AFTERNOON SESSION 



The convention was called to order at 2.00 p. m. by the 

 President, IMr. Harold L. Frost. 



TliE PKESIDENT. Here are some apples which I got 

 from one of the commission men here in Springfield. I 

 asked him to show me one of his barrels of apples, and he 

 showed me a barrel that was put in as a Number 1, grown 

 in the Connecticut Valley, and I asked him to tip it over for 

 me. Now, he didn't pick it out, but I picked it out myself, 

 and it looked mighty fine on top, but the apples in the cen- 

 tre were like this (exhibiting to the convention a number of 

 very poor apples). I was wondering what that grower 

 would do if he bought a barrel of flour and found a peck or 

 two of wormy flour in the middle. 



This same commission man showed me where nails had 

 been driven into the head to hold the tags on. One of our 

 members here this morning said those nails were driven into 

 the head of the barrel so that the apples wouldn't roll 

 around. (Laughter). Here are some of the apples. (Ex- 

 hibiting to the convention apples with nail holes in them). 

 That is what is discrediting the rest of us apple growers 

 here in New England. 



On the right are three barrels of apples which this same 

 commission man brought here, and one of those barrels 

 shov/s the apples were put in a flour barrel and the barrel 

 was evidently never cleaned. Now, when the commission 

 man opened up the barrel, the apples were covered with the 

 flour, and the purchaser left without buying. 



I won't mention the name of that grov\^er, but it was 

 given to me, and he is growing nice apples, but is not spend- 

 ing any time packing them. That barrel on the right was 

 grown in the Connecticut Valley and bringing $6 a barrel 

 at wholesale, while that other one they had hard work sell- 

 ing for $3. We tried to figure the cost of those two barrels. 

 We figured one with a second-hand barrel at 20 cents and 



