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NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST. 



Chico, California, November 21, 1888. 



Gentlemen: La Corona Parlor, No. 33, N. D. G. W., hereby tender you a cordial invita- 

 tion to attend their Leap Year Social Hop at Henarie Hall, next Friday night, November 

 twenty-third. 



ALICE SPROUL, President. 



Lily White, Secretary. 



Mr. Johnston: I move that the thanks of the convention be tendered 

 to the young ladies, and their invitation accepted. 

 Carried. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GERMAN METHODS, 



Mr. White, of the Committee on German Methods, reported that the 

 matters referred to them would come up under the regular order — under 

 number three — and that it would then be the duty of the whole conven- 

 tion to consider the subject, and was asked to be relieved from further 

 consideration of the matter. 



On motion the report was accepted and the committee discharged. 



PEACH CULTURE. 



Essay by P. W. Butler, Esq., Penryn. 



Since the harvesting of the peach crop of this season (1888) many 

 leading fruit growers and fruit dealers have been consulted, that the very 

 latest data might be obtained relating to the production and disposition of 

 this popular fruit. It is the general opinion that while peaches can be 

 grown in most parts of California with the certainty of a fair average crop, 

 yet in only a small portion of the State can they be grown with satisfactory 

 profit. It is at points where it has been proven that they grow in the greatest 

 perfection that peach orchards should be planted, and great care should be 

 exercised in selecting the location. For table use, peaches require to be 

 highly colored, of excellent flavor, and large in size. These qualities are 

 obtained in the highest degree where orchards are planted on sloping hill- 

 sides, on undulating land that is well drained, where there is entire freedom 

 from fogs, and continuous sunshine during the period of ripening. If 

 peaches are to be sold fresh in the markets of the East, the orchard must 

 not be distant from a main line of railroad transportation. If for canning 

 or drying, lands more remote from railroads may be profitably used, because 

 of their being cheaper. 



VARIETIES TO PLANT. 



If planting for shipment East, the varieties of freestones now preferred, 

 ripening in the order mentioned, are the Alexander, Hale's Early, Foster, 

 Susquehanna, Late Crawford, Brandywine, Salway, and Bilyeu's Late 

 October; of clingstones, the Tuscan, Albright, George's Late, and Levy (or 

 Henrietta). These varieties ripen in regular succession, beginning in May 

 and ending in October. For canning or drying, the Muir and Wager may 

 be added as being among the best varieties. 



