Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-06
HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY MEET


At meeting just held by the ex-
ecutive committee of the Oregon
State Horticultural Society, the date
of the 2Sth annual meeting was fixed
for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
December 10 to ~, at the same time
as the Pacific International Livestock
Exposition, so that parties attending
can have the advantage of both meet
ings.
A meeting of special interest has
been prepared not only for the apple
grower, but for the grower of prunes
and other fruits. Special attention
will be given to Standardization and
by-products.
Foreign Markets.
Among the'many interesting papers
for apple growers will be those on
steamer transportation through the
Panama canal and the effect on the
horticultural interests of the Pacific
coast; foreign markets, in which will
be given the data secured by Hon.
H. B. Miller as chairman of the COM
mittee on foreign markets through
the U. S. consuls, covering not only
green fruits, but giving special refer
ence to dried fruits and by-products
as used in foreign countries, and how
they should be put up to meet the
conditions of the trade.
Domestic Science.
Variety adaptation of fruits. An
other very interesting and instructive
paper will be prepared by the domes-
tic science department of the Oregon
Agricultural College on Cooking
Value and Special Purposes of Diff
ferent Varieties of Fruits in the Diff
ferent Months" special attention be-
ing given to the best varieties of ap-
pie for cooking purposes each month.
This being along the line adopted for
advertising the apple by the various
shippers and handlers of apples in
the United States, drying apples, and
other apple by-products.
PI1Ine Growing.
OF special interest to the prune
grower will be Methods of Produc-
tion, Methods of Handling and Pro-
cessing," Shall There be State Regu-
lations in Regard to Packing and
Processing?" the object of these dis
cussions being to standardize the
prune products; Diseases of the
Prune," with special reference to
brown rot of stone fruits.
Cooperative Canneries.
Of general interest to growers of
all kinds of fruits will be the papers
and discussions on cooperative can
neries and by-products of fruits; fer
tiliZers, and transportation. The Lo-
cranberry will receive prominence in
a special article on Loganberry by
products, evaporation and juice, and
will also receive it's proper handling
in the cannery and by-products arti-
cles.
The program this year covers a
wider range than usual so as to in
terets not only the apple grower, but
the grower of prunes, berries, pears,
cherries, etc. 1t will cover a full
three-day meeting, and every minute
will be full of instruction for those
who attend.
1t is the desire of the officers that
this meeting be attended by a more
representative gathering than at any
one in the past, and for this reason
all varieties of fruits will be dis
cussed at the meeting, and the press
through the state is urgently request
ed to give this meeting as much pub
licity as possible.
Reduced rates will be given by the
railroads, and all fruit growers
should make it point to attend this
meeting. Those not on the mailing
list should send their names to Frank
w. Power, Secretary, Orenco, Ore,
so as to be sure to receive the print
ed program, which will be mailed at
as early a date as possible.
Ladies' suits and overcoats at