THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



693 



TENTATIVE PROGRAM OF THE FORTY-THIRD CALIFORNIA 

 STATE FRUIT GROWERS' CONVENTION. 



San Jose, Cal., Dec. 2, 3, 4, 1913. 



1. Soils— 3 lectures; Dr. C. B. Lipman, University of California, 



Berkeley, California. 



2. General Comments on the Citrus Industry— Dr. H. J. Webber, 



Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, California. 



3. Should Growers Breed the Crops they Grow— Dr. H. J. Webber. 



4. The Peach and its Culture— C. C. Collins, Dinuba, California. 



5. State and Federal Quarantine— Frederick Maskew, Chief Dep- 



uty Quarantine Officer, San Francisco. 



6. Unfermented Fruit Juices— Karl J. Stackland, Cave, Oregon. 



7. Notes and Records of County Horticultural Commissioner, R. S. 



Vaile, County Horticultural Commissioner, Ventura County, 

 Santa Paula, California. 



8. Thinning Deciduous Fruits— Geo. P. Weldon, Chief Deputy 



Commissioner of Horticulture, Sacramento, California. 



9. Standardization of Fruits— F. B. McKevitt, Sacramento, Cali- 



fornia. 



10. Frost Protection— C. C. Teague, Manager Limoneira Ranch, 



Santa Paula, California. 



11. Irrigation — Willis Jones, Claremont, Cai. 



12. Alfalfa — A. J. Cook, State Commissioner of Horticulture, Sac- 



ramento, California. 



13. Importance of Red Spider Control— H. P. Stabler, County Horti- 



cultural Commissioner, Yuba City, Sutter County, California. 



14. Fungi — H. S. Fawcett, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Citrus 



Experiment Station, Whittier, California. 



15. My Almond Orchard — Miss Carrie A. Whelan, Oakland, Cali- 



fornia. 



16. Walnut Culture — Dr. W. W. Fitzgerald, Stockton, California. 



A NEW APPOINTMENT. 



On September 22d, Mr. Leroy Childs of Redlands, California, was 

 appointed assistant secretary of the State Commission of Horticulture. 

 Mr. Childs graduated from Stanford University in May, 1913, and 

 has since then been field assistant of the Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, under Dr. E. P. Meinecke, 

 Forest Pathologist for the Pacific coast. At the time of his appoint- 

 ment, he was considering a position which had been offered him by 

 Dr. E. L. Van Dine of the Porto Rico Board of Agriculture, and only 

 the more favorable work in this state induced him to remain in Cali- 

 fornia, to become a member of the commission, in a most needy place. 

 Both Dr. Kellogg and Prof. Doane of Stanford University recommend 

 him most highly. He is certainly amply qualified for the position he 

 now holds and is a most valuable addition to the horticultural work of 

 the State. — E. 0. Essig. 



