SYNOPSIS OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



THIRTY-THIRD CALIFORNIA FRUIT-GROWERS' CONVENTION 



HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE 



STATE COMMISSION Of HORTICULTURE, AT MARYSVILLE, 

 DECEMBER 3, 4, 5, AND 6, 1907. 



Tuesday, December 3, 1907. 



Pursuant to call, the Convention met in the Presbyterian Church, 

 Marysville, Cal., at 9 :30 o'clock A. m. 



The Convention was called to order by President J. "W. Jeffrey, 

 State Commissioner of Horticulture. 



Mr. John Isaac acted as Secretary. 



Rev. W. S. Wilson, of Marysville, opened the proceedings with 

 prayer. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



By G. W. HALL, Mayor of Marysville. 



Mr. President, Members of the California Fruit-Growers' Convention, 

 Ladies and Gentlemen: That passage of Scripture which reads, "By 

 their fruits ye shall know them, ' ' to my mind is applicable to this occa- 

 sion. I take it that many of the delegates and friends of horticulture 

 at this meeting are visiting our city for the first time, but you are not 

 unknown to us; you are not strangers in a strange place, for by your 

 fruits we have known you. 



We welcome you to this city— you, the representatives of the greatest 

 industry in the State of California. You have developed, during the last 

 quarter of a century, not only the greatest fruit-growing State in the 

 Union, but the greatest fruit-producing area of the entire world. On 

 behalf of the city of Marysville and of Sutter and Yuba counties, I 

 extend to you a very cordial welcome to our city, the hub of the Sacra- 

 mento Valley. We appreciate the fact that your Convention is so rep- 

 resentative, so strong, as to attract to our city His Excellency, the 

 Governor of the State of California, and to him I extend a most cordial 

 greeting in behalf of the city which I have the honor to represent. 



