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^Ju. Aiii.i.ER: Practically the same color. In pruning 

 you nuist do your work so the air and sunshine will have a 

 perfect circulation. 



Another thini;- when you are harvesting- the fruit, have 

 plenty of barrels provided and have everything done at that 

 time in a thorough and systematic manner. The labor problem 

 is a serious one, to ])e sure, ])ut if you are well provided with 

 a])phances more than half the story is told. And then the 

 ])icking of the fruit, that is another important item. The 

 manner in which a good deal of our fruit is packed is a 

 stan<ling reflection upon tlie apple growers and there is much 

 shiftlessness exhibited throughout New^ England in this work. 

 We have generally used second hand barrels unless our cus- 

 tomers wish to pay for a first-class barrel, and I have never yet 

 found a bu}-er who took advantage of the offer to buy his own 

 barrels. I believe nmch responsibility yet rests upon the 

 shoulders of the buyers, although the producers must do their 

 share to keep their product up to the standard. 



A Member: Where do you get the ashes for your trees? 



]\Ir. ]\Iiller: We buy what is called the Canada hard 

 wood ashes in carload lots from $10 to $12 a ton, and also all 

 the wood ashes we can get in our town. 



President Eddy : If you have finished the discussion of 

 Air. Miller's address, we will pass to the next subject. The 

 gentleman who will now speak to us is closely associated with 

 the business of fruit handling and selling and he wdll tell us 

 man\' interesting and practical things.. I introduce to you Mr. 

 Thomas A. Berry of Hartford, who will address us regarding 

 "'J"he Practical Side of the Cold Storage Question." 



The Practical Side of the Cold Storage Question. 



By Thomas A. Berry, Hartford. 



Unseen forces are ever transforming the things that are 

 seen. Vapors rise from the sea and fall upon the plain and 

 rise again in the juices of myriad i)lants, meat for man and 

 beast. Though llic fruits be gathered and the cattle be slain 

 for food, cliemic changes continue and new forms of life ap- 



