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to get Aiij storekeepers in Spriugfield interested in the Bos- 

 ton box at all. The bushel baskets go pretty well with wood 

 covers or peach baskets or something of that nature, they 

 like them better. 



MK. ROGEKS: in the Boston inarket we ship all by 

 bushel boxes. We find they pack l)etter tiian the basket 

 and the oheap peach basket is an awful package to send by 

 freight or ex[)ress or truck. The bushel slatted box is very 

 satisfactory to liandle. It is less expensive and 1 can't 

 conceive of an il]-shaj)ed basket being as acceptable eitlier 

 to the consumer or coniniission ]nan as a box. 



THE CHAlKxMAN: It seems to me at present the pr.d"- 

 erence is for the basket to the box in Springfield, so ^ve nee(i 

 to be in toucli with our market to se'' wliat tiiey desire. 



.MK. SMITH: I would like to say that 1 tlnnlc in Spring- 

 field the market for fancy apples in 14-quart peach baskets. 

 is inon^ hii-gely developed than any place f know of. That 

 is the package they ai-c asking for liei-e. so the growers 

 give it to them. 



THE (TIAIILM.\.\: If there are no further coiiiinents 

 We will ht^ai' of 



THE HEATH CO-OPERATIVE APPLE EXCHANGE 

 Mr. J. H, Putnam, County Agent, Franklin County, Mass. 



^fr. President, Ladies and (lenthnnen : Vou have aslvcd 

 me to speak about tiic Heath Apple Excliange. Now. the 

 Heath Ap]de Exchange is a very small affair. In fact, it 

 is so small if is hai'tlly worth talking about when you con- 

 sider the volume of its business, liut when we consider the 

 principle for which it stands, it is worth talking about. 



beginning in 1015 they started to ])ack under the new 

 JNIassachusetts Apple Grading Law. They had an expert 

 come from Nova Scotia dowji to school them in the packing 

 and assist in superiidending the ]iacking of the apples. 

 We packed about 1100 barrels that season. It M^as rather 

 late when they got them all packed and as yoii know the 

 apple market slumped. People who sold early in 1915 got 

 good money for their apples and then vei-y suddeidy the 



