CONTENTS. 



PROCEEDINGS OF FIRST DAY— Page. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME BY GOVERNOR MARKHAM.. 5-8 



REMARKS BY MAYOR B. U. STEINMAN 8 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME BY MR. H. WEINSTOCK 8 



ADDRESS OF HON. L. W. BUCK 9-14 



APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES 14 



TRANSPORTATION AND FREIGHT RATES OF GREEN AND DRIED 



FRUITS. By W. B. Gester 15-16 



FRUIT MARKETING. By H. Weinstock 16-22 



COOPERATION IN THE MARKETING OF FRUITS. By Col. Philo Hersey 22-25 



STATE FRUIT EXCHANGE. By B. F. Walton , 25-27 



ADVANTAGES OF AN EXCHANGE. ByE. F. Adams 28-35 



DISCUSSION ON COOPERATION 35-46 



PROCEEDINGS OF SECOND DAY— 



A FRUIT GROWER'S IDEAS ON TRANSPORTATION. By Edward 



Berwick 47-52 



DISCUSSION ON TRANSPORTATION 52-63 



C. F. SMURR ON FREIGHT RATES 63-71 



ADDRESS ON TRANSPORTATION. By W.G.Curtis 72-74 



DISCUSSION . — 74-84 



PRUNING DECIDUOUS TREES. By R. C. Kells 85-86 



DISCUSSION ON PRUNING 86-89 



THE CALIFORNIA PRUNE. By W. H. Aiken 89-90 



DISCUSSION ON MACHINE PRICKING VS. DIPPING 90-92 



PROCEEDINGS OF THIRD DAY- 

 DIPPING VS. PRICKING. By James E. Gordon 93-94 



OUR INSECT FRIENDS. By Prof. A. J. Cook 95-98 



INSECT PESTS AND THEIR PARASITES. By Prof. T. N. Snow 98-103 



BENEFICIAL INSECTS. By J. F. Mclntyre 103-105 



INTRODUCING AND FOSTERING BENEFICIAL INSECTS. By Alex- 

 ander Craw 105-108 



EXPERIMENTS WITH ROOT KNOT, AND RESULTS. By W. Egbert . 



Smith 109-111 



DISCUSSION ON ROOT KNOT.. _ 112-117 



PRUNING, CULTIVATING, FERTILIZING, AND IRRIGATING 118-121 



WHEAT AND FRUIT GROWING IN CALIFORNIA. By Gen. N. P. 



Chipman 121-139 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION 139-140 



THE WRIGHT IRRIGATION DISTRICT LAW; ITS DEFECTS AND 

 REMEDIES THEREFOR. By L. M. Holt 140-144 



PROCEEDINGS OF FOURTH DAY- 

 FRUIT SHIPMENTS IN CARBONIC ACID GAS 148-150 



FRUIT SHIPMENTS. By P. E. Piatt 150-154 



PECAN CULTURE. By Herbert Post 155-157 



DISCUSSION ON PECAN CULTURE 157-158 



THE QUESTION BOX . 159-167 



MEETING PLACE OF NEXT CONVENTION J 165 



