MARKETING FRUIT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE 



PRODUCER 



Director Fred A. Smith, Middleton, Essex County 

 Agricultural School 



j\'lr. I'resident and fellow fruit growers: 



AVhen yonr President eanght me at an off moment and 

 telephoned me to take part in this program, 1 have such 

 great regard for him and always feel like co-operating with 

 iiim in any sort of work, that I carelessly said yes, and since 

 tiiat time I have been regretting my rashness in promising 

 to do that work for him, but you will have to stand for tho 

 result. 



In the discussion of the question of ^Marketing Fruit 

 trom the Standpoint of the Grower. I want to first tell you 

 that I realize that the line between the growing and the 

 marketing of fruit is not very clearly defined; they are very 

 closely dependent upon each other, for letting down or care- 

 lessness on either side may result in the failure of the 

 jfroposition. 



Here in Massacdiusetts we have exceptional advantages- 

 on the marketing side, with such a large and dense popula- 

 tion, as it were almost a continuous city from New York to 

 Portland, and it is hard to imagine any fruit farm so situ- 

 ated that it cannot take advantage of these good markets. 

 As iruit growers it is incumbent upon us to use all sorts of 

 originality in taking advantage of these good markets. 



