The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-09
Afternoon Session.

dissertation on standard grading of
fruit, urging it as a matter of import
ance to the grower. as it establishes a
standard by which the price of his fruit
is fixed He described a grader which
was effective and cost less than hIty
cents a ton for grading.
An ingenious device for shipping fruit,
which segregates each one and affords
Ventilation to all, was shown and dis
cussed at length.
Mr. Fighter, in answer to question,
explained how the fruit-drying COM
pany with which he is connected tests
the shrinkage of prunes of each grow
ers' crop in drying.
A Zimmerman,W who took a trip to Ger
many last year to try to open up mar
ket for California dried fruits, related
his experience. He found in almost
every town California dried apricOts.
He found no peaches, however, and was
told by the dealers that they could not
sell peaches, as people who bought once
never wanted them again. He exam
ined the peaches and found that they
were not California peaches and were
not properly dried. He gave away sam
pies of peaches which he had taken with
him. and the people were well pleased
with them He found. also, that the
people did not know how to cook the
dried fruit properly. He believed that
California dried fruits could be pOpu-
larized there if properly advertised. He
found that so much fruit was consigned
to New York last winter and sent over
there that the market was spoiled. He
thought if growers would hold their
fruit, instead of consigning it, they
could get better prices in the end.
a. P. Hall, for the Committee on Ex-
cursion to Folsom, reported that all ar
engagements had been made by the
Chamber of Commerce and the train
would start to-day at a. m.
Mr.. Berry cited the case of young
Englishman who worked for him, who
told him his father was in the grocery
trade in Bristol. He presented the
young man with five hundred pounds
of fine peaches. put up in 23-pound
boxes, and told him to send them to his
father, and tell him they could be
bought at eight and a half cents per
pound. The young man sent them
home and his father sent him five
hundred pounds. or $500 to buy
dried peaches with, and he has gone to
England with two carloads. That
shows there are plenty of markets if
We can only find them.
The question box was resorted to
again, and Mr.. Berry, in answer to a
question as to a remedy for vine hop
pers, stated that he had found sulphur
efficaciOus.
Mr.. Sprague said that some growers
We're injuring the reputation of Califor-
MIA olives by putting up green ones.
At the request of the convention, Mr.
LIE Long made a most interesting talk
on olives, answering a great variety of
questions and explaining why some
growers olives spoiled. He also told
some Of the tricks for coloring them.
The Riverside Horticultural Club ex-
tended an invitation to the convention
to hold its next session at that place
Mr. RICHTER said as the convention
seemed to be on the point of doing
something, and San Jose is the center
of activity in cooperation, he thought
the time was oppOrtune for holding the
next convention there.
Mr. Sprague advocated San Diego,
which had originally been fixed on as
the place for this meeting.
1t was decided to leave the matter to
the Executive Committee of the State
Board of Horticulture.
A resolution of thanks to the Chamber
of Commerce for its kindness to the
delegates was presented by Mr.. Sprague
and unanimously adopted
Chairman Stephens thanked the con-
vention for the honor it had done Sac
ramento by holding it's meeting here,
and spoke Of the good to result from il
On motion Of Mr.. Sprague the con
vention rendered vote of thanks to
Chairman Stephens for the able and
impartial manner in which be had pre-
sided over its proceedings, and then ad-
journed sine die