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quality. The market has been glutted this year with second- 

 class fruit, and there has been a lack of strictly fancy fruit. 

 Do not be afraid that well-grown, good fruit will not find a 

 good market and at a good price. Do not be afraid that we 

 are going to grow too much good fruit. We have simply 

 got to get on to our job and do our work as we should, and 

 then we shall make a success of growing good fruit. We 

 are just getting on to our job. We are just learning how to do 

 it as it ought to be done. The New England Show was a 

 great help. I hope the fruit shows of New England will be 

 continued. It gives a chance for the growers to bring in 

 their best fruit, and shows the public what can be done. In 

 that way, they will do a great deal to show the world that we 

 can produce high-grade fruit. 



The Toastmaster : We also have with us another rep- 

 resentative from Massachusetts, the Secretary of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, Mr. Rich. 



Mr. W. P. Rich : I came down here to-night to enjoy 

 with you the festivities of this occasion, and am not prepared 

 to make any extended remarks. I came down to partake 

 rather of the inspiration of this gathering, and to learn from 

 the speakers which you are having at this meeting some 

 points that will be of interest and value to me in my horti- 

 cultural work. I am very glad at this time to have the oppor- 

 tunity of bringing to this gathering the greetings of the old 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, which I have the honor 

 to represent. I am also glad to have the opportunity of meet- 

 ing with so many of the representatives of the horticultural 

 interests of New England. A great deal has been said to- 

 night regarding the Boston Fruit Show. Of all the import- 

 ant benefits which that fruit show has given, there is one 

 which appeals to me perhaps as strongly as any other, and 

 that is, it has brought the men engaged in practical fruit 

 growing closer together than they ever were before. That 

 was one of the very desirable things which that show accom- 

 plished. It gave an opportunity for the fruit men of New 



