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reached a point now where fruit growers in different parts of 

 the State are seriously inquiring of us what kind of a box we 

 recommend. They read the discussions here and they read the 

 papers which tell about the advantages of selling in boxes, this 

 box and that box, etc., and the question has come right home to 

 me scores and scores of times the last two years, especially this 

 year, " Why don't your State Pomological Society do some- 

 thing? Why don't you recommend something, so that when you 

 talk about a box we will know what it means." And I have 

 urged upon the committee, of which Mr. Lincoln is chairman, 

 the importance of getting this matter in some definite form before 

 the Society so that either at this meeting or at a future meeting 

 we may feel like recommending to the fruit growers some box, 

 and I hope that something of that kind may be done. As to 

 myself, I prefer something like the bushel box. It is only my 

 preference. I believe that a good deal in this world depends 

 upon the appearance of the thing, and that size box, if it is well 

 made, is certainly to me at any rate more attractive than either 

 of the other sizes. That is only my individual preference. I 

 don't care personally what size you take, but I think we ought to 

 do a little something besides discuss it. Now you see from what 

 has been said thus far we have run across a dozen different 

 opinions, and it is likely, if every fruit grower would give his 

 own, that there would be a dozen more. That shows conclu- 

 sively that there is dissatisfaction with the barrel for fancy fruit. 

 Now if it is not best, if we are not prepared to take a definite 

 step as to the size which Mr. Lincoln has recommended, let us 

 take a step that will lead to it. If you want to do it in that way, 

 it could be referred to another committee and let them chew 

 upon it another year, and then when anybody comes to me or to 

 any other officer of the society, we can say that the Society has 

 got it under consideration in the hope of settling it next year. 

 It is not very definite, to be sure, but if we cannot arrive at 

 something I think we had better do it. I fear from the various 

 expressions that have been given that the members of the Society 

 arc not prepared to say which size they prefer. As an officer 

 of the Society I want something done, or hope something will 

 be done that will lead up to a definite sized box. If it is a desir- 

 able thing to consult with other societies, very well. That is 

 well enough. So far as the box in the market is concerned, the 

 people in the West began shipping apples in boxes and they 



