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and how they are doing over there. Prof. Card has been telling 

 the farmers just how to do this work for the last three weeks, 

 he has an address that he delivers at our institute along this line 

 and I presume it will afford him pleasure to talk with him on 

 thi'^ matter. Mr. President, I thank you again for your !:indness. 



GRADING AND PACKING OF FRUIT. 

 [Conducted by the delegates of New England Horticultural 

 Societies in attendance at the annual meeting.] 



REPORT 9F SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GRADING, 

 P-ACKING, AND BRANDING, WITH RECOM- 

 MENDATIONS FOR FUTURE ACTION. 

 Dr. G. M. TwiTCHELE, Auburn, Maine. 



At the session of this State Pomological Society November, 

 1905, after a full discussion of the subject of grading, packing, 

 and branding fruit for market and the importance of action to 

 secure official inspection and protect both grower and consumer, 

 it was voted that, 



"This Society, recognizing the substantial growth of our fruit 

 industry and realizing the necessity for a more critical grading 

 of the stock, for the protection of the grower, declares in favor 

 of national legislation looking to a Fruit Marks Act, and author- 

 izes the appointment of a committee whose duty it shall be to 

 correspond with the officers of the Fruit Growers' Associations 

 in the several states, and if a general sentiment is found favor- 

 ing such action to arrange a conference for the purpose of out- 

 lining national legislation." 



In the wisdom of the members it was decided to create a com- 

 mittee of one to whom the sole subject should be referred and 

 the speaker was selected. No one at that time dreamed that 

 within two years a conference of all the New England States 

 upon this specific subject would be possible yet such was the 

 interest manifested and so hearty the co-operation, that, in 

 March, 1907, delegates were present from each of these states 



