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a talk on "Estimation on Quantity of 

 Spray Required Per Tree." 



Dr. E. D. Ball gave a very interesting 

 lecture illustrated with stereoptican 

 view.s, on "Irrigation and Drainage in 

 Relation to Permanent Horticulture." 

 Many fruitgrowers of the Northwest 

 will remember Dr. Ball, who has ad- 

 dressed many conventions. Dr. Ball is 

 one of the scientific men whose energy 

 will not permit him to drop his re- 

 search work until he has arrived at a 

 definite conclusion, and when he has 

 he has the fearlessness to give his con- 

 victions without fear or favor. This 

 lecture Dr. Ball illustrated with views 



showing the damage to orchards by 

 lack of drainage and over irrigation, 

 showing the death of many orchards 

 due to irrigation where alkali was 

 plentiful in the soil. 



Mr. C. E. Virden, manager of the Cali- 

 fornia Fruit Distributors, which handles 

 more cars of deciduous fruits than any 

 other concern in California, gave an 

 exceedingly interesting talk upon this 

 subject. 



W. S. Ballard, connected with the De- 

 partment of Horticulture of the United 

 States government, gave one of his 

 characteristic talks on "(Control of the 

 Apple Scab and Mildew." Professor 



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Ballard, in connection with Professor 

 W. H. Volck, succeeded in working out 

 the Iron-sulphide treatment for control 

 of powdery mildew, which was the 

 first remedy that was ever discovered 

 that would control this disease. Many 

 fruitgrowers will remember Mr. Bal- 

 lard, who is one of the most thorough 

 men connectend with the Department 

 of Horticulture of the United States 

 government at the present time. Mr. 

 Ballard is a man who can say much in 

 a very few words, a man who is very 

 careful about what he says, a man who 

 is not afraid to say "I don't know," and 

 a man that you can depend on when 

 he tells you something. 



Dean H. E. Van Norman of the Farm 

 School gave a most hearty address of 

 welcome to the convention and is en- 

 titled to much credit for the able man- 

 ner in which he has conducted this 

 practical school of education for the 

 farmers and fruitgrowers of California. 

 Probably no state has a horticultural 

 commission department which is more 

 ably conducted than California, under 

 the direction of Professor A. J. Cooke 

 and his assistants, Mr. Weldon and Mr. 

 Essig, which is supplemented by a 

 county horticultural commissioner in 

 each county of the state. 



George C. Roeding, who has probably 

 done more for the fig industry in the 

 State of California than any other man, 

 gave a very interesting discussion on 

 this subject. Mr. Roeding is proprietor 

 of the Fancher Creek Nurseries and has 

 nurseries in several other sections of 

 the state. While Mr. Roeding has made 

 a fortune out of the nursery business, 

 he has been a liberal spender all his 

 life in helping to develop the fruil in- 

 dustry of the State of California. 



One of the most original lectures was 

 on the "Compatibility of Spray Mix- 

 tures," by G. P. Gray of Berkley, which 

 was illustrated by a table showing re- 

 sults by combining different spray mix- 

 tures, in which he has five classifica- 

 tions: The first showing where better 

 results were obtained by the mixtures; 

 second, where chemical properties were 

 not changed by the mixtures; third, 

 where the mixture was cfiicient and not 

 injurious; fourth, where it is inefficient 

 and not injurious, and fifth, where 

 dangerous. 



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