The Horticulture class was on a class trip to the Southern Oregon Experiment Station. Frank Charles Reimer was the Superintendent of the Southern Oregon Experiment Station. One of his focuses was locating pear trees that were resistant to Fireblight.
Walter S. Brown was an Oregon State College faculty member from 1913-1942. Brown was the first Extension Horticulturalist and became the head of the Horticulture department in 1920. Brown was an expert on fruits and vegetables native to the Northwest.