Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-12
AGRICULTURAL.
ID TIER PREPARED SPECIALLY FOB
TIE RECORD UnIoN."
An Important Convention-The State Wit
icultural Nesting and Grapevine
Pests-The North winds-Etc.

The State Horticultural Commission has
ordered its President, q. H. Dwinelle, to call
State Convention OF fruit-growers, shippers.
packers, nurserymen and others interested in
horticulture in California, for the purpose of
consultation and discussion of the most prac.
tical means of exterminating the insect pests
now infesting the orchards and gardens Of
the State, and such other subjects as may be
introduced for the Improvement of the fruit
growing industries of California. The use
Capitol at Sacramento has been secured, and
such Convention will be held in the same, to
commence on Tuesday, the 9Th day of De-
cember next, at 10 o'clock A. n, and to con.
tinue two days or more. The Central Pacific
Railroad Company has agreed to issue tickets
to and from Sacramento at all their stations
in the State to parties desiring to attend such
Convention, at two-third rate of fare
such tickets to be good from the 5th of De-
cember to and including the 18th of the same
month. 1t is proposed that this shall
be a practical and useful meeting
of ell interested in one of the
important and valuable industries of the
State, and all who have had success In exter-
minating insects from their orchards or gar.
dens are especially invited to be present,
prepared to impart to the Convention in q
practical way the information they have OBJ.
tanned. To obtain and make public facts in
regard to what insects are doing damage to
orchards and gardens, and as to what has
been done, and how it has been done, to get
rid of these insects, is among the chief oh.
jects of the Convention. The members of
the Convention should see to it that
this object is fully carried out in plain, bus
iness-like way. and when this has been done,
and not till then, should other matters be
taken up for consideration. The two days to
be occupied by the Convention will, however,
probably give time for other horticultural
matters to be considered. Among these other
matters we would suggest the reading of short
practical statements of individual experiences
by experienced culturists on such depart
ments of culture as they have made spe-
cialty. Then we would suggest, also, similar
statements by shippers, giving results of ex-
perience in packing and shipping the differ
erent kinds of fruit. OF course we would not
call for the making public of any business
secrets, but only such statements as will con-
for the various markets. Fruit growing and
fruit packing and shipping are parts of an i'm
portant science or industrial art, the perfec-
tion of which is one CT the most important
material interests of the State of California.
We cannot have too much Information on
these subjects, and that information cannot
be made toe general. California is the fruit
garden of the world, and we can make money
in raising and supplying the world with fruit
in its various forms of preservation. There is
no reason for anyone to withhold from the
public any special information he may have
obtained by experience or otherwise, for the
greater the general success the greater promi-
nence the industry will obtain and the wider
che market and the greater the profits to
growers and dealers in California fruits The
chief reason that fruits have done better or
been more in demand and brought better
prices for the last two years than formerly
in this State is, that the world has just
learned fer a certainty that we can supply
quantities when wanted. The qualities of
our fruit are no better than formerly, but
dealers have learned that we produce enough
now to pay them to come for them. The
same way with California raisins and Cali
fornia wines and brandies. We make them
in quantities, and the world has found it out
and is sending for them. Another important
thing for this Convention to do is to see to it
that some means be taken to obtain and pub
lish to the world the amount of green, dried
and canned fruits that have left the State
during the past year. and the value of such
fruit 1t would be we'll to have detailed
statements Of the quantities that have been
shipped in each form from the different Sec
tioDs or shipping points, and the destination
of the came. 1t would be well if some officer
or member of the Commission would have
this information collated and tabulated. ready
to report to the Convention, that it might go
out with the proceedings. We might name
many other subjects that the Convention
could consider through committees to ad-
vantage, but among so many practically we'll
men as are likely to get together on
that occasion, we have no doubt the time will
be we'll employed, and we will say that the
occasion and the object should call large
meeting.