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Rice, having been in the hospital for some time, was unable 

 to have iis with him, and Mr. Morse came to the rescue. 

 The other peach meeting was also open, and at West Berlia 

 with Albert A. Jacobs on Labor Day and Avas the El- 

 berta meeting. Not so many attended this meeting, as per- 

 haps would have, if they had known that both the airships- 

 passed over the Peach Hill orchards in the Tri-State Con- 

 test. At both peach meetings were seen fruit which would 

 be a decided credit any where, and the idea of having these 

 meetings open, as well as the later ones, was to get as many~ 

 as possible to come in hopes that they would join the As- 

 sociation if not already members. 



The Fruit Growers Excursion at Newbury scheduled 

 for Saturday, Sept. 16th, did not come off as planned on 

 account of the very heavy rains. The three who braved the 

 weather however felt more than repaid, and JMr. Perkins 

 has kindly invited us to try again this year. 



The last field meeting was at Amherst, October 9th, 

 and after an inspection of the orchards and new cold storage 

 plant at the ]Massachusetts Agricultural College, and a box 

 packing demonstration by Mr. John B. Castner of Hood 

 River, Oregon, the trolley was taken to the Bay Road Fruit 

 Farm of Profs. Waugh and Sears, and we roamed among 

 the thousands of trees of varying ages. 



These field meetings have a definite place in the Asso- 

 ciation work, as they bring the members together more in- 

 formally than at the Annual Meeting, and there is more 

 time to get acquainted and to develop the sj^irit of "get to- 

 gether." 



The special thanks of the Association are tendered to 

 all those who contributed to the success of these institutes 

 and field meetings, as well as the annual meeting and other- 

 Association activities. 



Invitations to hold field meetings this year have been- 

 received from Mr. Frank Perkins at Newbury, to try again, 

 Mr. Edmund Mortimer at Grafton, Mr. Fred A. Smith at 

 Turner Hill, and Mr. E. Cyrus Miller at Haydenville. One 

 was also received from Mr. L, N. Rice at "VVilbraham, but- 

 cancelled on account of loss of crop. The Secretary will' 

 be glad to hear of any member with a sufficient peach crop 

 to warrant a meeting with him. 



The exhibit at the New England Fruit Show won sec- 

 ond prize for IMassachusetts, and a special note of thanks is 

 due Prof. Sears for his labors in this line which resulted so 



