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THIRTY-FOURTH FRUIT-GROWERS ' CONVENTION. 



PEESIDENT JEFFREY. There seems to be no positive way to 

 handle it, and if any one has any answer further than ]\Ir. Bremner 

 has given, we would like to have it; if not, I would like to ask Mr. 

 Roeding a question about the main feature of Mr. Bremner 's address, 

 and I believe you all would like to hear Mr. Roeding's opinion on that.' 

 There is a general interest on the question of the fruit juices. Carloads 

 come to Los Angeles every year from the Welch Fruit Juice Company 

 of New York and other manufactories. Portland takes an equal amount. 

 San Francisco perhaps in the future, but not now, will take a similar 

 amount. California is not producing any of that juice. Rochester, 

 out here in your county, or near your county, is producing some fruit 

 juice. I would like to hear from Mr. Roeding as to that phase of the 

 grape industry. 



MR. ROEDING. I want to say to begin with that I knoAv practically 

 very little about the wine business. I know this much, however, that 

 our larger vineyardists, or rather, the larger wine makers, notably 

 among them the California Wine Association,- and the other large manu- 

 facturers of wine, are taking quite a deep interest in the manufacture 

 cf grape juices. From the present tone of the people, not onh^ in this 

 State, but in other states in the Union, it looks very much indeed as if 

 wine drinking, that is, wines that have alcohol in them, will not be 

 carried on to the extent that the makers would like to have it. 

 (Applause.) And it becomes necessary for our wine men to look into 

 the necessity of a makeshift, and probably that makeshift will be the 

 grape juices. I know that to a limited extent the wine men of Fresno 

 County and the San Joaquin Valley have been making experiments in 

 the manufacture of grape juices; and although they are not entirely 

 satisfied with the results of their work, nevertheless the experiments 

 which they have made thus far have given them sufficient incentive 

 so that it is quite possible they will be successful in making the grape 

 juice out of the common type of grapes that are grown in California. 

 It is a well-known fact that such varieties as the Concord, that have 

 been used for making these juices in the East, have not been planted 

 to am^ extent in California, although there is no doubt that these 

 varieties will grow. But before they will come into bearing, unless our 

 wine makers can find some other grape which will answer the same 

 purpose, the wine business will be in a very deplorable condition. You 

 are no doubt aware that the wine makers of California have spent 

 more in the development of their cellars, in their cooperage, and the 

 other paraphernalia which goes to make up a cellar, than probably any 

 other industry handling any of our fruit products. No one, unless 

 he has visited some of the immense wine cellars in the San Joaquin 

 Valley and other parts of the State, has any realization of the amount 

 of money which these men have expended in the development of this 

 industry; and of course to cut it off without anji^hing else, not only 

 jeopardizes their business, but jeopardizes the business of every man 

 who- is raising wine grapes. 



PRESIDENT JEFFREY. I would like to make one statement. 

 There is a woman at Pomona who established the business of making 

 fruit juices. Sonie of you know that lady. She has established a fruit 



