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tience in spite of the dry weather. Mr. Ewell confines his 

 efforts to the berries alone, not selling plants, and showed a 

 picture of twenty-four Marshalls heaping up a box. Trays 

 are used in shipping rather than crates, trucks taking the 

 berries to Boston each night. 



After luncheon Vice Pres. Margeson introduced Mr. 

 Wilfrid Wheeler of Concord, a large grower who spoke on 

 Strawberry Culture, giving a very comprehensive talk on 

 the best methods of producing the largest crop. Mr. Wheel- 

 er's father who introduced the "Minute Man" gave an in- 

 teresting talk on the history of the business and Mr. L. S. 

 Richards, pioneer of strawberry growing in Marshfield for 

 the Boston market some thirty-five years ago, told of his 

 early efforts. 



After a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Gardner, the mem- 

 bers adjourned to Mr. Richards' dwarf apple orchards at 

 Marshfield Hills and inspected his 600 trees on Doucin stock 

 from one to five years old, and many loaded with fruit. 



Many ladies availed themselves of the opportunity of 

 attending this meeting. 



CHERRY AND CURRANT MEETING AT WESTWOOD, 

 July 2, 1914. 

 The preliminary date of the field meeting with Vice- 

 Pres. Margeson at Westwood July 4th was changed owing to 

 the dry weather forcing the season, and holiday complica- 

 tions. As it turned out, better weather prevailed on the 

 original date as it was raining till nearly noon on the 2d. 

 However, this did not deter the members from turning out 

 in good numbers and after leaving lunch boxes in one of the 

 rents provided by our host, the party started on the round 

 of inspection, the dew drops being knocked off by a special 

 advance guard. One has to be actually on the ground to 

 really appreciate the intensive character of Mr. Margeson 's 

 work, as when he says the manure used every year has to be 

 taken in a wheel barrow the story is only half told, and it 

 was suggested by members that he would soon be using an 



