PROCEEDINGS OF TWENTY-SIXTH FRUIT-GROWERS CONVENTION. 



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Table Sho-wing the Number of Cars of Each Variety Shipped in 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 



1899, 1900, and 1901. 



Varieties. 



1895. ]896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901 



Pears 



Peaches 



Grapes . 



Plums and Prunes 



Apricots 



Cherries 



Apples - 



Quinces 



Figs 



Nectarines _ 



Persimmons 



Mixed 



Oars not reported . 



Totals 



1187 

 1289 

 1010 

 465 

 162 

 180 

 105 

 13 



5 



'152 



1624 

 976 

 712 

 407 

 172 

 88 

 53 

 8 

 2 

 1 



1640 

 1316 

 1100 

 742 

 177 

 239 

 61 

 24 

 3 

 10 

 2 

 9 



4568 



4052 



5323 



1595 

 1103 

 734 

 542 

 123 

 297 

 596 

 1 



1684 

 2625 

 847 

 885 

 90 

 85 

 490 

 19 



2115 

 1361 

 825 

 1158 

 152 

 238 

 512 

 10 



2 

 1 

 24 

 117 



5007 



6435 



Upon motion of R. D. Stephens, the report was received and placed 

 on file. 



EEPOET OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN OONSULAE ADVICES. 



Mr. Edward Berwick, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Con- 

 sular Advices, presented the following report, which was received and 

 placed on file: 



On the re-appointment of your committee at last year's convention, Mr. E. P. Adams 

 kindly undertook a correspondence with Senator Perkins and Secretary Hay, which 

 eventuated in Secretary Hay undertaking to instruct the Consular Service to obtain 

 such information as to fruit crops, prices, stocks, etc., as the fruit-growers wished. 

 With some difficulty and delay it was ascertained just what were the fruit-growers' 

 wishes in detail. These were duly communicated to the Secretary of State. 



Mr. Adams, finding the correspondence required too great a demand on his time, 

 interested Mr. Eugene Goodwin, of the Pacific Oommercial Museum, in the matter. 

 This gentleman not only completed successfully the work so ably begun by Mr. Adams, 

 but formulated a special cable code, and the Pacific Oommercial Museum has thus far 

 borne the expense of all cablegrams. 



Your committee deems that it would be right for this Convention to request our 

 representatives in Congress to arrange for this expense in future to be included in the 

 appropriation for the Department of State, 



It also seems desirable that the service should be so extended as to include reports 

 as to apples and pears, seeing the growers of these fruits far outnumber all other fruit- 

 growers and are found in every State of the Union. 



Those desiring further information of the work of the committee are referred to the 

 correspondence appended hereto and made a part of this report. 



MR. BERWICK. Mr. President, if you will appoint a time, Mr. 

 Eugene Goodwin will appear here and discuss the subject-matter con- 

 tained in this report. 



PRESIDENT COOPER. We will hear Mr. Goodwin at 2 o'clock 

 this afternoon. 



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