The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-01-26
HORTICULTURALISTS
AT PROSSER

returned last Saturday from prosser,
where they had been attending the
annual meeting of the Washington
Horticultural Society which has been
in session at Prosser during the past
week. Mr.. Greisen in discussing the
meeting says that it was one of the
most enthusiastic ones he has ever at
tended. The main question up for dis
cussion was that of cooperation.
Yakima valley, it is understood, is
considering the organization of a larger
association. However the Concensus
of opinion seems to be toward closer
local organizations. These, 1t is
thought, will be more valuable and
safer than large associations.
The meeting brought about better
understanding between the growers of
different sections. The producers have
come to realize that they must cut out
competition among themselves. The
problem that they must solve is that
of proper distribution. An over supply
of different varieties Of apples at GER
tain centers. has taught its lesson by
sad experience. ii. c. Atwell, of
Forest Grove, president of the Oregon
State Society, gave splendid talk on
cooperative selling. His purpose
there, said Mr.. Greisen, was mainly
toward arousing an interest in the
meeting to be held in Portland, Jan
uary "a. Mr.. Greisen was more lm-
pressed with the meeting from an in.
terstate standpoint than from that CT
state meeting.
f.. II. Shepard addressed the meeting
on marketing problems, making spec
ial reference to the season of 1910
Mr.. Shepard has the following inter
esting report to make of the meeting
This association is years old and
has rapidly increased in membership
it now has over 800 members Almost
400 members were in attendance
cone who has never attended a
meeting Of the Washington fruit grow
ers cannot realise the amount of en-
thusiasm or interest they have in their
meetings. These meetings are eXcep-
tlonally well planned. In addition to
the regular routine of business,
many very valuable papers Of different
problems connected with orcharding,
scientific, theoretic and practical, are
read. After each paper is read OF
| tdtIl dNNIt0S 10 NtllNtlCht lllNII hll
open discussion. This general dis
cussiOn is one of the most attractive
features of these meetings and perhaps
there is no other feature connected
| with this association that produces
more good than these informal discuss
ions, the practical questions tasked anC
the common sense replies.
"A very interesting number of
papers on various subjects were read
but the subject commanding the mos
intense interest was that on co-opera
tiOn. Four addresses were made upOr
this subject, one by Mr.. Balch, confin
ed to the distribution of individual as
sociations, a paper read by Mr.. Rob
bins, of Yakima, relating to dstriC
organizations, and one by Mr.. Atwell
president of the Horticultural Societ,
of Oregon, which was description o
the cooperative plan, with central sell
: ing head, for the three states Of Wash
ington, Idaho and Oregon. This wal
followed by my address on marketing
problems.
"a discussion followed on the fou
; subjects as indicated above, whlCI
was instucrtive and educational. Tit
: discussion was not as complete o
thorough as many Of the visitors wOult
= like to have had it. 1t was the opinion
of practically all the fruit growers il
! Washington, who were in attendance a
this meeting, that the fruit industr,
needs more and better organization il
: the future than ever it has had in tn
past. A Committee of three was ap
pointed to interview and select repre-
sentative delegates from the importan
districts which were represented a
; this meeting, who would be able t
attend a meeting called by Mr.. AtweI
, for the purpose of cooperation on tn
part of the three states. This meetin
is to be held in Portland on Januar
, oath. The Committee selected some 2
or 30 prominent fruit growers, VIII
will attend this meeting to furthe
. consider and discuss larger cooperate
r idea.
! PrOosser entertained the State Meet
: ing in very generous and hospitabl
| manner, providing rigs and autos fo
u the visitors to examine the differer
D orchards, and also entertained tn
members at banquet at which som
400 or 500 were seated The tw
speeches at the banquet that stood OF
prominently were those by Judg
Reed, counsel for the Northern Pacific
and A. D.Charlton, assistant passenge
agent for the Northern Pacific. Judg
Reed gave the fruit growers a yer
interesting talk in connection with tn
! fruit industry and Mr.. Charlton wo
the whole audience by his star speech
which was combination Of good sens
= and humor.
Perhaps nothing is more sgnificar
to the fruit industry than the fact thf
G the Northern Pacific Co. provided ca
filled with prominent officials connecte
with the railway who had the car sid'
tracked and remained to the meetin
three entire days, being present at tt
morning, afternoon and evening SCI
sions.