SYNOPSIS OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Twenty-eighth State Fruit-Growers' Convention, 



HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE 



STATE HORTICULTURAL COMMISSION, 



LOS ANGELES, MAY 5-8, 1903. 



Tuesday, May 5, 1903. 



Pursuant to call, the Convention met in the assembly room of the Los 

 Angeles Chamber of Commerce at 9:30 a. m., May 5, 1903. 



President Ellwood Cooper, State Horticultural Commissioner, called 

 the Convention to order. 



Rev. C. J. K. Jones, of Los Angeles, opened the proceedings with 

 prayer. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



' Hon. Ferd K. Rule, President of the Los Angeles Chamber of Com- 

 merce, delivered an address of welcome, as follows: 



As President of the Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, as well as 

 a citizen, it is a great pleasure to welcome you to our city. We realize 

 in this part of the country that the fruit interest is the really great 

 interest, or the greatest interest of our State. Therefore it is all the 

 more a pleasure to appear before gentlemen representing that interest- 

 I feel very sure that your deliberations and your discussions will be not 

 only interesting but also profitable, and therefore I regret all the more 

 that the very many duties that I have before me this week will prevent 

 my attending many of your sessions. You all know that we are in the 

 midst of preparations for a big celebration here in anticipation of the 

 coming of our President. Unfortunately I happen to be mixed up in it 

 more or less and am at this time kept going from place to place. But I 

 will do my best to get around here, and we will do our best to see that 

 you are properly taken care of. We have our local committee, who will 



