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found favoring such action to arrange a conference for the pur- 

 pose of outhning national legislation, said committee to be 

 authorized to expend a sum not to exceed fifty dollars for post- 

 age and necessary printing and expenses, a full report to be made 

 at the next annual session of this Society. 

 Resolve passed at Annual Meeting in 1906: 



That this Society recognizing the importance of the proposed 

 measures looking to legislation which will insure more uniform 

 sorting, grading and packing of our fruit crops, and the work of 

 the special committee appointed last year, hereby declares in 

 favor of continuing said committee another year in the hope that 

 national legislation may be made certain. 



Report of Committee on above Resolutions, Dr. Geo. M. 

 Twitchell, Auburn, Committee; Discussion, Wilfrid Wheeler, 

 Concord, Mass., Chairman, Committee on Fruits, Mass. Hort. 

 Society; T. L. Kenney, South Hero, Vt., President of Vermont 

 Horticultural Society; A. A. Hixon, Worcester, Mass., Secre- 

 tary Worcester County Horticultural Society; Edwin H. 

 Burlingame, Providence, R. I., representing R. I. Horticultural 

 Society; John W. Clark, North Hadley, Mass., representing 

 Mass. Fruit Growers Association. 



Thursday Evening — Music; Opportunities for Young Peo- 

 ple, Prof. Fred W. Card, Pennsylvania ; Music ; Insects, Birds 

 and Fruits, Prin. W. L. Powers, Gardiner; Music. 



The local committee representing the Board of Trade con- 

 sisted of the following named gentlemen: Mayor Will C. 

 Atkins, C. A. Knight, E. L. Bussell, F. E. Boston, R. H. Gard- 

 iner, Guy A. Hildreth. 



Before the close of the opening session the following com- 

 mittees were appointed by the President : 



On President's address and other papers : William Craig, 

 Dr. E. P. Turner and R. H. Gardiner. 



On resolutions: S. G. Shurtleff, Charles S. Pope and J. 

 Merrill Lord. 



At the annual business meeting the President appointed 

 Charles S. Phinney, W. J. Ricker and Will E. Leland a com- 

 mittee to receive, assort and count the ballots for the several 

 •officers. 



