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am made to pay well for it. I am glad to meet you here. I 

 trust that your meeting will be profitable and that you will 

 go away prepared to do your work even better than you 

 have in the past. 



Pres. Clark: I think the IMayor misunderstood me. 

 What I said was that I understood that he got his living 

 out of his orchard, not from it. 



ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT CLARK 



Since our organization here some 15 years ago we 

 have annually met here and I can truly say that AVorces- 

 ter is a beautiful city and we enjoy coming here very much. 

 This hall is one of the best in the state in which to meet and 

 as we come back year after year, we think of the men we 

 have known who have passed away, (the last being Mr. 

 Hadwen) who have done such noble work, and we hope 

 that our society will go on with its good work. 



I will say a word regarding western apples to which 

 Mayor Logan has referred as being of poorer quality than 

 ours. A short time ago Mr. Hale was in Missouri and an 

 apple was brought to him with the request that he name it. 

 Now you know what he thinks of the Ben Davis apple. As 

 he bit into this apple he immediately said, "It is a Ben 

 Davis, the best one I ever tasted." The apple was papier- 

 mache filled with sawdust. "We in New England can grow 

 as good apples as there are and we hope next fall at the 

 fruit show in Boston to show you as good apples as can be 

 ;grown. 



The reports of the Secretary and Treasurer were read 

 and accepted. The Auditor announced that he had ex- 

 amined the books and found them correct. 



There being no committees to report the members 

 listened with great interest to the address of Dr. E. Porter 

 Felt of Albany, N, Y., Entomologist of the State of New 

 York. 



THE LATEST AND BEST METHODS OP CONTROL- 

 ING INSECTS AND FUNGOUS PESTS ATTACK- 

 ING OUR FRUITS AND ORNAMENTALS. 



Dr Felt: I was much pleased to hear our president 

 stand up for the quality of the New England fruit, especial- 



