118 PROCEEDINGS OF TWENTY-SIXTH FRUIT-GROWERS' CONVENTIOl^. 



Mr. Adams offered the following resolution, which was referred to the 



Committee on Resolutions, and reported favorably: 



Resolved, That this Convention directs public attention to the importance of such 

 a speedy and thorough revision of the water laws of the State as shall make titles to 

 the use of water secure, and that we respectfully urge Congress to recognize the vigor 

 and ability with which irrigation interests are now promoted, under great disadvantages, 

 by the Department of Agriculture, by providing and equipping in that department a 

 full Bureau of Irrigation, or Agricultural Engineering. 



It was moved by Mr. Fitch that a committee of five be appointed for 

 the purpose of organizing cooperative associations, and that the present 

 Committee on Pacific Coast Markets should be retained for this purpose, 

 with power to add to their number. 



Motion carried. 



The Convention then adjourned until 7:30 p. m. 



EVElSrilvrG SESSIOIN^-THIED DAY. 



Thursday, December 5, 1901. 

 Convention met, as per adjournment, at 7:30 p. m. President Cooper 

 in the chair. 



NOTES ON PLANTATIONS OF CAPEIFIG TEEES. 



By DK. GUSTAV EISEN, of San Francisco. 



It is not necessary to dwell upon the importance of caprifying the 

 true Smyrna figs. Experiences during the last two years have fully 

 demonstrated the necessity, value, and practical feasibility of caprifica- 

 tion. The nature and culture of caprifig trees are, however, less under- 

 stood, and remarks upon these topics may be of more general interest. 

 Such horticulturists as are interested in the process of caprification can 

 do no better than consult the paper entitled "Smyrna- Fig Culture 

 in California," by Dr. L. 0. Howard, in the Yearbook of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture for 1901. 



In order to have a sufficient supply of Blastophaga wasps for caprifi- 

 cation, it becomes necessary to cultivate the caprifig trees in which the 

 wasps breed. In the Asiatic, or rather Mediterranean, countries, the 

 caprifig trees do not necessarily need to be cultivated, as they grow wild 

 almost everywhere, and* the figs containing the wasps may be had by 

 simply plucking the wild figs at the proper time. But experience has 

 taught the Mediterranean fig-growers that not all caprifig trees are 



