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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Fortieth Fruit Growers' Convention of the State of California: Held Under the Auspices of the State Commission of Horticulture at Santa Rosa, California, December 19, 20, and 21, 1911 Pursuant to call, the convention met at Germania Hall, Santa Rosa, California, at ten o'clock A. M. The convention was called to order by Chairman A. J. Cook, State Commissioner of Horticulture. Mr. E. O. Essig, secretary of the State Commissioner of Horticulture, acted as secretary. After an invocation by the Reverend W. C. Day of Santa Rosa, followed by music, the proceedings continued as follows: The Chairman. We will now be welcomed by his Honor, J. R. Edwards, mayor of this city. [Applause.] Mr. Edwards. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: Situated as we are in the center of a country that is given over very largely to the growing of the tree and the vine, it is very fitting that I extend to you a cordial greeting, and as the representative of the citizens of Santa Rosa I extend to you a very hearty welcome. It has been a great many years since the pioneers came across the plains into California. At that time they were in quest of gold. They little thought that the valleys and the hills and the plains of California were going to be devoted to the raising of fruit; but since that time things have progressed so that the output from the orchards and the vineyards and the fields of California for the past year was twice that of the best year that was ever seen in California in the production of gold. This simply shows that the man who has a fine orchard, or a fine piece of land devoted to the culture of the tree, or the vine, has an everlasting gold mine. He simply has to take care of it properly and it means that money is coining his way. We have seen that around this locality this year and for a few preceding years the large checks that the farmers have received for their products have been very gratifying. And when you take all into consideration you may say that the centers of population are builded up off of the farm, and why should we not receive a good price for our products? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.