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firship to pick and work from. The ground is entirely 

 shaded but by pruning to upright canes on the currants 

 there is really not the tangle there seems to be with the fruit 

 on the bushes. And such fruit ! It was the general verdict 

 that they never saw such a sight before. Mr. Margeson has 

 many varieties of currants from early to late and the blacks 

 and white for those who really know currants. And the 

 sight of one tree of cherries left for our special benefit as the 

 others of this variety had been picked and already gone to 

 market. This was the Bay State Cherry. The color and 

 size halted one at once and inquiries were immediate as to 

 where trees could be obtained. I\Ir. IMargeson said he was 

 unable to get more himseii; and all agreed that he ought to 

 propogate and introduce this stock. The sour cherries 

 showed an abundant, crop. 



Attention was called to a plot of grass between the cur- 

 rants, etc. — most of us would call it a mere strip — which had 

 just produced a ton of hay. Certainly every available niche 

 of ground is utilized to advantage. 



After luncheon eaten in the big tent, when the host's 

 hot coffee was more in demand than the lemonade, tha 

 speaking program was carried out. The Secretary made 

 some announcements and asked each to pin his postal card 

 to his coat so all could see who each one was and where he 

 came from. With our eleven hundred membership we cannot 

 all know each other and this is one method of getting ac- 

 quainted. Secretary Wilfrid Wheeler of the State Board of 

 Agriculture was then introduced as the presiding officer and 

 Director J. H. Putnam, Litchfield, Connecticut, Ex-President 

 of the Connecticut Pomological Society, gave an address on 

 Small Fruit Culture. Mr. Putnam showed himself to be a 

 practical grower of wide experience and gave many instan- 

 ces showing how he adapted his fruit growing to his condi- 

 tions rather than bucking against nature in a vain attempt 

 to get the unattainable. His location being late and early 

 varieties merely coming at the time of the glut he uses late 

 varieties and comes into a market all his own. 



