Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-12-10
FOR FRUIT GROWERS
CONVENTION TO Be HELD AT
WENAlCHEE, JANUARY R-l4
Fine Program for the Eight Sessions
Has Been Arranged-Most of Promi
nent Growers in Northwest Will
Make Addresses-care of Trees
Packing of Fruit Etc.

Fruit growers from every district in
the northwest have been invited 70 a.
tend the sixth annual sessions of tho
Washington State Horticultural assoc.
alton at Wenatchee, January ~ to a.
1910, when there will be addresses nv
men who have made successes in tho
various branches of horticulture and
discussions by members of the organ.
ization and visitors. Levi Grant Mon.
roe, secretary of the Spokane Chamber
of Commerce, announces the following
program for the eight sessions:
January ~, opening session, morn
ing-Address of welcome, j. A. Gellatlv
mayor of Wenatchee; response IT. NJ
Gilbert, North Yakima; president s ad,
dress, j. l.. Dumas, Walla Walla; re-
port of treasurer, II. w. Greenberg.
Spokane; report of secretary, L. G,
Monroe, Spokane; "Some Orchard
Problems, - R. A. Jones, Spokane.
January ~, afternoon session-''Re-
sistant Stock Vineyard" E. H. Twigbt.
Lewiston, Idaho; 1.-THE Prevention of
Frost Injury in Orchards, " F. A.
Huntley, state commissioner of bor-
ticulture, Kennewick; Combination
Sprays" Professor A. L. Melander.
entomologist, Washington State college.
Pullman; "Better Fruit for Washing
TOM P. S. Darlington, special horti,
cultural inspector, Wenatchee; "Sum
mer Pruning" Professor c. L. Smith,
Spokane.
Discussions; Chow L Prune," led
by A. Van Holderbeke, former state
commissioner of horticulture Spokane:
W. T. Clark, Wenatchee; Professor w.
S. Thornber, horticulturalist, Wash
ington State college, Pullman; Edward
Remy, North Yakima, and Captain
Hogan, Tucker.
January -, evening session-''The
Culture of Fruit as Related to the Cul-
ture of Men," w. E. Wilson, president
state normal school, Ellensburg; -Four
tier Apples and Fourier Boys" Pro
fessor N. D. Showalter, head of rural
school department, state normal,
Cheney, Wash.
Discussions: "Uniform Grading and
Packing as Commercial Asset, " led
by H. M. Gilbert, North Yakima; ''The |
Marketing of Fruit; Future Profits in
Fruit Growing" led by E. H. Shepard,
Hood River, Ore, and w. H. Paul |
hamus, Sumner.
January 13, morning session. The
Planting and Care of Young Orchards
in the Pacific Northwest E. c. Bur
lingame, Walla Walla; "Cultivaton of |
Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Orchards, "
Professor R. w. Thatcher, director agri
cultural experiment station, Washing
ton State college; Maintaining the
Fertility of Orchard Soils, /" j. A.
Balmer, Gle Elum.
January 10, afternoon session
Fruit Growing in the Okanogan, " w.
Z. Kirkpatrick, Epley; "Methods of
Fruit Packing" Professor W. G. Bri-
erly, Washington State college; FThe
Improvement of Western Fruits" Pro
fessor W. S. Thornber, horticulturalist,
Washington State college.
Discussion: "Control of the Goblin
Moth" led by R. E. Trumble,
Wenatchee; NJ N. Richards, North
Yakima; j. D. Taggard, Waitsburg; L.
r. Williams, Spokane, and o. c. White,
Olympia.
January 10, vening-Reception by
Chelan County Fruit Growing union
and Wenatchee Commercial club.
January IA, morning session" How
to Irrigate, E. A. Crane, c. E., Kettle
Fails; "Some 1910 Commercial Fruit
Problems," G. A. Tonneson, Tacoma;
" The Fruit Grower as Home
Builder" General T. R. Tennatt, Farm.
ington.
Afternoon session on January IA will
De devoted to reports of committees,
the election of officers and unfinished
business.