110 American lloriimltii ral Socirfif. 



Mr. Klce, of California — 'V\\v i-csolntion .-lioiild l)t' niodilied so 

 as to require a tiiorough inspeetion of all imported nursery stock. 



Mr. Lhidlci/, of North Carolina — 1 Ix-lieve this discussion to lu- 

 out of order, and, therefore, move to lay the resolution on the 

 table, ("'arried. 



Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, from the committee on President 

 Earle's address, reported as follows: 



Your committee to which was referred the President's address l)eg leave to 

 report that the questions therein so al)ly dihciisseil, the recommendations wisely 

 made, and the conclusions reached, are of so much importance to horticulturists 

 throughout our country that we recommend that this Society secure the publica- 

 tion of 8,000 copies in {)amphlet form. J. C. Kvans, 



S. Johnson, 

 N. Ohmkk. 



The report of the committee was adopted, and, on motion of 

 Mr. Estee, of California, a collection amounting to S-^S was at once 

 taken up to defray the expense of the publication and distribution 

 of the address. 



COLD STORAGE AND UEFRIGERAToR CARS. 



California members desiring to know the eifect of cold storage 

 and refrigerator cars on their fruits shipped to distant markets in- 

 quired of eastern members concerning the condition of such fruits 

 when received. 



President Earlc — The common inijiression that fruits are injured 

 by cold storage is incorrect. They do not necessarily decay more 

 rapidly when exposed to the warm outside atmosphere by reason of 

 having been in the cold storage, unless they have been overripe 

 and in the incipient stages of decay when gathered and shipped. 

 My own experience and observations convince me of the value of 

 thoroughly cooling fruits before shipment. This is true of all 

 classes of fruits, not excepting the strawberry. A refrigerator 

 car simj)ly holds the fruit in abeyance, so that organic action is held 

 back for a time. Wlien the fruit is packed in a lirm condition it 

 does not essentially change when taken out, although when the 

 fruit is put ill overripe it will not keep long. The success of ship- 

 ping fruits from this coast to the ea'<t would depend largely upon 



