President
Cardwell delivered an address upon
the work of the society. The ad-
dress of President j. M. Bloss Oh
the subject of "Pollenization" was
an able one, indicating much study
and experience in the field of
blossoms. ''The state horticultural
society from a business stand
point" was the topic of a practi-
cal talk by DIR. Jay Guy Lewis,
who added much to the enjoyment
of the evening.
WEDNESDAYS SESSION.
The unusual large attendance Of
the meetings during each days
session indicates an increased in
terest in all parts of the state.
The first order of business of the
morning session was reports Of
standing committees. Chairman
O. P. S. Plummer, of the commit
tee on legislation and finance, in
making his report, recommended
that, the quarintine bills, which
failed to pass at the last session, of