Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-05
THE POMOLOGISTS.
Meeting Of the Southern
California Society.
A Well-Attended Session Held
at Pomona.
Horticultural Commissioners De-
clared to be Prejudiced.
Officers Elected for the Ensuing Year, and
Much Attention Given to Pests
and Their Remedy.

Los Angeles County Pathological Society
was held at Pomona Thursday, and the
merging of the society into the Pomo-
logical Association of Southern Cali
fornia was finally completed. About
sixty prominent fruit-growers of this
section were present, though some OF
the most distant counties were not rep
resented. D. Edison Smith, secretary OF
the association, in the absence OF the
president, called the meeting to order in
McComas's hall at 10 30, and noml-
mated Hiram Hamilton, of Orange county,
as temporary chairman.
Mr.. Hamilton was unanimously re-
auested to take the chair, and after
doing so said: ''The cutting off OF
Orange county during the existence OF
the old organization greatly crippled the
society, and on account of that curtall-
ment we are here for the purpose OF in
creasing our field of operations and or
ganizing the Pathological Association OF
Southern California. We should be proud
of the history of the society-and we
are-but it has not yet accomplished all
the good that it is able to do. The hor-
ticultural interests OF this section are
still in their infancy, and am satisfied
that this industry will eventually be the
chief source OF revenue 1or the
entire region of coast from Hum
bodt to South America. The agrlcul-
turalists of this country are not prop
erly rewarded, owing to the. .pauper
labor of Europe and Asia, chiefly OF
hnr tn i'm
raising the standard of our branch OF
agriculture to the high place to which it
belongs"
The order of business was then called,
and the minutes of the previous meet
ing were read by the secretary, and APP
proved.
The following new members were voted
in and their names placed on the rolls:
C. M. Heintz, H. w. Kruckeberg, P. j.
Dreher, G.. T. Loop, Jr., R. ?. Waite,
San Fernando; j. Lowry Rowland and
c. B. Messenger.
The election of officers was declared in
order, and the following gentlemen
nominated for president: j. l.. How
land. Byron 0. Clark, G. E. White,
Hiram Hamilton, G. NJ. Heintz and
Rev. G.. F. Loop. The two last-named
gentlemen declined to allow their names
to be voted on, and Mr.. Hiram Hamilton
was elected on the first ballot.
A vice. president from each OF the six
counties, except Orange, was then
unanimously chosen as follows: Thos.
A. CAREY, Santa Barbara; nj. W.
Blanchard, Ventura; Frank A. kimball,
San Diego; G. P. Norwood, San Bernar-
dino; c.. M. Heintz, Los Angeles. A
motion was made and carried to the
effect that any of the vice-presidents
who were not members of the assocla-
ton be declared honorary members.
The remainder of the officers were
chosen as follows: Secretary, d. Edison
Smith; treasurer, H. Fuller; executive
committee, C. F. Loop, Los Angeles; A.
p. Jones, San Diego; H. G. Ford, Santa
Barbara H. X. Snow. Orange; M. w.
Blanchard, Ventura; President Hamll-
ton; entomologist, Prof. ID. w. Coquil-
lette.
The annual dues were fixed at fifty
cents, and the secretary's salary at $25.
2. J. Dreher, of Pomona, introduced
the following resolutions:
WHEREAS Our horticultural interests are
continually threatened with new insect pests,
brought here on trees imported from Florida
and other infected districts, and
WHEREAS The only protection we have to
guard our immense interests, in which we have
invested millions of dollars of money and many
years of toll, is the vigilance OF the inspector
to protect us against new enemies constantly
threatening; therefore, be 1T
Rescued By the Southern California Pomolog-
ical Society in annual meeting assembled
First That it is of the utmost importance to
guard our interests and prevent the importation
of scale-infected trees or plants.
Second. That the boards OF horticulture of
this district are requested to use the law to its
fullest extent to prevent scaleinfected trees or
plants from being brought into this district,
and to stamp out such are already here.
Third. The association asks OF said boards to
appoint one as inspector who may have any
interest, either as principal or agent, in the i'm
portation sale of imported trees or plants
into this State.
Fourth That we ask the Boards OF Super
visOrs of this district to appoint no one on the
boards of horticulture who is not fruit-grower,
actually engaged IN horticultural pursuits, and
in no way connected with the importation OF
trees or plants in the State, nor the sale of such
imported trees and plants.
Fifth That we ask the Boards of Supervisors
of this district to request the immediate resig-
nation of any member OF the horticultural
boards who is in any way connected with the
importation, or with any firm engaged in such
importation, of trees or plants into this State,
Sixth That copy of these resolutions be
sent to the Boards of Supervisors and horticul-
tural commissioners of this district, and that
the same be furnished the press for publication.
These resolutions brought out some
lively discussion, and tended to show
clearly the risks that our fruit-growers
and others are running in importing
nursery stock from well-known infected
localities. 1t was argued that in some
cases the horticultural commissioners
had been handicapped by counter infu-
ences, calculated to weaken their au-
thority. The president called attention
to the fact that all the insect pests that
are now threatening the orchards and
costing the growers millions of dollars
to hold in check yearly, have been in
variably imported upon nursery stock.
He also stated that it was an impossi-
bility for any man, no matter how
learned an entomologist, to pass upon
lot of nursery stock, inspect the same,
and, after such inspection, pronounce
them absolutely pure and free from
scale. In view of this fact he thought
that rigid quarantine measures, prohib'
iting the importation of all nursery
stock, was the only safe course to pur-
sue.
HI. w. Kruckeberg called attention tc
the fact that the Florida purple scale is
also known to exist in Sicily, and thai
the chance Of importing it upon lemons
into San Francisco and other ports was
not an impossibility.
ID. Edison Smith remarked that if one
mans property was injurious to another
IN aoco,anf of heinp infected with scale