EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



OF THE 



Massachusetts Fruit Growers* Association 



March 13th and 14th, 1912 



Horticultural Hall, 18 Front Street, Worcester, Mass. 



In spite of the down pour during the night and its re- 

 sulting washouts and the continuous rain there was even a 

 larger audience than last year when the meeting was call- 

 ed to order at 10.15 a. m., President Samuel T. Maynard, 

 presiding. 



The President : Ladies and Gentlemen : At the open- 

 ing of this, the 18th Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts 

 Fruit Growers' Association, we have with us the Mayor of 

 the City of Worcester, and he will give you a few words of 

 welcome. Mayor O'Connell of Worcester. (Applause). 



Remarks of Mayor David O'Connell of Worcester 



Mr. President and Members of the Massachusetts 

 Fruit Growers' Association: It is indeed a great honor to 

 the City of Worcester and a great honor to me personally 

 to have the privilege of greeting you today. Worcester 

 jfeels honored at your assembling here, and I extend to you 

 on behalf of all the people of this good city a hearty wel- 

 come. I trust that you will enjoy yourselves and enjoy 

 your visit most thoroughly and that your deliberations will 

 be such as will insure to the benefit of all. I only wish 

 that we could control the god of the weather so that we 

 might have brighter skies with this day, but that, of course, 

 is impossible, but on all other things we will do what we 

 possibly can to make your visit here a pleasant one, a pros- 



