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Farmers' week at the Massachusetts Agricultural College 

 with our Rally Day on Thursday March 20 and a last 

 institute at Colrain probably April 16th will close our win- 

 ter meetings and we will have been the length of the state, 

 Boston, Marlboro, Worcester, Amherst and Colrain. 



FIRST MASSACHUSETTS FRUIT SHOW. From 

 Nov. 7-10, 1912, Horticultural Hall, Boston, saw satisfied 

 crowds flocking to our first State Fruit Show. Though 

 held in conjunction with the Chrysanthemum Exhibition of 

 the Horticultural Society, the officers of the latter say the 

 attendance was many times larger than ever before for the 

 Chrysanthemum Show alone. While the quantity of the 

 fruit exhibited was not large the quality was of the finest 

 and the influence of former New England Fruit Shows was 

 seen to full advantage in the selection of specimens and the 

 box packing. In the ten box and five box classes as well 

 as the single, perfection seemed to be attained. The total 

 product of single trees was not so well patronized as de- 

 sired, but the new departure in attractive packages and the 

 practical packages for retail trade brought out many ideas 

 worth while and should aid greatly in helping the producer 

 to get more of the consumer's dollars. The cordial feeling 

 among the exhibitors showed that the judges had done their 

 work well. The aid of the State Board of Agriculture made 

 this Show possible. 



THE BOSTON CONVENTION. Needs no reference 

 here as it is thoroughly covered in 1913 report. The 

 splendid attendance, the capable speakers, the instructive 

 trade exhibit, all the new members and the enthusiasm 

 everywhere in evidence will make this meeting go down in 

 our history as a red letter event. 



Horticultural Hall, Boston, January 10-11, 1913. 



A life membership in the Association was voted at the 

 Boston meeting to be $20.00 and the invitation to hold the 

 Convention of Jan. 1914 at Springfield was accepted. 



EFFICIENCY. We find that a large number of mem- 

 bers in the past have been confused by our receipts reading 

 to March 15th or whatever the date of our annual meeting 

 was. Many have thought they paid for the year in advance 

 while in reality it was only for the year past. This has been 



