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ing, and to the one who looks ahead in confidence, it appears 

 not out of place to expect continual advancement or better- 

 ment in conditions and opportunities for Connecticut markets 

 and Connecticut fruits. 



J. NORRIS BARNES. 



For the Coiiiiniftcc. 



President Rogers : We will now take up the first ad- 

 dress of the morning, an illustrated address, by ]\Ir. Wilfrid 

 Wheeler, of Concord, ^lass. The subject is "The Outlook 

 for the Grower of Strawberries and Other Small Fruits." ]\Ir. 

 Wheeler is one of our old friends, and needs no introduction 

 to a Connecticut audience. \\'e are glad to have him with 

 us. 



The Outlook for the Grower of Strawberries and 

 Other Small Fruits. 



By \\'nj"Kin Wheeler, Concord. ]Mass. 



]\lr. President and Members: This subject of the "Out- 

 look for the Grower of Strawberries and Small Fruits" seems 

 to me a very important one. There never was a time in the 

 history of Xew England when, I think, there is a chance to 

 develop the markets to a greater extent than at the present 

 time. The foreign countries, take England and Germany in 

 particular, are using the small fruits per capita to a greater 

 extent than we are. and it seems to me tliat now is our time 

 to get busy and work along their lines in order to make, not 

 a greater market geographically, but to make a broader field 

 of adaptability for these small fruits. 



In England particularly, small fruits are used to a great 

 extent to make jellies, preserves and jams, and in this form 

 are served as rations every day in the English ariuy, a quar- 

 ter of a pound per man of some form of jam or jelly or pre- 

 served small fruits. The raspberry and the strawberry 



