380 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



PROGRAM. 



FORTY-NINTH STATE FRUIT GROWERS' CONVENTION. 

 Wednesday, November 15, 10 a.m. 



Address of Welcome. E. J. DrussEl, Mayor of Napa. 



Response. G. H. HeckE, State Commissioner of Horticulture, Sacramento. 



Report of Committee on Legislation. 



The Dried Pear Industry. 



FrEd. G. Stokes, Horticultural Commissioner, Lake Count}'. 



Discussion. F. T. SwEET, Horticultural Commissioner, Contra Costa County. 

 Wednesday, November 15, 2 p.m. 



Weaknesses in Our Fresh Fruit Standardization Law. 



F. B. McKevitt, President California Fruit Distributors, Sacramento. 



Discussion. 



Practical Application of the Law with Grapes. 



Fred p. Rouelard, Horticultural Commissioner, Fresno County. 



Practical Application of the Law with Deciduous Fruits. 



H. E. ButlEr, Manager, Penryn Fruit Company, Penryn. 



The Future of the Wine Grape Industry in California. 



E. M. ShEEhan, Secretary, State Viticultural Commission. 



The Future of the Raisin Industry. 



James Madison, Manager, The California Associated Raisin Company, Fresno. 



Thursday, November 16, 10 a.m. 



The Prune and Apricot Growers' Information Bureau. 



G. H. Bone, President of the Prune and Apricot Growers' Information Bureau, 

 San Jose. 



Discussion. Harry Dunlap, Napa ; J. C. Shinn, Niles. 



Standardization of the Apple Under the Act of 1915. 



F. S. Jerome, President Watsonville Apple Distributors, Watsonville. 



Thursday, November 16, 2 p.m. 



Scientific Distribution of Fruit. 



ColonEe Harris Weinstock, Director State Commission Market. 



General Discussion. 



The New Peach Growers' Organization and What it Means to the Peach Grower. 



J. C. RordEn, Director, California Peach Growers' Association, Fresno. 



Thursday, November 16, 7:30 p.m. 



The California Farmer and the College of Agriculture. 

 Dr. T. F. Hunt, Dean, College of Agriculture, University of California, Berkeley. 



Friday, November 17, 10 a.m. 



Disposition of Fruit Below the EstabHshcd Standard. 



H. C. RoweEy, Publisher California Fruit News, San Francisco. 



Improvement of Nursery Stock. 



A. L. WiskEr, Loma Rica Nurseries, Grass Valley. 



Y^- ■ \ George C. RoEding, Fancher Creek Nurseries, Fresno, 



discussion. -j Ljjqjj^pp Coates, Leonard Coates Nurseries, Morganhill. 



Friday, November 17, 2 p.m. 



Marketing Through the Medium of the Parcel Post. 



S. Glenn Andrus, Secretary of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. 



Rural Credits. 

 Dr. Ei-wood Mead, Professor of Rural Institutions, University of California, 

 Berkeley. 



