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Mr. Clark : For this exhibition of the Massachusetts 

 Fruit Growers' Association the members should be urged to 

 keep the very best apples grown this season and donate 

 them for this purpose. 



Q. Will the New England Fruit Show allow us space? 



Wilfrid Wheeler : Yes. 



Mr. Eace : This matter of the change of date of the an- 

 nual meeting is rather serious ; also, in our section of Berk- 

 shire County it is just the time when the ice harvest is be- 

 ginning. December is a better month for a fruit exhibition 

 than any other month so far as the fruit itself is concerned. 

 Action should not be taken on this now. It is a splendid 

 idea to hold the meeting in different parts of the state. 



Mr. Whitney: If we had the annual meeting at differ- 

 ent places we could get more members in the different coun- 

 ties. 



Sec 'y Brown : Merely in order to avoid future question 

 and acting according to our Constitution, I move that it be"^ 

 the sense of this meeting that the next regular meeting be 

 held at Marlboro, March 22. 



Q. Does this mean that we take action on this change 

 then? 



Mr. Whitney: Before this motion is put I want to say 

 a word. I realize that it is a serious matter to change the 

 time of the annual meeting. If I understand it, our Constitu- 

 tion cannot be changed without notice having been given 

 at some regular meeting. This is rather rushing matters 

 along, and I realize the fact that most of us who come to 

 this meeting will find it impossible to be at the meeting in 

 Marlboro. I suggest we let the matter go over until the 

 next annual meeting. 



Mr. Wheeler: Have a vote taken by those present to 

 show when the majority would like to have the annual meet- 

 ing. Take a test vote. 



Pres. : There is a motion before the house. 



