Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-03
day, remaining until Sunday afternoon.
Mics 8 M. johnson visited Los An
geles yesterday.
Fred L, DANES took trip to Angel
CALIFORNIA FRUITS.

Meeting Of the State HORTICULTURAL
Society.
The state horticultural society held a
meeting in San Francisco on Thursday
afternoon. Judge s. j. Stables, of Yuba,
presided.
R. H. Hewitt, of Los Angeles, and
John Issacs of this city, were elected to
membership.
The committee on exhibit for the
food exposition, reported that it had
been obliged to discontinue all arrange
ments toward making this exhibit.
Henry Brainerd, who has been through
the counties of Placer, Nevada, Sutter,
Yuba, Sacramento, Sierra and Butte, re-
ported that the fruit crop in the upper
regions was very generally failure. In
Sutter, Yuba and Sacramento the crops
were fair.
In response to question from Secre-
tary " ickson, Mr.. Brainerd stated that
the wild fruits had also been very gen.
orally injured. In Butte the crop had
been injured by hailstorm.
f. M. Ehrhorn, who spoke particularly
Of dried fruit, said the crops were pretty
short, but the growers were happy be-
cause of being offered high prices. Many
of them were holding their fluit for still
higher prices. Dried peaches were held
at IL cents. Since the trip made by Mr..
Ehrhorn these figures have been ad-
vanced.
r. H. Hewitt of Los Angeles reported
for the southern part of the state that
there was an improved condition of af-
fairs, especially as to citrus fruits, owing
to increased irrigation. The trees are all
showing we'll. The Gamers had to come
to terms as to last years crops in order
to fill their contracts. The vines were
still suffering from disease, many of
them being well nigh destroyed.
Fred G. Miles, who had an exhibition
of fine peaches on the table, stated that
in Placer county peaches had averaged
55 cents box delivered at the station.
The question of nominations being
again brought up, Mr.. Bancroft, chair
man of the committee, submitted mi
nority report, recommending the elec-
ton of Prof. E. w. Hilgard, for honorary
president, and the following list of regu-
lar officers: President, B. M. LeloDg !;
vice-president, Leonard Coutes; treas
urer, Rev. A. T. Perkins; secretary, E.
j. Wickson; board of directors, F. G.
luuC6, ~. L D0vSbOioOi, L. 3hASohSACs
E. W. Maslin, H. Overaker.
]. @. Shinn nominated Professor Hill
gard for regular president.
The nominations were ordered closed.
The election will take place at the next
regular meeting.
Fred @. Miles read number of COM
munication on the Effect of Increased
Speed of Fruit Trains Upon Character of
Fruit and Sale of 1t. The tenor of the
letters was that great advantage had
resulted to the growers by the reduced
time made by refrigerator cars. This
enabled shippers to pack their fruit in
ripper state, and consequently land it
at the east in q much more attractive
condition. Fruit can now be delivered
in London in the same time it formerly
took to place it in New York.
In the general discussion which fol.
lowed, it was stated that there had been
NO loss OF shipments by the new fast
train system. No matter what the state
of the New York market, the condition
of the fruit on reaching there was always
such as to assure return of freight
charges.