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hold through, but in southern Pennsylvania it is the fall ap- 

 ple and of course it is a spongy thing, with not a great deal 

 of juice or flavor and you can't hold it in open storage af- 

 ter Christmas. I say without hesitation they have got plen- 

 ty of other varieties down there — I have told them the same 

 thing — I have said to them, "Shut down on the Baldwin" 

 and I always say, "Don't try to grow Baldwins in compe- 

 tition with somebody who can grow them better than you." 

 The York Imperial is their standard variety and succeeds 

 remarkably well, in the northeast corner of the state, where 

 the Baldwin does not. 



A Member. How about the Stark? 



Mr. Wilder. I don't know. I have seen it grown in 

 scattered places. I know that its color is not quite white 

 enovigli to attract the public in the market. That is the only 

 objection to it, so far as I know. Yet I find people who are 

 finding it profitable. In some places it is very prolific and 

 bears young and would be desirable only for that, as a com- 

 mercial fruit. 



The President. There are two committees to report. 

 Shall we hear them before the dinner hour, or postpone it 

 imtil the afternoon session? 



A Member. I move we have them after dinner, 



A ]Member. Second the motion. 



The President. A motion to adjourn is in order. (Ad- 

 journed to 1.30 p. m.). 



AFTERNOON SESSION 



Meeting called to order at 1.45 p. m. Mr. J. Lewis Ells- 

 worth, presiding. 



Mr. Ellsworth. Gentlemen: Your president, Prof. 

 Maynard, has asked me if I would preside. Now, you re- 

 member that this is your meeting and I will do the best I 

 can to carry on the formal part. I will say that it is a pleas- 

 ure to me, being a Worcester man, to see the large attend- 

 ance and the great interst taken in the Massachusetts Fruit 

 Growers' Association. Of course, a great deal of credit 

 must be given to Mr. Brown, who is in all places at all times 

 and everywhere at once. (Applause). Another thing, on 

 account of the gi'eat interest that is being taken in fruit and 

 on account of the fact that Worcester is so centrally locat- 

 ed, we believe that a few years from now we Avill have to 

 have Mechanics Hall. 



