THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 223 



sn1)inittod by them is aeeiirate and complete, and tlic success of the 

 irniedy will bo in proportion to the accuracy and completeness oi: 

 the data, together with the faithfulness with which the recommenda- 

 tions are carried out. — II. S. S. 



Report of the Forty-seventh Convention of Fruit Growers — Owing to 



unavoidable eircumstaiiccs, the report of the b^orty-seventh Convention 

 of Fruit Growers, which was promised us by a Los Angeles printing 

 company early in IMay, has not been receivecl, but should be ready for 

 distribution before this bulletin goes to press. This and other reports 

 are free to all citizens of the State of California and can be obtained by 

 writing to the State Connnission of Horticulture, Sacramento, or by 

 calling at the office of your County Horticultural Commissioner, who will 

 have a supply of the reports. That this report contains much valuable 

 horticultural material is evidenced by the table of contents which follows. 



Report Forty-seventh Convention of Fruit Growers. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME - — _— A. R. Orr 7 



RESPONSE TO ADDRESS OV WELCOME -A. J. Cook 9 



FRUIT GROWING AND MARKETING FROM THE CANNERS" STAND- 

 POINT Vernon Campbell 15 



THE PROPOSED ORGANIZATION OF PEACH GROWERS Wm. Glass 25 



RELATIONSHIP OF AN AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE TO THE CALI- 

 FORNIA FRUIT INDUSTRY Isidor Jacobs 35 



MARKETING OF CITRUS FRLHTS Hobart Webster 37 



HOW CAN WE INCREASE THE CONSUMPTION OF OUR FRUITS 



James Madison 41 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION 49 



THE STANDARDIZATION OF THE ORANGE W. L. Crowe 63 



STANDARDIZATION H. C. Carr 66 



WOMEN'S SESSION: 



Scientific Jelly Making Hilda B. Nielsen 70 



RURAL CREDITS AND CO-OPERATION Sheridan W. Baker 74 



ATTITUDE OF THE BORROWER TOW^ARD RURAL CREDITS.E. J. WiCKSOX 77 



RURAL CREDIT SYSTEMS-- Harris W^einstock 81 



PAST AND PRESENT OF THE PRUNE INDUSTRY Geo. A. Fleming 96 



WALNUT CULTURE IN THE LOWER SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY 



W. W. Fitzgerald 100 



WALNUT VARIETIES AND CULTURAL METHODS L. D. Batchelor 122 



THE FUTURE OP THE OLIVE B. B. Meek 130 



WORK OF THE EMPLOYMENT DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES 



DEPARTMENT OF LABOR A Caminetti 13S 



CONTROL OF OIDIUM OR VINE MILDEW Frederic T. Bioletti 147 



THE TRACTOR IN ORCHARD WORK Geo. H. Heckb 154 



METHODS FOR SECURING IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF THE WASHING- 

 TON NAVEL ORANGE A. D. Shamel 158 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS 176 



THE NEW FRESH FRUIT STAND.\RDIZ.ATION LAW GEO. W. ASHLEY 179 



FRESH DECIDUOUS FRUIT — THE STANDARDIZATION LAW AS AFFECT- 

 ING MARKETING H. E. Butler 1S4 



THE STANDARD APPLE ACT OF 1915 FRANKLIN S. Jerome 188 



RICE CULTURE IN THE SACR.\MENTO VALLEY G. P. Rixford 194 



MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION OF 



COUNTY HORTICTTLTUR.'\L COMMISSIONERS 203 



FUMIG.-VTION for THE CiTRICOLA SCALE IN TULARE COUNTY C. F. CoUhlS 205 



The Oak-Fungus Disease op Fruit Trees W. T. Home 208 



Discussion of Certain Plant Diseases J- T. Barrett 21fi 



SCALE Control on Citrus Trees . H. J. Quayle 222 



Fumigation Versus Spraying for Scale Control on Citrus Trees 



Frederick Maskew 230 



County Owned Equipment for Fumigation and Spraying John P. Coi/ 232 



Repeated Examinations After One Has Been Passed D. D. Sharp 234 



The County Horticultural Commissioner's Connection With the New 



Fruit Inspection Law A. J. Cook 239 



The Citricola Scale Delaconrt Kelt 244 



The Control of the Gray Scale (Coccus citricola) in the San Joaquin 



Valley R- P- Cundiff 248 



Diseases of Deciduous Fruit Trees Ralph E. Smith 257 



The New Fresh Fruit Standardization Law F. B. McKevitt 264 



Mealy Bugs and Their Control C^- -P- C"'""^?." ^(2 



Noxious "Weeds — Eradication and Control F. W. Watte ..7b 



Noxious Weeds as We Find Them Growing in Los Angeles County--__-- 



, W!7/i«m Wood 2S0 



Horticultural Legislation Geo. H. Hecke 2S9 



— E. J. V. 



