The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-12-14
FRUIT MEN
MEET HERE
CONVENTION CLOSED YESTERDAY
Members Of Oregon State Horticultural
Discuss Important Topics-Ban-
quet Tuesday Evening

annual report Monday afternoon, must
be given the blame for the lack of
preparation for the 3lst annual meet
ing of the Oregon State Horticultural
Society. have been 80 busy that
could not give the matter my closest
attention, and my associates have been
too busy to reply promptly to my let.
ters. And | know, after walking your
streets and seeing the apples piled in
vacant business houses that you of
Hood River will understand"
The opening session. scheduled for
Monday morning. was postponed. Mr..
Minton and A. P. Bateham having
been the only out of town men present.
While Pres. R. c. Washburn, of Cen.
trail Point. arrived for Tuesdays ses.
sions, he was absent Monday, and ]. L.
Carter occupied the chair.
The horticulturists were welcomed
by Mayor Dumble. who, while he char
acterized himself as q fountain pen
farmer. lauded the society for the work
II had done in lifting the business of
farming to a higher plane.
M"l hire my work done" said Dr..
Dumble. who has developed two eX-
tensive tracts here, land WELD my
pen to pay the bills, but realize the
great good your organization has done
in standardizing and making more per-
feet the pack Of fruit.
For the most part the first afternoon
meeting touched on the technical eide
of orcharding. Talks on spraying were
given by Leroy Childs, of the expert
ment station, and F. A. Frazier, a
spray manufacturer of Seattle.
Only a hint was given of the serious
car shortage problem. In his annual
report Secretary Mnton suggested as
a possible prevention of future such
trouble that the transportation COM
pany be forced by law to pay the ship
per demurrage charge for all days of
delay in getting rolling stock after it
had been ordered for products. Mr..
| Mint0n also urged that steps be taken to
secure legislative appropriation to be
used in paying expenses of the society.
n. N. Williamson, of Portland. read
memorial tribute to the late DR.. J.
R. Csrdwell, one of the founders of
the society, and short address, recall.
ling the work Of DR.. Cardwell was
given by E. L. Smith. A memorial
paper for the late Frank W. Powers,
former secretary of the society, pre-
pared by Homer c. Atwell, was read
by Secretary Mintop.
c. G. Brown, horticulturist of the To-
cal experiment station, delivered an
address on the influences of commercial
fertilizers In orcharding.
The following out of town fruit men
registered at the society headquarters
Monday: c. ID. Minton and H. M.
Williamson, of Portland: DR.. c. Ii.
Bailey. Of Roseburg; DR.. c. A. Ma
crum and A. p. Bateham, of Mosier:
J. N. Pomeroy, of Scappoose; A. B.
Gardner, of Corvallis; Geo. R. Castner,
of Pendicton, B. c.; e. E. Mills, S. C.
Graham and Sidney H. clearinghouse,
of White Salmon: B, Lees, of Beaver.
ton; F. A. Frazier, of Seattle: c. F.
Galligan. of Dutur; j. E. Slade, of
Husum: A. II. Harrison, of Louisville,
KY. Clement West and Edw. l.. Bach.
man, of Dee.
The thirty.second annual meeting of
the State Horticultural Society will be
held in Salem next year. and Robert
Paulus. manager of the Salem Fruit
Union, was named as next years pres
ident Other officers elected we're: DR..
c. II. Bailey, of Roseburg, vice presi-
dent, succeeding V. M. johnson, of
Corvallis, and C. d. Minton. of Port
land, reelected secretary. A. p. Bate
ham was reelected to the board of trus-
tees. Other trustees are Judge Chas.
McNary, of Salem, and Albert Brown
ell. While the horticultural convention
was slow in getting started. but few
members having shown up for attend
ance Monday. Tuesdays sessions have
created more than usual interest, and
the Commercial Club quarters have
been crowded, more than 100 local orch.
ardists having been in attendance.
Following a talk on pruning this after
noon by A. B. Gardiner. of the Oregon
Agricultural College, discussions on the
more absorbing topics of the day, grad
ing rules and marketing, we're launched
in addresses delivered by the following !:
K. H. Shepard, Wilmer Sieg and c. A.
Malboeuf, the latter general manager
of the Western Oregon Fruit Distirb-
utors.
Dealing with the subject. what
Shall We Pack in Apples. Mr.. Shep-
ard made the declaration that the cost
of growing box of apples was 80 cents
and that another 30 cents was required
in the expenditure of packing and mar
keting. Unless growers can get this
price for box of certain variety, he
said, it should be eliminated. Mr..
Shepard further declared tnat growers,
unless they were selling their Gull ap-
pies product for at least SO cents per
box in the open market, packed, they
would find it more profitable to dispose
of it to by-products plants at the rate
of s6 per ton.
II Touching on the subject of a standard
system of grading rules for the four
northwestern apple states - Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Montana-Mr.
Shepard said that such plans we're i'm.
possible of practical solution.
IF such system Is adopted" said
MIR. Shepard, ''it will soon be founc
that it will be necessary to set II aside,
as was the case in Washington last
year. Each district must make its owr
grading rules. OF course, we shoulc
have some standardized law that viii
prohibit the shipment of-apples that
carry diseases"
Mr.. Shepard further suggested ths
a saving in the preparation Of applet
for market would be effected IL instead
of the three grades-extra fancy. fancy
and C grade-as now is generally III
cluded in northwestern grading rules
but two grades we're used. He sug
gested that the extra fancy grade
should consists of as perfect apples al
/ possible, and that the best of the G
grade fruit be packed with the fancy
' the combination to be called "a stand
ard grade" Mr.. Shepard would hav'
the worst of the C grade product dis
: posed of to by-products plants.
Mr.. Sieg, while he agreed with MIR
!. Shepard in the main as to the former