Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-29
LOCAL LINES.
A Meeting of the Fruit
growers Association.
Resolutions Upon the Import
alton of Foreign Trees.
A Convention of Orchardists to be
Called in the Near Future.
Man Who Proposes to Two Women
Alternately-He Would be Happy
With Either.

Pursuant to announcement the South
ern California Fruit-Growers Associa-
ton met in the Office of the Rural Cali
foraida, at l1S North Main street, yester-
day afternoon. There were present up
wards OF fifty of the leading horticulture
lists of this section to consider the evils
that threaten our fruit interests in the
importation of foreign trees infected
with scale and contagious diseases. The
meeting was called to order by Mr.. c. f.
Cronin, who, feeling somewhat diffident
as to being made permanent chairman,
for the reason that he is not practical
fruit-grower, though deeply interested
in all matters pertaining to horticulture,
declined to act, and moved the appoint
ment OF Abbot Kinney, of Lamanda
Park, who was thereupon elected perma-
nent chairman, and Henry W. Krucke-
berg permanent secretary. The secre-
tary read the minutes of the previous
meeting, and the committee appointed
to draft a series of resolutions, embody-
ing the object and purpose of the asso-
citation, read the following, which reso-
lutions were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, The fruit-growers of South
ern California require the detainment of
foreign trees, shrubs and plants in
fected with insect pests and disease
and
WHEREAS, Further means and meas
ures have become an absolute necessity,
that a livelier public sentiment should be
stimulated to fuller comprehension of
the impending danger, and the reme-
dies by which it can be avoided; and
WHEREAS, In addition to the present
legislation rigid quarantine laws are
necessary for the prohibition OF all in
fected trees, shrubs, scions, plants and
fruits, and any trees from known in
fected districts, and the prompt destruc-
ton of any such that may have already
arrived, now, therefore, we, represen-
tatives of Southern California, of the
aforesaid industry have
Resolued, That the time has come for
allwho have the good of such industry at
heart to combine, in order that such
legislation as now exists against the
evil, may be supported by the organized
cooperation of the public and any de-
feet therein searched out and corrected
Resolued, That call be issued by this
body for convention of fruit-growers
for the purpose of forming a Southern
California Fruit-Growers' Association.
ResoIred, That the purpose of this
association is to sustain all officers in the
carrying out of the law against all insect
pests and diseases, and to punish or re-
move such as are derelict and negligent
in their duties.
ResOlred, That call be issued to all
the fruit-growers of the different counties
to meet in their respective districts to
elect delegates to attend the convention
to be held in the City of Los Angeles on
Tuesday, May 20, 1890.
Mr.. George K Porter, of San Fer
nando, thought that the time had come
for the fruit-growers to take action on
this important matter of importing in
fected trees, plants, vines, shrubs, etc,
and that if the officers of the law did not
protect the fruit-growers, then it was
time the fruit-grower took the matter
into his own hands to prevent the fur
ther introduction of insect pests and dis
eases, and to eradicate those that already
exist. In his section, the San Fernando
valley, the growers have formed an as
sociation among themselves, and by
working together have cleaned the
orchards from scale in that locality, and
have prevented the importation of all
infected trees. Indeed, he cited one
case where the railroad having brought
in a carload of infected trees, the society
notified them of the fact, and the trees
were removed. This only goes to show
what unity of action will do.
The ordinance passed by the Board of
Supervisors March 18th, and taking
effect April 1st, was read by the secre-
tary, and met with the approval OF the
meeting. The chairman, Mr.. Abbot
Kinney, however, suggested that an
ordinance be passed prohibiting the
common carrier from delivering any
trees, vines, shrubs, plants and scions to
any consignee, either imported or con-
signed from one county to another, until
such common carrier had notified the
County Commissioners of Horticulture
and inspectors, of such arrival, and that
the same had been inspected and passed
upon by the officers as being free from
scale and disease. This, he contended,
would act as quarantine in the full
sense of the word.
While it was conceded that present
legislation largely fulfilled the require
ments demanded of it, it was thought by
Mr.. Cronin that it might be impossible
for the county officers to compel orchard
lists to clean their trees, or confscate in
tested stock. He suggested that rigid
quarantine law, modelled after the
pleuro-pneumonia law might be formed
that would fully answer every purpose
and not be subject to the interposition of
the law.
An executive committee of three was
appointed, consisting of John A. Pirtle,
r. P. Waite and H. w. Kruckeberg,
who were empowered to call a meeting
at any time before the date of the con-
vention. 1t was further moved and
adopted that the secretary be instructed
to furnish to all the newspapers of
Southern California synopsis of this
meeting, and the object thereof, to be
published, in order to give the same as
wide a publicity as possible in order to
secure large attendance at the conven-
tion to be held in the City of Los Ange-
les in May. The meeting then adj
iourned, subject to the call of the
executive committee.