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THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



State Fruit Growers' Conventions. — Including the convention at 

 Palo Alto last July, there have been held in the State forty-six con- 

 ventions. Unfortunately these conventions, which have been of much 

 value to the fruit growers, have not always been well attended. The 

 twenty-eighth convention, held in Los Angeles in May, 1903, drew the 

 smallest attendance — 75 — of any convention that has been held since 

 the eighth, while the largest, the forty-fifth, held at the same place in 

 November, 1914, drew a record crowd of 1200. The average attend- 

 ance from the eighth convention to the thirty-second, was 194; from 

 the thirty-second to the thirty-ninth, inclusive, the average attendance 

 was 290 ; the average attendance at the last seven conventions increased 

 to 467. The figures given below regarding these conventions may be of 

 interest to The Monthly Bulletin readers. 



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Place 



Attendance 



Santa Rosa, November S-10, 1887 108 



Santa Barbara, April 9-12, 1888 . 97 



Chico, November 2C-23, 1888 141 



National City, April 16-19, 1889 676 



Fresno, November 5-8, 1889 118 



Los Angeles, March 11-14, 1890 '■ 153 



Santa Cruz, November 18-21, 189C j 128 



MarysviUe, November 17-20, 1891 I 202 



San Jose, November 15-18, 1892 , 349 



Los Angeles, November 21-24,1893 ' 192 



Sacramento, November 20-23, 1894 97 



Sacramento, November 5-8, 1895 No data 



Sacramento, December 1-4, 1896 97 



Sacramento, November :^6-19, 1897 135 



Los Angeles, April 11-12, 1898 No data 



Riverside, April 14-15, 1898 No data 



Fresno, November 2S-r>ecember 2, 1898 133 



San Jose, December 12-15, 1899 289 



San Francisco, December 4-7, 19C0 '' 250 



San Francisco, December 3-6, 1901 No data 



San Francisco, December 2-5, 1902 j 2C0 



Los Angeles, May 5-8, 1903 75 



Fresno, December 8-11, 19C3 150 



San Jose, December 6-9, 1904 I 263 



Santa Rosa, December 5-8, 19C5 ; 217 



Hanford, December 4-7, 1906 ■ ! 2C5 



MarysviUe, December 3-6, 19C7 j 144 



Riverside, April 28-May 1, 19C8 I 270 



Sacramento, December 1-4, 1908 196 



Watsonville, December 7-10, 19C9 168 



Pomona, September 13-14, 1910 678 



Stockton, December 6-9, 1910 : 221 



San Bernardino, March 7-9, 1911 '. 356 



Santa Rosa, December 19-21, 1911 i 232 



Santa Barbara, June 12-14, 1912 285 



Fresno, December 11-13, 1912 161 



San Jose, December 2-4, 1913 ^ 167 



Davis, June 1-6, 1914 9C0 



Los Angeles, November 10-14, 1914 12C0 



Palo Alto, July 27-31, 1915 235 



E. J. V. 



