The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01
Horticultural, Notes
By F. WALDEN.


growers Association in Portland, Ore,
January lib, was a notable event for
horticulture in this section of country.
The meeting was more largely attend
ed than usual The territory included
in the association embraces Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana and Brit
ish Columbia There was no one from
Montana, so far as 1 know, but Idaho
had a large representation Southern
Idaho was espe cially strong in its rep
resentation. They came to get the
next meeting in Boise and they did.
Oregon was notably strong in attend
ance. This was to be expected. There
was but one fault to be found with
our Oregon brethren and that was
that some of them semed to think they
were the whole thing" Prof. Clark,
of Berkeley, California, was with us
and rendered valuable assistance, as
will be noted further on.
DR.. N G.. Blalock, the president OF
the association, could not be present.
His place was filled by the first vice.
president, Benjamin Burgunder, OF
Colfax, Wash. Brother Ben" made
a good presiding officer. DR.. Blalock
sent word that he wished to be re-
lieved from the responsibility OF the
presidency of the association, posi-
tiOn he has filled for eleven years,
being the only president the organiza-
ton ever had. E. L. Smith, of Hood
River, Oregon, was unanimously elect
ed president for the ensuing year.
Mr.. Smith is a very competent man
and can fill the position with ability
and dignity. This was amply shown
by his presiding over the deliberations
of the association as first vice-presi-
dent one year ago at Spokane.
1t is not the intention of the writer
to follow the order of the programme
in this review of the papers read.
Just such things as seem to be OF the
most profit to the readers of The
Ranch will be mentioned. A. |. Mason
president of the Hood River Apple
Growers Association, read strong pa
per on Needed Legislation Relative
to the Fruit Industry" One objection
to Mr. Mason's paper was the fact
that the legislation he represented as
need applies to Oregon. His paper
was a good one in the main, but would
have been more appropriately present
ed to a meeting of the Oregon Hort1-
cultural Society. The same thing once
happened here in Washington, when
paper was read before this Association
relative to needed legislation i'll our
state. After the reading of that paper
resolutions were offered to instruct the
Washington legislature then in session
to pass certain laws. The objection
was raised that it was out OF place for
an association composed of four states
and a British province to instruct the
legislature of Washington. The objec-
ton was sustained and the resolutions
were withdrawn.
Mr.. Mason is a radical man and rec
commended some things to which some
of us would take decided objection. For
instance, he would have a law forbid
ding the sale of apples that were or
had been injured by the cooling moth,
except to cider or jelly factories. Now,
| do not believe in such a law. The
purpose of the law should be to pre-
vent the spread of insect pests. How
can you spread a pest where it is
already prevalent? My orchards are
in the Yakima valley. Now there is
no more danger of spreading the cod
ling moth in that valley than there
would ha n aadipO tha SmallDOX