PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS FRUIT GROWERS' 

 ASSOCIATION 



March 8th and 9th, 19 U 

 Horticultural Hall, Worcester, Mass. 



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 10.00 A. M. 



With the largest attendance in the history of the Asso- 

 ciation the 17th annual meeting was opened promptly at 

 10 o'clock by President S. T. Maynard of Northboro. He in- 

 troduced Mayor James Logan who welcomed the Associa- 

 tion to the Heart of the Comonwealth as follows : 

 Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



In March, 1908, it was my pleasure to extend to the 

 members of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association 

 the welcome of the city of Worcester, and I am glad to be 

 able to extend to you the greetings of the city once more. 



There was a landslide last December — perhaps you re- 

 member it — and you came pretty near having another 

 Mayor to bid you welcome to Worcester this year. 



The people are getting more particular every year and 

 so each year, to use a slang expression of the street, ''it is 

 harder to get by," and while I am still doing business at 

 the old stand, this will be my last opportunity to extend 

 the welcome of this goodly city to the members of your as- 

 sociation. 



