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sumers in the city to buy the carload fruit and can it for 

 tbemKeU:^s. 



MRS. STORROW : :\Iany of them do, but my suggestion 

 lor canning was with reference to the perishable fruit which 

 eould not come in carloads to advantage and might be 

 wasted if sent in carloads to the city. 



A MEMBER : 1 would like to ask Mrs. Storrow if she 

 means by the nectarine growing against the wall, the ordi- 

 nary stone Wall of the farm or a wall especially built? 



MRS. STORROW : It is the ordinary brick wall of the 

 stable. 



A :\[EMBER: It is a high wall? 



MRS. STORROW : Yes, it was a high wall. 



A ME:\IBER : And the vine runs high? 



MRS. STORROW: Yes, but I suppose the same thing 

 could be grown against the house or any wooden Avail. It 

 was merely an experiment. We wanted some nectarines to 

 grow under glass and some were left over and we planted 

 them around and wherever we planted them they have 

 grown and flourished with very little protection in winter. 



THE CPIAIRMAN: I think the gentleman was misled 

 by my .joke; my wife says they frequently need explaining. 

 He evidently thought that the walls we have were adapted 

 to that purpose. 



A MEMBER: I would like Lo ask the speaker why she 

 expects to get first class fruit from the farmer and split the 

 price that the market man would charge, instead of paying 

 the full price as she would have to pay in Boston ? 



3IRS. STORROW: The reason under those circum- 

 stances would be that the consumer carries it home ; the 

 market is brought to the farm and it gives you a little bit 

 cf a grouch if you think that the grower is getting the 

 highest price out of you when he is getting a great deal 

 more than he possibly could through the ordinary dealer. 



MR. CLARKSON: I think that Mrs. Storrow has 

 brought a good point to our attention. I did considerable 

 business along this line sellinglv directlv to the cu.stomer 



