FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. . 57 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The afternoon session, which was called to order at 2 

 o'clock, was very largely attended. Both in attendance and 

 in the interest and enthusiasm displayed in the subjects under 

 discussion, this session holds the record in the history of the 

 Society. The leading topic of the session was "Apples," and, 

 together with the prominence of the several speakers, no 

 doubt accounted for the strong interest in the program. 



After calling to order, President Gulley said : 



I want to say that if there are any of you too bashful to 

 ask questions, we have a question box here in which you can 

 place your questions at any time during the session, and they 

 will be opened before the end of the meeting and the ques- 

 tions taken out and read. 



I wish to say again, as I said at the opening of the meet- 

 ing, that if there are any visitors here from outside of the 

 state, we wish they would come forward and make themselves 

 known, so that we may receive them and give them proper 

 care and recognition. 



Mr. Eaton, who is the first speaker on our program for 

 this afternoon, doesn't seem to have reached here yet. As 

 he is not present, we will pass his address for now, and I will 

 introduce to the audience a speaker who has been with us 

 before, and whom many of you have met. I am sure he will 

 give us a very interesting talk. I take pleasure in introducing 

 Mr. T. E. Cross, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., who will give us 

 the first address on this important subject of apples. 



A Few Thoughts on the Production and Marketing 



of Apples. 



By T. E. Cross, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



Ladies and Gentlemen : It gives me great pleasure to be 

 with you on this occasion. Last year, as some of you know, 

 through circumstances which I could not control, I was com- 

 pelled to be absent. I was, therefore, more than pleased when 



