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must be well known to you. Its hotels and convention halls 

 offer convenient and reasonable accommodations; its thea- 

 tres and other places of amusement are of high grade, and 

 for those who have never before visited the city its points of 

 historical, literary and artistic interests are points of great 

 attractions. 



Hoping to welcome you here next January, 

 (Signed) 

 J. R. COOLIDGE, Jr. 



First Vice-President. 



JAMES A. MCKIBBEN, 



Secretary. 



D. CRAVEN PARKER, 



Chairman Committee on Conventions. 



A letter addressed to Richard Hittinger, a member rf 

 our Association and a member of the committee on agricul- 

 ture for the Boston Chamber of Commerce : 



"I am informed that a movement is on foot to hold a 

 meeting of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association in 

 Boston in January, 1913. I trust that the Association may 

 vote to carry out this plan, as I believe Boston is not only 

 an extremely attractive city for the holding of conventions 

 but has peculiar attractions for the fruit growers. In the 

 first place, it is one of the best markets in the world for 

 fruits of all grades and the center of one of the finest mar- 

 ket gardening districts to be found anywhere. Through the 

 displays at Horticultural Hall its population has been edu- 

 cated to a fine discrimination in the higher grades of fruins 

 and vegetables, and I believe for this reason the Association 

 would be able to get the best kind of publicity to its ideas 

 through intelligent and appreciative audiences which it 

 would command here as nowhere else. I assure you that 

 the city government will do all in its power to make the 

 visit of your Association a pleasant one. I remain 



Very truly, 

 (Signed) JOHN F. FITZGERALD, Mayor." 



We also are offered Horticultural Hall free of charge 

 and there would be a chance to use another hall, at a small 

 expense, for an exhibition of the tradesmen. I think that 

 many of us would gain a great deal if we could see up-to- 

 date apparatus, spraying materials and nursery stock, and 

 at the same time replenish our treasury. We can go there 



