The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-19

The quarterly meeting OF the King
County Horticultural Society was held
in Collins hall yesterday. Although the
attendance was not large, owing TO the
fact that early harvesting is In progress,
the meeting was marked by a lively in
terest In the subjects under discussion.
oncers for the ensuing year were elected
and the annual report OF County Fruit
Inspector Brown received. State Horti-
cultural Commissioner Baker. OF Tacoma.
was present and delivered an interesting
address.
Inspector Brown called the attention OF
the society TO the spread Of fruit tree dis
eases and insect pests In the county,
through the importation OF infected trees
and fruits He gave statistics showing
the great increase In the shipments of
fruit to this city from California, and re-
quested the society to recommend the ap-
pointment of an assistant county In
spector.
w. u. Kirkland. who presided. then
called upon Commissioners Baker The
latter said In part:
II am very much pleased to appear be-
horticultural law and several subjects
that should interest you The success
on a well-organzed horticultural county
society and the society should by all
means select the best man obtainable for
who has been office hunting all his life.
Il do not think ! can recommend any
thing OF importance TO your society ex-
in ina good cause. Your meetings Should
be held at least once month, so as TO
arouse all the interest possible in the
difficult. and members should obtain all
the information possible on the subject,
and TO that end correspond with all the
states and obtain the agricultural de-
Another matter that I wish to call
ia. your attention Is the holding OF sub
urban meetings, 30 as to allow those 70
attend who can not leave their work to
journey to your meeting PLACE BY fol-
arnar s,s soeess should hold
Institutes. I find tho state backward In
this and psg Of TO- the public
pose. as Is done in British Columbia.
The nsh industry. which Is not SO large
as ours, has more resources to faii back
society in the state should demand ZOO
for Institutes, etc. It would be granted.
IN ,n's b aa, n navs oeen
count OF the additions 70 the force, and
the heading off Of infected nursery stock
has been e1o aecom S wn, srr MAJ Main st
i think has too many provisions which
can not be carried out. II is a gross
which is IN infected. and there should be
some method devised to stop this yprac-
ticc II should be tho duty of all In
spectors TO disseminate knowledge con-
corning insect pests"
Chairman Kirkland appointed n commit
tee on resolutions. consisting OF James
Hart, william Crawford and j. F. Lit
tooy. The following resolutions were pre-
pared and unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The horticultural societies
of agriculture In this state are all without
necessary funds to hold institutes and ex-
tend the proper growth OF fruits. etc;
BE II resolved. That the King county
Horticultural Society requests the leeis-
Iature TO enact laws enabling some rea-
sonable appropriations to be MADE, sucn as
Will enable Institutes 10 be established In
the respective counties In the state,
whereas, Our laws respecting horU-
culture are insufficient to give the industry
the protection necessary from outside COM
petition, shipping infected trees and nur-
sery stock into this state.
BE II resolved, That tho Legislature
OF this state be requested to enact such
and destroy all trees found infected wNh
aphis scale or Insect pests. as also all
foreign fruits 80 infected.
BE II resolved. We heartily tndorae
thu action OF Inspector Brown, OF King
county. in protecting our local fruit grow
srs from improper competition and IN de-
stroying fruit Infected with cooling moths
and other insect pests. and we recommend
his reappointne~t by the board Of eoun-
~ commissioners"
The following officers were elected:
President John 3 Stewart, OF Christo-
pher; vice president, James Hart, Of
Christopher; secretary. Homer Bull. of
Seattle. treasurer. J. r. Lttooy, OF Sc