TWENTY-FIRST ANHUAL MEETING. 



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The Vice-P'resident : Any more questions? We 

 want to work Professor Sears for all he is worth. This is 

 a very vital matter to the fruit growers of Connecticut. 



A Membkr : What difference does it make in the 

 profit between the large size and the small size as you show 

 it there ? 



Professor Sears : You mean this, that I suggested as 

 the ideal size? This one? 



A Member: Yes sir. 



Professor Sears : I am not sure, but I think, as a 

 matter of fact, that this one (indicating a medium-size, 

 well-colored apple ) will bring more money than the other, 

 (indicating a big apple). And that is one of the things to 

 taJce into consideration. Of course, when it comes to the 

 matter of fixing the price, you get all you can for either one. 



Mr. Hollister: I would like to ask a question about 

 the judging of Greenings. It may put Professor Sears in 

 a somewhat embarrassing position, but we all know when 

 we go to a local fair we see some high colored Greenings 

 and some green Greenings, and the judge has got to decide 

 which one he shall give the prize to. There has been some 

 discussion about that difference of color in Greenings, and 

 T would like to ask Professor Sears to touch upon that. 



Professor Sears : My idea about that rs that the rules 

 of judging ought to be announced beforehand. Either you 

 oiight to say you will pay no attention to color, and if one 

 variety of Greening is highly colored and the other is per- 

 fectly green, then you better let that matter of color rest al- 

 together. Of course, you knew what the public taste as to 

 that differs in different localities. For instance, you take 

 two sections. Here is one section for Boston which likes 

 a little blush on the apple, and the New York Greening is 

 just a green Greening. Of course, it is difficult sometimes 

 to decide, to know just what to exhibit. You have got to 

 know your judge to a certain extent, because a judge who 

 likes a greenish Greening is going to be prejudiced against 

 the liigher color, and it seems to me that that ought to be 



