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any trees doing well in California except those planted on moist river 

 bottoms. 



Mr. Buck: I wish to say a word about the pecan. We have a place 

 on the road that goes up the valley from Vacaville that has pecan trees 

 on it. I don't know how they were planted — whether they are seed- 

 lings, or whether the trees were planted. They are about eight years 

 old, I should judge. They had quite a few nuts on last year, and some 

 of them seem to be full this year. They are on dry land. There is no 

 water near them except that which is probably in the under strata of 

 the soil. But they appear to be doing well. 



Mr. Wilcox: It is claimed in this paper that seedlings do not pro- 

 duce their kind. This takes place with almonds. Few peach trees will 

 bear true to seed. There is perhaps something in the statement that if 

 the tap-root is cut off the tree will not bear. I am reminded that the 

 black walnut of this State grows under circumstances similar to those 

 required for the pecan. There is a place called Walnut Creek, in Contra 

 Costa County, where the black walnut grows on the bank of a stream 

 and the roots are fifteen or twenty feet from the water. These trees 

 have no tap-root. In Santa Clara County I know of no pecan trees that 

 are not from the seed. But they do not bear unless water is near the sur- 

 face. If we should plant on the borders of streams I think we would 

 succeed. I would not despair of obtaining fruit until I had tried it 

 under favorable circumstances. 



NICARAGUA CANAL. 



On motion of Mr. Berwick, the State Board of Horticulture was 

 directed to transmit the resolution favoring the Nicaragua Canal to the 

 President of the United States and to every member of Congress, as 

 speedily as possible. 



Mr. Sprague moved that our congressional delegation be requested to 

 urgently present the matter of the construction of the Nicaragua Canal 

 before Congress, and also to urge upon them the policy of the foreclos- 

 ure upon the Central and Union Pacific roads. Carried. 



VOTE OF THANKS. 



On motion of Mr. Berwick, the thanks of the convention were tend- 

 ered to the State Board of Horticulture, and to B. M. Lelong, Secretary 

 thereof, for the able report of 1893-4. 



Mr. Block offered the following resolution: 



Resolved, That the thanks of this convention are herehy tendered to Captain Wein- 

 stock for the interest he has taken and the efforts he has made on behalf of the 

 fruit growers of California. 



Mr. Fowler: Mr. Weinstock has at his own expense assumed the 

 preparation of all the documents which are to be forwarded. He is an 

 active and valuable member of the most important committees. I 

 heartily favor the resolution. 



Carried unanimously. 



