FOURTEENTH ANNIWL MEETING. 



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Second Day, Thursday, February 2. 



MORNING SESSION. 



The memljcrs Q-->iliere(l e;iii_\- for the work of the second 

 day of the meeting-. The exhibition hall down stairs was the 

 center of attraction and interest, until President Gulley called 

 the meeting to order at 9.45 a. m. 



The hall rapidly filled, indicating another record-bre'aking 

 attendance. 



The President : I think it will be interesting, before we 

 proceed to the regular program for this morning, to discuss 

 some of the special questions on the program list. 



It is suggested that we take up No. 4 — 



"7/ zvc box apples, zcliat classes shall !<.'€ make ami ivliat 

 size box shall be iiscdf '' 



Air. G. \\'. Staples said : Use the bushel box for marketing 

 apples. Here in Hartford a box 18x15x8 in. is commonly 

 used. The Boston box measures 18x18x8. Three boxes 

 equal a barrel. 



]\Ir. Hale thought those named were a local style of box, 

 and not of the standard size ; better use the standard Oregon 

 apple box, which is 18 in. long, 115/2 wide and lo^^ deep. 



At this point two boxes of apples from the exhibition hall 

 were brought in and displayed on the stage. These were of 

 the Oregon type and both boxes and fruit were "standard" 

 in every detail. 



Mr. Hale further pointed out that for extra size fruit the 

 Western growers use a box 20 in. long, 11 wide and 10 deep. 

 This holds 96 apples, which are packed with all the care and 

 attractiveness that oranges are. 



President Gulley said that two sizes of boxes are needed 

 to accommodate the various sizes of fruit to be packed, and 

 great care should be used in grading to exact size. 



Mr. Cross confirmed this statement, saying that he had 

 used two sizes of boxes in packing his choicest fruit and 

 found these packages satisfactory for all sizes of apples. 



