TIVENTJETH ANNUAL MEETING. i8l 



right into the body of the wood, the body of the tree, in the 

 center of the trunk, and you can't get the plaguev things out. 

 So twent}- years ago I thought I would try to get ahead of 

 them, for it was cultivated then, so I made a mound around 

 each tree four feet high and five feet in diameter, way up into 

 the branches, and I thought as the borer usually worked close 

 to the ground, I would get ahead of him, but I couldn't do it. 

 They went to the top of the mound and started right in there 

 just the same. But the mounds are still there and we get good 

 fruit, and it is quite a profitable acre. 



Vice-President Drew : We will now have to take up 

 the first address of the afternoon, on "Up-to-Date Methods of 

 Packing Apples." We are very fortunate in having with us 

 Prof. C. S. Wilson, of the New York State College of Agri- 

 culture, who I am pleased to introduce. 



Professor Wilson then gave a very practical and illumin- 

 ating address on apple packing, having on the stage a modern 

 packing table and the various appliances with which to illus- 

 trate his remarks. 



Up-to-date Methods of Packing Apples. 



By Prof. C. S. Wilson, Professor of Pomology, New York State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, it is a source of great 

 pleasure to be able to meet with you fruit growers of Con- 

 necticut, my neighbor fruit growers, so to speak, to discuss 

 your problems with you, and to see what you have been doing, 

 as is shown by the exhibits here. 



I am very much pleased to see the apple growers of Con- 

 necticut start packing in boxes. While coming here, — coming 

 down through the state, I will say this with all sincerity, I am 

 enthused with the work you are doing and with the opportunity 

 which you have before you. I, myself, have been, as Mr. 



