CONTENTS 



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FRUIT SOILS OF THE GREAT INTERIOR VALLEY J. W. Nelson 343 



THE GREAT BASIN TENT CATERPILLAR IN CALIFORNIA 



Edwin C. Van Dtke 351 



SIZE, COLOR, AND QUALITY IN FRUIT U. P. Hedrick 355 



CULTURE AND HANDLING OF SHIPPING PLUMS H. C. Blake 3G3 



GENERAL NOTES— 



The Forty-fifth Feuit Growers' Convention A. J. Cook 368 



The Potato Emergency Convention A. J. Cook 368 



Notes on the Potato Situation in the Delta — Diseases_V. V. Shear 369 



Citrus Canker ____A. J. Cook 371 



New Host of Potato Eelworm A. J. Cook 371 



A Foe to Guard Against A. J. Cook 372 



Peach Yellows A. J. Cook 372 



CALENDAR OF INSECT PESTS AND PLANT DISEASES__E. J. Vosler 374 



THE MONTHLY CROP REPORT— AUGUST. 1914 Geo. P. Weldon 376 



CROP STATISTICS Geo. P. Weldon 377 



INSECT NOTES 378 



' NOTES FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Geo. P. Weldon 379 



QUARANTINE DIVISION— 



Report for the Month of July. 1914 Frederick Maskew 381 



