CONTENTS. 



FIRST DAY. 



Morning Session, Tuesday, December 7, 9:30 A. M. 



Pace. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. Dr. P. K. Waiters, Mayor of Watsonville 7 



RESPONSE. Hon. J. N. Gillett. Governor of California 8 



ADDRESS. Hon. Warren Porter. Lieutenant Governor of California 11 



OPENING ADDRESS. J. W. Jeffrey, Stale Commissioner of Horticulture.. PI 



Afternoon Session, 1:30 P. M. 



APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 21 



SOUTHERN OREGON APPLE GR( >WERS — "Rogues" in Name Only. Wm. 



M. Holmes. Medford, Oregon 21 



APPLES ON OUR MENU. Mrs. Josephine Rodgers, Watsonville 25 



THE APPLE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Frederick Maskew, Long- 

 Beach 27 



MI ST THE APPLE GO TO THE MOUNTAIN? Prof. E. J. Wickson, 



Berkeley 32 



Evening Session, 8 P. M. 



THE NEW HORTICULTURAL LAW. J. W. Jeffrey, Sacramento 45 



Til E EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW LAW. O. E. 



Bremner. Sacramento 47 



DISCI SSION OF TOPICS OF INTEREST TO HORTICULTURAL COM- 

 MISSIONERS. Conducted by C. H. RODGERS, Watsonville 49 



SECOND DAY. 

 Morning Session, Wednesday, December 8, 9: 30 A. M. 

 THE ALMOND COMMERCIALLY CONSIDERED. J. P. DARGITZ, Acampo 64 



CITRUS CULTURE IN THE NORTH. Prof. Elmore Chase, Pair Oaks 72 



THE BERRY INDUSTRY. W. I. Xewcomb. Sebastopol 77 



THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN FIG CULTURE. W. T. Swingle and 

 'G. P. Rixford 80 



Afternoon Session, 1:30 P. M. 

 COOPERATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PRODUCER. Geo. W. 



Ashley, Stockton 92 



REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA FRUIT DISTRIBUTORS. F. B. Mc- 



Kevitt, Sacramento 97 



A GROWER'S MARKETING AGENCY. W. C. Walker, Sacramento 102 



REPORT OF THE FRUIT GROWERS' COMMITTEE ON FREIGHT 



RATES. R. D. Stephens, Sacramento 108 



Evening Session, 8 P. M. 

 RECEPTION TO DELEGATES OF CONVENTION. 



