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following countries with insects that were of great value to them: 

 Hawaii, Cape Colony, Egypt, Italy, Portugal, Ceylon, Jamaica, Florida, 

 and several islands of the Pacific. 



To California belongs the invention of many of the best sprays and 

 washes now in use. 



To California belongs the credit of inventing and perfecting methods 

 for the fumigation of orchard trees. 



To California belongs the credit of inventing many of the most 

 approved appliances for fighting pests in the orchards. 



To California belongs the credit of improved methods of packing and 

 transportation. 



To California belongs the credit of protective legislation for the 

 benefit of our great industry, so beneficial in its operations that it has 

 become the model for other States of the Union and other nations of 

 the world. 



And above all, and the cause of all our advancement along these 

 lines, California must be credited with the most intelligent, progressive, 

 and advanced horticulturists in the world. 



DlSOUSSIOiJ' ON TEANSPOETATION. 



HON. R. D. STEPHENS. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: 

 This is a question with which I have had a great deal to do, and I feel 

 pretty familiar with it. The principles involved are expressed in the 

 report, and I feel that it is important that this Convention should take 

 a very important stand in the matter. I believe the reduction of time 

 is one of the important factors, and I believe as much good to the 

 grower can come from that as from any other one thing. I believe that 

 the improved time we made last year in the shipments of deciduous 

 fruits, although not great, has contributed much to the welfare of the 

 growers in the State. I believe that that alone was instrumental in 

 advancing prices to a very great degree. The reason is that it places 

 the fruit at its destination, at the distributing points in the East, like 

 Chicago, New York, Minneapolis, Boston, Philadelphia, and other places 

 that are growing in importance, at a much earlier period, and it places 

 the fruit there in a condition to be forwarded to places distant two or 

 three hundred miles from those localities, and it will arrive at those 

 places in a condition to be held for a day or two and still be in condition 

 for consumption. Every fruit-grower recognizes that distribution is an 

 important factor. And fruit can not be distributed to a greater degree 

 than in the past unless it arrives in better condition than it has in 

 the past, and you should not lose sight of the fact that refrigeration is 

 still of the great importance it has been in the past. I believe that 

 refrigeration has been the bane of the grower in this State. The 



