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study room. At 6:30 A. m. the whole house is astir. At 7 a, m. 

 comes breakfast, and at 7:40 A. M. the regular school work of the 

 day begins. This is kept up until 4 p. m. , when those who de- 

 sire to reduce expenses by assisting in the necessary work about 

 the building, in the greenhouse, or on the farm, take an hour or 

 two for this purpose. Monday being a holiday, is similarly im- 

 proved. In this way they earn from 50 cents to $2.50 per week. 

 The cost of board, including washing, has averaged, so far, 

 about $2.75 per week. Judging from present appearances, this- 

 school will, in the near future, if sufficient room be given it in 

 which to expand, become one of the best patronized institutions 

 in the state. 



A few months ago the great question to be solved was, '■^ where 

 shall we find our students?" Now it has taken a different 

 shape, and the trou.blesome query which is awaiting an answer 

 is "what shall we do with the boys that are coming to us for in- 

 struction?" 



On the eighteenth of October we began with seventeen stu- 

 dents. In two months that number has more than doubled, and 

 nine new applications have been received and accepted. The 

 •'Home" is full. The nine can be housed at the experimental 

 farm house, but "still there's more to follow." What shall b& 

 done with them ? 



The following report was then read by Mr. Grimes: 



MEETING OF THE AMERICAN HOETICULTUEAL SO- 

 CIETY AT SAN JOSE, JAN. 24, 1888, AND FEUIT 

 GROWING IN CALIFORNIA. 



By J. T. G-rimes, Minneapolis. 



Mr. President and Felloio Members of the State EorticuUural Society^ 



Ladies and Gentlemen: California has a great future. To 

 begin with: Its development, commencing with the old Mexican 

 rancho; its cowboys and immense herds of cattle, grown princi- 

 pally for their hides. We pass on to the breaking out of the gold 

 fever excitement in '49, when thousands rushed in to reap a golden 

 harvest, or disappointment, the alternative in most instances. 

 The old forty-niners were as whole souled, open hearted and 

 generous people as ever lived. The uncertainty of their occu- 



