74 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Rural New Yorker, 1888. complete. 



Vick's Monthly. 1888. complete. 



Canadian Horticulturist, 1888, complete. 



Horticultural Art Journal, 1888, complete. 



Popular Gardening. 1888, complete. 



Prairie Farmer, 1888, complete. 



Country Gentleman, 1888, complete. 



American Garden, 1888, complete. 



Rural Californian, 1888, complete. 



Michigan Farmer, 1888, lacks Xos. 7 to 12, 13 and 14, 16 and 17. 



Western Rural, 1888. lacks No. 2. 



Orange Judd Farmer. 1888, \ol. IV., Nos. 11 to 26. 



Gardener's Monthly for Jan., 1888. 



BOUND VOLUMES. 



American Journal of Horticulture, Vol. 1, 1867. 

 American Journal of Horticulture, Vol. 2, 18G7. 



Very Respectfully. 



T. H. FoRSTER, Librarian. 



The report was accepted and ordered to be placed on the record of the 

 meeting. 



HONEST MARKETING. 



Consideration of the first topic of the programme, "Methods of securing 

 honest and satisfactory packing, transportation and marketing of fruits, 

 and protection of growers' interests," was begun by R. Morrill of Benton 

 Harbor, who remarked that precept upon precept had been offered upon 

 this question, but with no preceptible gain. The main trouble, perhaps, 

 is that the dishonest packers are not here, and probably do not read, so we 

 have no way to reach them. Legislation would be unavailing; and as he 

 knew of no remedy, he would like to hear from some wise men who have 

 knowledge of a preventive of the evil of dishonest packing. Western 

 Michigan has the worst reputation of any known in the Chicago market. 

 Every sort of deception is practiced. The peck has become both a quarter 

 and a fifth of a bushel; the barrel holds both twelve and ten pecks; and 

 quarts are both wine and dry measure, with pints the same. The only 

 possible cure for this ( if indeed it be possible ) is to convince the users of 

 "snide" packages that they lose money by the practice. The apple- 

 growers of interior Michigan use full barrels, and the prices they get excel 

 those paid for the ten-peck barrels by 25 to 50 cents, so that sum is paid 

 for the half bushel difference. Dishonesty rules equally in the packing. 

 Even bagas aie known to have been used for stuffing in apple barrels, 

 which are always well faced, however. A brand is soon known on the 

 market and honest, even packing is appreciated. South Water street 

 buyers are an exceptionally shrewd lot of men. I have noticed that when 

 they come to buy they first clear out the fruit which by honest packing 

 has become standard. They take this without examination and many 

 refuse even to look at that which is of bad reputation. Such are worked 

 off by the commission men in some way and with but little attention. If 

 a commission merchant is swindled by a shipper, and has to make up for 

 worthless fruit to the buyer, he is pretty sure to make himself whole on 

 that shipper's next lot, and he ought to. 



Transportation is cheaper from western New York to Chicago than from 

 western Michigan, and largely because the railroads dislike to haul back 



