368 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



THE FORTY-FIFTH STATE FRUIT GROWERS' CONVENTION. 



The committee on arrangements for the forty-fifth State Fruit 

 Growers' Convention met in Los Angeles, September 2d. There was 

 a large number in attendance. It Avas decided to hold the convention 

 in the auditorium of the old State Normal School building on Fifth 

 street, one block west of Hill street. This room will seat upwards of 

 one thousand people. Numerous other rooms are available. The head- 

 quarters will be at the Hotel Clark on Hill street, near Fifth. The 

 meetings of the County Horticultural Commissioners, November 9th 

 and 10th, and the special meetings of the women in the afternoons, 

 11th to 14th, will be held in the hotel. All rooms in the hotel are 

 provided with bath and will be $1.50 each per day; $2.00 if occupied 

 by two. There is an excellent grill room in the hotel and first-class 

 cafeterias and restaurants close by, with rates very reasonable. 



The Department of Agriculture, University of California, State Com- 

 mission of Horticulture, and our most successful men and women fruit 

 growers of the State will be generously represented on the program. 

 Very able men from the East and North will be with us. The full 

 program will be given in the October number of the Monthly Bulletin. 

 "We hope that the auditorium will be filled to repletion at the opening 

 session of the Convention. — A. J. Cook. 



POTATO EMERGENCY CONVENTION, SEPT. 25 AND 26. 



The program for this important meeting is now completed. On 

 Friday there will be a free excursion, with lunch, to all of the islands. 

 This will give our visitors an idea of the resources of this wonderful 

 delta region. The meeting will be held in room I, Court House. 



The evening will open with an address by the State Commissioner 

 of Horticulture, subject "The Case Stated." This will be followed 

 by an address from Mr. "W. H. Volck, County Commissioner of Santa 

 Cruz County, on the wo^k of the tuber moth. Mr. William Garden, 

 County Commissioner of San Joaquin County, will speak of the enemies 

 of the potato in the delta region. Mr. William Wood, County Com- 

 missioner of Los Angeles County, will continue the subject with special 

 reference to Southern California. 



Saturday Morning. — N. V. Shear, Department of Agriculture, will 

 discuss the subject in reference to the famous delta region. Mr. John 

 Graf, of the Department of Agriculture, will speak especially of the 

 tuber moth. Prof. William Stuart, of the Department of Agriculture, 

 will discuss potato culture. Dr. Appel of Germany, one of the great 

 authorities of the world, will address the Convention. 



In the afternoon. Prof. Ralph E. Smith, of the University of Cali- 

 fornia, will speak on potato diseases of California. Mr. John Irish, Sr., 

 will discuss the question from the standpoint of the grower. Dr. W. A. 

 Orton, of the Department of Agriculture, will speak on potato diseases. 



Evening Session. — Prof. E. M. Jaffa will speak of the potato in 

 dietetics, followed by a round table conducted by Mr. Carson Cook, 

 aided by Mr. Frederick Maskew, Mr. Geo. Shema and Mr. Geo. Ather- 

 ton. — A. J. Cook. 



