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meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. This was a box, 

 plate and package show as there was not room for barrels 

 and the class of fruit shown convinced all who saw it that 

 Massachusetts does not need to take a back seat. Many new 

 exhibitors were present and this is a feature which should 

 be encouraged. 



WITH THE SECRETARY 



Having used the red apple and green background with 

 various changes for the past four years, it was thought ad- 

 visable to have something conspicuously different and the 

 yellow apple of the 1915 button is the result. 



Letterheads for the President and four Vice Presidents 

 were issued by vote of the executive committee, the idea be- 

 ing to advertise the Association. 



Anyone who has ever tried to address a thousand or 

 more envelopes or post cards at one time knows how easy it 

 is to skip one once in a while. This has been avoided largely 

 by a system of checking but when the opportunity presented 

 itself to have the addresses printed with mechanical accu- 

 racy and clearness, it was too good a chance to let pass and 

 we are now using this method with no added expense to the 

 Association. 



In accordance with the vote of the Association, we are 

 now life members of the American Pomological Society and 

 reports are on file in the library of the Worcester County 

 Horticultural Society. 



The Secretary has had unusual facilities for saving 

 money for the Association this year as in the past. 



I would again call attention to the extremely peculiar 

 condition of the Association regarding the printing of the 

 leport, the annual dues and the annual meeting. If the 

 printing of the annual report is delayed until after the an- 

 nual meeting much of the immediate value to the members is 

 lost, especially the spraying information and such other as 

 needs preparation before using. This was of course the prin- 



