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and that certificates should always mean just what they say. Messrs. 

 Beers, Cundiff and Garden spoke on the question and favored the uni- 

 formity in certificates. 



On motion of Mr. Cundift' the whole matter was laid on the table and 

 at 10.15 p.m. adjournment was taken to 8 p.m., December 11th. 



Fresno, December 11, 1912. 

 The association met at 8.25 p.m. at the City Hall, Fresno, Roy K. 

 Bishop presiding. Prof. C. W. Woodworth, of Berkeley, read a paper 

 on * ' Our Horticultural Inspection Laws. ' ' No discussion took place on 

 the paper. The meeting adjourned at 10.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. December 

 12th. 



Fresno, December 12, 1912. 



The association was called to order at 7 p.m. by Roy K. Bishop, 

 president. Thirty-one county commissioners and many nurserymen 

 and fruit growers were present. 



Mr. P. A. Dix, a nurseryman of Ogden, Utah, was present, and ad- 

 dressed the meeting on the advisability of modifying the quarantine 

 order against the introduction of the alfalfa weevil. He said no alfalfa 

 w^eevil existed in the immediate vicinity of his nursery, and he believed 

 that nursery stock packed in "shingle toe" direct from the lumber 

 mills of Oregon and shipped in tight boxes could be sent to California 

 without any possibility of introducing the alfalfa weevil. 



Dr. Cook said the fruit interests of California must be protected and 

 no injustice done to nurserymen. There is great danger of receiving 

 alfalfa weevil if nursery stock is packed in tule or straw. Stock must 

 be packed in clean boxes and thoroughly inspected on arrival in Cali- 

 fornia. He quoted Dr. Titus as saying no danger existed if stock is 

 packed in clean boxes. A general discussion on the alfalfa weevil then 

 took place. At this time a recess was taken and the State fruit growers '. 

 convention was called to order. 



9.30 p.m. 



The association was again called to order by Roy K. Bishop, presi- 

 dent. Prof. J. B. Corcoran, of the Fresno High School, spoke on "Agri- 

 culture in the High School." After Professor Corcoran 's talk, a reso- 

 lution was adopted requesting the Resolutions Committee to act on his 

 paper. ^ 



The discussion on alfalfa weevil quarantine was then resumed. In 

 answer to a question by Mr. Jones, Dr. Cook said the alfalfa weevil, if 

 imported into the State on nursery stock, would come in in the imago or 

 adult form. Mr. Vaile said any action taken by this body would neces- 

 sarily be only advisory, and moved that it be the sense of this meeting 

 that we advise the State Commissioner of Horticulture to suggest to the 

 Governor a quarantine order prohibiting the importation of any nur- 

 sery stock from Utah, Wyoming and Idaho unless each shipment is 



