The record-union., 1897-11-20
Afternoon Session.

In the afternoon Professor Childs, for
the Committee on Legislation, said that
it had concluded simply to report prog
ress, as there is another meeting of the
convention before the Legislature
meets. 1t would be of no use to make
a report at present and the committee
would therefore report at the next
meeting.
Mr.. Johnston of the Committee on
Transportation asked what was eX-
pected of the committee, and the Presi-
dent said that the preamble stated that
since the passage of the Dingley tariff
the freight coming from Europe was
charged 30 cents less box than before
and the committee was to ask the rail-
road company to reduce its freights
accordingly.
Mr. Johnston said that the larger part
of the California fruits does not come
into competition with Europe, being de-
ciduous fruits. He wanted to know if
there were any instructions to the COM
mittee regarding deciduous fruits. The
President answered that the committee
was TO request the railroad company
to run fruit trains on passenger time.
Mr. Stephens asked what the Chair
mans plan was, if any, and Mr.. john
ston answered that he had formulated
no plan yet, but had thought that a
good plan would be to have a confer
ence With Southern Pacific officials at
San Francisco.
Mr.. Stephens said it might be well
to attempt to secure conference with
the Transcontinental Traffic Associa-
" al hc TO IA
East, and try to secure lower rates
from it. He did not know where or
when il met, but thought it might be
well to try.
A resolution requesting all refrigera-
tor companies to cooperate with the
railroad company in carrying out the
resolution regarding ventilator cars
adopted in the morning, was adopted
by the convention.
G. A. Willis stated that he had found
it difficult to procure ripe olives on his
visit to the State a year ago, although
party of Eastern men who were with
him had taken a great liking to them.
He thought that if the supply were
larger the demand would keep pace
with ii, and he was sure that there
would be great demand for ripe olives
IN The East as soon as they became
known TO the people there.
On rlCtiori Of Professor Childs, vote
of thanks was rendered to the Sacrs-
mento daily papers for the full and
accurate reports they had given of the
proceedings of the convention, he say
ing thai he had never seen so good re-
ports of the proceedings Of any body.
Quarantine InsDectOr CraW presented
his report to the State Board of Hor-
ticulture, which will be found else
where.
Several papers that it had been ex-
pected would be read before the con-
vention We're not in evidence. In rela-
ton to cross fertilization Professor
Childs said that the Robe de Sargent
does rot bear well when planted in
large blocks, but when rows of French
prunes have been planted among the
Robe d. Sargent trees they bear very
well, and those who expect to plant
Robe dc Sargent trees this year, intend
to plant other trees among them, to OBJ
tain the benefit Of cross-f fertilization.
Mr.. Lelong said that the experiment
had been tried with almonds and that
the pollinization of other almonds from
the bitter almond had produced the
effect of making them bitter also. In
cross fertilization kindred varieties
should be chosen. The pollen from a
seeding orange tree cannot increase the
production of another tree, but may in
crease the number of seeds.
Professor Childs said it had been
found also that hives of bees placed
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