The herald., 1897-05-07
THE FRUIT GROWERS
SEMI-ANNUAL SESSION HELD AT
AZUSA
Careful Consideration Given Cues
tions Of Producing Fruit and Of
Finding Market

AZUsA, May 6.-(special Correspond.
ence) The thirty-second semi-annual
session of the Southern California Po.
mological society opened it's two days
session in this place this morning, being
called to order by the president, c. C
Thompson OF Pasadena. Rev. T. r
Evans of this place opened the meeting
with prayer.
I An address of welcome by A. p
Griffith urged the necessity of an inter-
change of views and experiences by the
fruit growers of this country, and
thought that the fruit growers should
all unite to make these gatherings az
interesting and instructive as possible
President Thompson replied in short
speech in which he urged all the frui.
growers to join the society and contrib
ute towards its support financially and
otherwise, making the semi-annual
gatherings important eras in the history
Of the county.
Abbot Kinney of Los Angeles said he
had lost thousands of dollars by the foot
rot and yet the scientists had never been
able to tell him how to prevent or how
to cure it.
President Thompson spoke Of the i'm
portance OF cooperation in the market
ing of fruits, claiming that cooperation
was much better than competition.
Messrs. A. p. Griffith and A. b. Smith
of this place locked horns. figuratively
speaking, on the question Of marketing
'of fruit, although they We're both sup
porters of the idea of the fruit exchange
work. An attempt was made to draw
T. H. B. Chamberlain of Riverside into
the controversy, but he declined to par
ticipate, as the differences were of To-
cal character and did not properly come
under the head of discussion of the ex-
change work. He came to this meeting
to listen and not to participate.
After the noon recess and a discussion
of a lunch served by the ladies of Azusa
the society met again at o'clock.
The society being somewhat In debt.
the following old members contributed
to the liquida tion of the same, placing
the society out of debt: Abbot Kinney
c. c. Thompson, l.. M. Holt, James
Boyd, Thomas Stone, G. II. Goodwin
and DR.. Woodbridge.
Formal work was commenced by the
singing Of America, after which mum
ber of people Joined the society.
The paper on Citrus Specialties, by
J. e. Cutler of Riverside, was read by
Asa Hall, Mr.. Cutler not being present
He reviewed the several varieties of
Mandarin and Tangerine oranges, also
the King orange introduced by the late
Dr. S. r. Magee of Riverside. These
varieties, some of which found their way
into the markets, were as a rule more
ornamental than useful and were only
cultivated to limited extent. The
grape fruit was also discussed at length
and some of the choicest varieties were
pointed out. This fruit, since the Flor
ida freeze, was taking firm hold in
the orchards of Southern California.
Abbot Kinney spoke at length on
forestry in California, although he start
ed out with the proposition that there
was no forestry in this state. Seventeen
years ago he prepared a bill and had It
presented to congress to start legisla-
tion on this subject. but 1t was killed
in committe. as were all successive bills
on that subject, The forestry question
had its most important bearing on the
water question. Last season he visited
the Santa Ana canyon Immediately