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to make a barrel, less than a bushel to the box, and I expect 

 those apples would be sold here for four dollars a box. 



]\Ir. r,Ko. E. I'utlkr: We have listened very carefully to 

 what Mr. Luplon has said, and T think that this Society 

 oug^ht to g-et some practical advantage out of it, and I think 

 we oug^ht to do somethino- that will be of practical value to 

 every grrower. I move that the Society appoint a committee 

 of three to confer with Air. Lupton. and formulate some plan 

 whereby the main features of ]\Ir. Lupton's address on mar- 

 ketings may be put into practical use for the benefit of the fruit 

 growers of Connecticut. 



Secretary ]\Iiles : That is a good suggestion, but I would 

 move an amendment to that, that the committee be the stand- 

 ing committee on transportation and markets, and then it 

 won't be necessary to have an extra committee. 



This was seconded and the motion, as amended, carried 

 unanimously. 



President-elect Eddy now took the chair and called for 

 the next topic on the program — The Culture of Berries and 

 Vegetables. 



Mr. A. N. Farnham, the well known market gardener, 

 opened the discussion of this subject in the following paper: 



The Successful Culture of Berries and Vegetables. 



By A. N. Farnham, New Haven. 



This is a subject we can speculate upon, but to-day it is 

 quite hard to verify in practice. We enter into it trusting and 

 hoping for success, but we are quite apt to be disappointed at 

 the end, at least, financially. It is quite easy to speculate 

 upon success, but to achieve it is quite another matter. 



We can select our ground, as we think, all right, plant our 

 seeds or set our plants, and then if the elements smile upon us, 

 we may be successful, but if not, while we have done what 

 we could, success may not crown our efiforts, but nevertheless 

 we must do our part and await results. One of the essential 

 things is to get good seeds and good plants to start with. One 



