Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-05
THE POMOLoGIsTs.
The Quarterly Meeting Held as
Alha mbra,

THE POMOLOGISTs.
The Quarterly Meeting Held as
Alba ambra.
The Los Angeles County PomologicaI
Society held its quarterly meeting yes
terday at Stimson's Hail. Alhambra,
President Carey in the chair. Tie hall
had been very. handsomely decorated
with flowers and fruits for the occasion,
the horticultural products of the sur
neatly arranged tables. The citizens of
Alhambra had determined to make the
short visit of the society as pleasant as
possible, and they succeeded. President
Carey opened the meeting with q short
address, in which he said that the society
had been in existence three years, and
during that time had saved the county
many thousand dollars by showing the
fruit-raiser how to take care of his crops
and trees. In view of this fact.
he thought that the society should
have the warm and hearty support of
every fruitgro wer in the county. 1t was
through the society that an exhibit had
been sent to Columbus which had at
tracted widespread attention, and other
displays as creditable to the State had
also been made.
Captain F. Edward Gray, of fAlhambrs,
welcomed the delegates to Alhambra
with warm speech which represented
the sentiments of his fellow townsmen
who, he said, were all true horticultnfiStcy
Mr.. Hiram Hamilton, of Orsnk8, re-
sponded on behalf of the society, thank
ing the Alhambrans for their hearty well
come.
After short recess the following new
members were received: Mr.. G.. w.
Frazer, of Monrovia; r. F. Bishop, 4.
Pollard, F. E. Gray, A. B. Kingsly, A.
Phillips and T. J. Locke, of Alhambra,
and N. ]. Nichols, of Pasadena.
President Carey reported that the
annual fair, owing to the great number
of free tickets, had run short about
81 AGO, but the l. 0. 0. F. had made good
this loss and the society had come out
even. He offered the following resolu-
tions, which we're unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, The second annual fair of
the Los Angeles County Pomological So
ciety was triumph and success as an
exhibition of our natural resources, and
as such was an advertisement unequaled,
and
WHEREAS, The receipts were not
sufficient to defray expenses, deficit of
$l334 having occurred, and
WHEREAS, The Executive Committee
of the l. o. O. F. of Los Angeles gener-
ously came to our rescue with substan-
tial aid to the full amount of our deficit i,
thereby enabling us to pay all bills con-
tracted and all premiums awarded by
the management Of our second annual
fair. Therefore be it
RoonJpod bv fl,o r,o A oo1oo D.svrr
cal Society, in regular quarterly meeting
assembled at Alhambra, that vote Of
thanks be and is hereby unanimously
given by this Society to the General Ex-
ecutive Committee Of the 1. o. o. F. for
its generous, well-timed and opportune
gift of so large sum of money, where
With we pay all our liabilities created
during our second annual fair, also for
courtesies and subsequent aid rendered
us during the fair, and further
Resolred, That a copy of these resolu-
tions be forwarded to the Chairman OF
the General Executive Committee of the
|. 0. 0. F., conveying the thanks and
good will of our Society to each and all
Of the members OF the Committee of the
l. o. 0. F.
Captain Gray read an invitation from
the citizens to the delegates, to accept of
a lunch and ride through the town.
Accepted.
In the afternoon Mr.. r. Barbon, of
Azusa, read paper on legislation regard
ing the determination of the scale bug, in
which he advocated the division of the
county into districts similar to school dis
tricts.
Mr.. Stule, who had experimental with
the white scale, related some of his ex-
periences.
Mr.. Milton Thomas, OF Los Angeles,
read paper on the irrigation of vines
and deciduous trees.
Mr.. B. o. Clapp read a paper on the
culture of the olive, which was very in
teresting.
In the evening Mr.. D. Edison Smith
read paper on "Fruit Drying" which
was quite instructive.
Mr.. Byron o. Clark of Pasadena read
an interesting paper on "Olive Culture" !"
after which the meeting adjourned.