Show OF fRUiT DISCUSS THEIR ART State Horticultural Society Begins Begins Begins Be Be- gins Annual Session at the Commercial Club 1 EXPERTS GIVE LECTURES Parasites Blights and Frost Draw Fire From Technical and Practical Guns Fruit growers Glowers and shippers from 1 nearly evor every evory count county In the tho state were Jr present at tho the opening session of or the I fifth annual convention of ot tho the State Horticultural society at Armory hall hail yesterday morning In the tho three sessions held yesterday the keenest Interest was manifested and nearly every phase of ot the fruit growing ro Industry was covered In the several papers read and tho the Informal discussions which followed each add ad- ad d dress rf s. s Following the tho invocation by John T. T county horticultural Inspector pt c- c tor came the annual address of ot President dent lent James s G. G Duffin Duff In and the thc address of ot Dr E. E D. D Hall Ball director of Utah ex experiment experiment ex- ex station statton of ot the tue St State lt A Agricultural Agricultural tural College at Logan on the question Does Dos Arsenical Spraying Injure Fruit Trees In the afternoon E. E H IL manager of ot the Hood River Fruit Growers' Growers association occupied 1 several hours In on an address on Making h a Do Reputation for tor Fruit Mr fl rr Shepard who Is regarded n as an authority on oil all all matters connected wit wilh h the growing and marketing of fruit I referred briefly to the tho good s work worl which I had been done by tho the various fruit i associations alt as- I of ot tho the Vest West and strongly re recommended recommended recommended re- re commended strict loyalty to the associations nn- nn with which all were wore con con- He lie described the r nt plans under which these were operated and dwelt especially upon tho the evil which could result through ono one or two men getting control of the assoria- assoria tion The Tho importance of ot the tho farming Industry to a community was waR discussed sd at length lenth antI and somo some Interesting fl figures 8 as to the of ot land under horticultural horticultural horticultural horti horti- cultural cultivation were brought out Jt of nf A As to what the tho fruit growers' growers associations associations associations as as- have havo done ifor for tho the growers the result can best be seen In tho tiu gradually Increasing prices which our own association has obtained sinco since the In 1 1902 0 en apples apples ap ap- ap- ap ples pies brought us 85 cents a b bux x In tho the following year wo Wf organized and tho the following are arc tho prices since ob oh- oh tamed In 1903 3 a R. box 1904 1 1905 1005 12 to 1906 to 1907 to 1908 Tho speech closed with a a. reference to the work ork of or tho the agricultural college In Inthe Inthe inthe the West est and a 0 strong arraignment of or professional speculators and promoters In fruit lan lands s. s A resolution was Introduced by Moroni of or Bear Dear River RI to the effect that a committee of ot seven be appointed by tho the chair chaiT to look hook Into the present laws relating to horticulture and report back to the tho convention cc with recommendations as to action when whon a abill abill bill will be drafted covering tho the proposed pro pro- posed measure In the discussion which followed fallowed It was brought out that the thu Idaho law which makes it a mis- mis to sell or ship fruit other than thanIn In first class shape militated to some extent against t Utah growers In that Wyoming dealers frequently declined to buy Utah fruit on the ground round that in the tho case of ot tho Idaho product they know knew what thc they were getting while with the Utah product they were practically at the tho mercy of ot the shipper The presidents president's ent's annual address with the growth of or the fruit industry In the West Coit and the possibilities for tho the future The importance of oC pleasant homo home surroundings W wg s tou touched hed upon and the need of ot unity of ot Interest on ii tho the part of ot the tho growers emphasized The Tho following committees were wore named Nomination of ot Officers C. Officers C. C G. G Adney Box Elder R. R D D. Wadley Wadle Utah N. N R R. Broby Cacho Cache Lery y We We- eber e ber her Francis McDonald Salt Lake Orson Cozier Juab J. Resolutions J. J Edward Taylor Ta Salt 81 L Lake ke Professor E. E G. G Titus Cache W. W O. O Knudson Box Elder N. N J. J Knight Utah A. A D D. Miller Davis Joseph Wright Weber Veller Frost Front Protection The Tho advantages of or different forms torms of ot Ore lire pots for tho the prevention of or frost frostbite frostbite frostbite bite was as tho the subject of or a lengthy discussion discussion discussion dis dis- during tho evening session by byJ J J. J E. E Taylor secretary of or tho the state board boar of ot horticulture ture John F F. Moore manager of ot the tho Grand Junction Fruit Growers' Growers association supplemented the tho remarks of ot Mr Ir Talor Taylor Tay Tay- lor br and Enoch Parr Farr of ot Ogden told of or his experiences with tho the pots Professor E E. G G. Titus entomologist of ot the tho State Agricultural college gave a brief address on tho the subject of ot the tho various arlous pests which tend to make life lito miserable for tor the horticulturist A number of addresses arc are scheduled for tor today as well a as the tho hearing of or re reports ro- ro ports of ot the committees The work of ot tho convention will close tonight |