70 Second Annual Report 



along these lines, that )'ou may easily hold your position you 

 now occupy, and that you will be willing, yes, anxious to have 

 us come to you again when we may see fit. So let us as a society, 

 strive to so work in harmony and unison that we may have but 

 one object, and that, the betterment of mankind and the foster- 

 ing of those things that will help, not simply ourselves, but all 

 the members of this organization, and everyone that is engaged 

 in this work, and so honor ourselves and our State. 



SOME RECENT AND IMPORTANT CHANGES IN THE 

 BUSINESS OF FRUIT GROWING. 



PROFESSOR F. A. WAUGH, AMHERST, MASS. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: — 



I wish in a word to express my satisfaction and pleasure in 

 being able to meet with the Vermont Horticultural Society once 

 more. It is always a pleasure to me to meet with any horticul- 

 tural society, but when it is one with which I have spent so 

 many days, and had so many pleasant experiences as this one, 

 it is an especial treat, I can assure you. 



I hardly know what my subject is. It is not necessary that 

 I should make an address, and I wish that it might have been 

 left out altogether. I would enjoy it more to come here and 

 visit with you than to make a speech, for the speech spoils the 

 visit. 



The topic which I purpose speaking about is this, to talk 

 over "some of the recent and important changes which have 

 taken place in the business of fruit growing." For the most 

 part we are inclined to shut our eyes to such changes ; we don't 

 realize they are taking place ; we go on with our business as 

 though this year was like last, and last year was Hke the one 

 before. You know it is a matter of common reproach brought 

 against many farmers, that they farm like their fathers and 

 grandfathers did. It is a term of just reproach against some 

 men, for we don't realize what great changes are going on, and 

 how rapidly they are taking place. We are trying to use the 

 experiences which men gained years ago, much of which experi- 

 ence is already outlawed, and I think you will realize when we 

 come to count them up that what I say is true. We are making 

 a great deal of progress, and making many changes. This 

 change, of course, while we don't realize it, is now taking place, 

 and is inevitable. There is no business which can stand still ; 

 it must progress or go backward. There are many reasons 



