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TWENTY-NINTH FRUIT-GROWERS' CONVENTION. 



Railway Company, for ihe elegant reception by the Ladies' Parlor Lecture Club, and, 

 especially, for the arrangements made for the entertainment of the Convention by the 

 local committee. 



Adopted- 

 Resolution on the Isthmian Canal. 



Resolved, That we most heartily indorse the construction of the Isthmian Canal, and 

 we also urge the construction, by the Government of the L'nited States, of a trans- 

 continental railroad to fully meet our transportation necessities. 



Adopted. 



Resolutions favoring the enforcement of the Woodward Act, the 



postal check currency, and the exclusion of wormy and scaly apples 



from the San Francisco market, previously laid before the Convention, 



were reported favorably and adopted. 

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EXHIBITS. 



MFv. LEONARD COATES. On behalf of the Committee on Hall 

 Exhibit, I present the following report: 

 Your committee begs leave to report as follows : 



The exhibit of apples from Watsonville, by A. X. Judd. is especially worthy of note, 

 the varieties being Smith's Cider, Yellow Xewtown Pippin, Langford, White Winter 

 Pearmain, and Missouri Pippin. Among them the White W^inter Pearmain is partic- 

 ularly fine. 



Strawberries, from the same place, were noted for their large size, firmness, and late- 

 ness of season. 



Mrs. I. C. Coates contributes very handsome Xavel oranges from Red Bluff, almost 

 under the shadow of Mount Shasta. 



The Japanese persimmons of A. H. Powers, of Kings River, were a sample of a large 

 crop grown for market and sold at remunerative prices. 



In the exhibit of lemons by X. W. Moody, of Kings River, a sample which had been 

 picked fifteen months, being full of juice and in prime condition, is highly commended. 

 The thinness of rind in connection with the other good qualities is evidence of good 

 natural conditions combined with great skill on the part of the cultivator. 



" Sunnyside," five miles east of Fresno, contributes freely of Washington Xavel 

 oranges, of good color and excellent quality. 



Mr. J. P. Bolton, of Fresno, exhibits the "Oil Fire Pots," with electric alarm ther- 

 mometer, which experience has already shown are a great success in preventing injury 

 from frost. 



Mr. J. A. Ashley, a fruit-grower of Yuba City, has exhibited a fruit ladder with a 

 unique and inexpensive device for holding the steps in position. This adds to the effi- 

 ciency of the ladder without increasing the cost, and is commended to the attention of 

 fruit-growers. 



Fancher Creek Nursery makes a comprehensive display of olives and olive oil, Cali- 

 myrna fig trees and cured fruit, orange and olive trees, deciduous fruit trees, and grape- 

 vines. Attention is called to the Sevillano olive, with recommendation for its further 

 trial, and to the grafted resistant grapevines. The orange trees are especially fine, being 

 grown near the foothills a few miles south of Fresno. Altogether the exhibit of Mr. 

 Roeding is worthy of the highest praise. 



Respectfullv submitted. 



LEOXARD COATES. 

 RUSS D. STEPHENS. 

 W. D. WEAVER. 



Adopted. 



