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also the privilege of members to make known their indi¬ 
vidual problems, in which the executive ollice can render 
helpful service. Nurserymen generally realize the im¬ 
portance of these conventions from a business standpoint. 
The badge book is the recognized medium for disposing 
of stock or making wants known and applications for 
space should be made to the secretary as early as pos¬ 
sible. 
The entertainment features will be of the usual pleas¬ 
ing, instructive and high order of former conventions. 
Practical business men will address the assembly on live 
questions of the day at the get-together dinner. Bathing 
privileges are afforded at the natatorium and side trips to 
the famous water dams of irrigation projects are con¬ 
templated. 
The present officers are: Charles T. Hawkes, Cald¬ 
well, Ida., president; C. A. Tonneson, Burton, Wash., 
secretary; C. E. Wright, Kimberly, Ida.; C. H. Smith, 
Centerville, Utah, anti C. D. Hobbs, Milton, Ore., execu¬ 
tive committee. 
CALIFOBNIA ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
The thirteenth annual convention of the California As¬ 
sociation of Nurserymen will be held at Hotel Casa del 
Bey, Santa Cruz, June 7-9. The following excellent pro¬ 
gramme has been prepared for the occasion: 
SATURDAY MORNING, 10 O’CLOCK 
Convention called to order. 
Welcoming address—Mayor of Santa Cruz. 
Response—On behalf of the association. 
President’s annual addi'ess—Donald McLaren. 
Executive committee report—Fred H. Howard. 
Secretary-Treasurer’s annual report—Chancellor K. Grady, 
514 Phelan building, San Francisco. 
Report of committee on credits—Roy F. Wilcox. 
Report of committee on commissions to gardeners, etc.—T. A. 
Sand. 
Reports of standing committees—- 
Legislation—W. D. Curtis. 
Transportation—-J. D. Meriwether. 
Insects and Diseases—Fred H. Howard. 
Nomenclature—Ernest Braunton. 
Native vegetation—Theodore Payne. 
Trade exhibitions—H. Plath. 
Plants and flowers—John C. Bodger. 
Landscape gardens—O. W. Howard. 
Arboriculture—T. A. Sand. 
Citrus-tropical fruits—J. S Armstrong. 
Deciduous fruits—W. T. Kirkman, Jr. 
Viticulture—S. A. Gebhart. 
Exhibition gardens—W. B. Clarke. 
(Reports unfinished will go over to Saturday.) 
Nomination of officers—1923-1924. 
Adjournment at 1 P. M. 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, 2 O’CLOCK 
Swimming, sightseeing, etc. 
Ladies’ Night, entertainment, etc., 8.30 o’clock. 
FRIDAY MORNING, 8.30 O’CLOCK 
“Rose Growing in California,” by W. B. Clarke, horticultural 
broker, San Jose. Discussion led by Albert Morris, Los Angeles. 
“Some Phases of Bud Selection,” by F. W. Anderson, Fresno, 
of the Nurserymen’s Bud Selection Association. Discussion led 
by Max J. Crow, Gilroy. 
“Root Stocks,” by Dr W. L. Howard, University of California, 
Discussion led by M. E. Gregory, Marysville. 
“Past, Present and Future of the California Seed Industry,” 
by John C. Bodger, Los Angeles. Discussion led by L. D. Wal¬ 
ler, Guadalupe. 
Adjournment. 
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 1:30 O’CLOCK 
“Possibilities in Bulb Growing Under Quarantine 37,” by Hen¬ 
ry C. Washburn, farm advisor, Santa Cruz. Discussion led 
by Robert O. Lincoln, Santa Cruz. 
“Functions of the State Nursery Service Bureau,” by Fred C. 
Brosius, superintendent of nursery service, Sacramento. 
Open forum for questions or discussion. “Vacuum Fumiga¬ 
tion and its Possibilities,” by D. B. Mackie, state entomologist, 
Sacramento. Discussion led by Roy F. Wilcox, Montebello. 
“Development of Apricot, Peach, Shipping Pear, Plum and 
Prune Industries,” by E. J. Wickson, professor emeritus, Uni¬ 
versity of California. Discussion led by J. E. Bergtholdt, New¬ 
castle. 
Adjournment. 
FRIDAY EVENING, 7.30 O’CLOCK 
“The Mendelian Law and its Value as an Applied Principle 
in Seed Growing,” by Dr. Franklin, L. D. Waller Seed Co., 
Guadalupe. Open for general discussion. 
“Landscape Architecture,” by Prof. C. L Flint, University of 
California. Discussion led by D. W. Coolidge, Pasadena. 
Adjournment. 
SATURDAY MORNING, 8:30 O’CLOCK 
Reports of standing committees (continued from Thursday’s 
session.) 
Polls open for election of officers for 1923-1924. 
Unfinished business. 
New business. 
Report of election, and installation of officers. 
Adjournment. 
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 1 O’CLOCK 
Luncheon at Big Trees, Santa Cruz. In the afternoon those 
who so desire will' be taken on on automobile tour of the prin¬ 
cipal bulb farms in the vicinity of Santa Cruz. 
NEW GRAPES PROVE SUPERIOR 
Seven Improved Varieties Developed By Geneva 
Station 
Among the new fruits recently developed by the New YorK 
Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva and now being dis¬ 
tributed for further testing thru the New York State Fruit Test¬ 
ing Co-operative Association, Inc., are seven new varieties of 
grapes which have proved their superiority to existing varieties 
grown in the Station vineyards. Four of these new grapes, 
Brocton, Ontario, Portland and Ripley, are green grapes, two, 
the Dunkirk and the Urbana, are red grapes; and one, the Sher¬ 
idan, is a black grape, which it is thought will compete with 
Concord. Some of these new sorts are already well known to 
grape growers, while all of them are deemed worthy of trial for 
commercial and home planting. 
Several of the new fruit varieties developed by the Station 
horticulturists are now established commercial sorts, and it is 
believed that in time some of the new Station grapes will re¬ 
place varieties which are now regarded as standard. 
QUARANTINE 37 
Personal Liability Agreement To Replace Rond 
Notice has been received from the Federal Horticul¬ 
tural Board that a bond is no longer necessary when im¬ 
porting plants, under the special permit, under regula¬ 
tion 14—quarantine 37. 
In the place of it the importer signs a liability agree¬ 
ment, which is based on the invoice value ot the imported 
stock, which in no case exceeds five thousand dollars. 
This change eliminates the expense which the bond us¬ 
ually involves. 
