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TWEXTY-XIXTH FRUIT -GROWERS' CONVENTION. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THIRD DAY. 



Thursday, December 10, 1903. 

 The Convention was called to order at 10 o'clock a. m. Vice-President 

 Mcintosh in the chair. 



VICE-PRESIDENT McIXTOSH. The first proposition this morning 

 is some announcements, which the Secretary will read to you. 



Secretary reads announcements relative to reception by the ladies of 

 the Parlor Lecture Club and excursion over the lines of the Fresno City 

 Railway Company. 



MR. SPRAGUE. Mr. Chairman, I wish to offer the following 

 resolution: 



Whereas, The system of transmitting money by mail through the present money- 

 order -y>teni is cumbersome and unfitted to the needs of present-day commerce; and 



Whereas. H. R. Bill 1976, recently introduced by Mr. Gardner of Michigan, provides 

 for the issuance of a post-check currency in conformance with the recommendations 

 of previous House committees ; therefore 



Bc.-'ohed, That this Twenty-ninth State Convention of the fruit-growers of California 

 does heartily indorse the immediate adoption of the post-check form of currency, and 

 that the Secretary be instructed to forward a copy hereof to the Post-Check Currency 

 Bureau, at 825 Vermont Avenue. Washington, D. C. 



Referred to Committee on Resolutions. 



IMPROVEMENTS IN METHODS OF BENCH-GRAFTING. 



By prof. E. H. TWIGHT, of Berkeley. 



As we all know, "Bench-Grafting" is an expression used in opposition 

 to "Field-Grafting," and means making a graft on a cutting before it is 

 planted; as this is done generally in-doors and before a bench, we have 

 the expression "bench-graft."' 



Let us, in a few words, go over the process of bench-grafting resistant 

 stock. The cuttings or rooted cuttings are brought into the work-room, 

 assorted according to size, and cut to the right length; the scions are 

 also assorted according to size and cut to the right length, which will 

 give us a scion with one or two eyes, according to whether the wood 

 has long or short internodes. The grafter picks a cutting and a scion 

 of the same size and makes the graft, the whip tongue being generally 

 used. The grafts are generally tied with raffia, cotton rags, or waxed 

 string, and are placed in a callusing bed or direct in the nursery. We 

 will not go over the care of these grafts to-day. 



