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finest. We must have the very best fruit for all glass work. 

 The market is flooded with the poorer stuff, especially in the 

 various grades of goods sent out in tin cans, but for glass work 

 only the very best should be used, especially if you expect a 

 high-class trade at good prices. Some may claim that there 

 is no money in putting up fruit in glass. Just now that is true 

 to some extent, but it is going to have its future, however. The 

 people are getting tired of so much sweet stuff put up as so 

 much of the stuff on the market is, and they will soon be willing 

 to pay the increased price for a good article. The people can 

 eat two or three dishes full of these goods put up in glass, put 

 up with just enough material to bring out the flavor of the fruit. 

 Of course they will, because it is so good. We want to have 

 them eat it, and the people can afford to buy it because its 

 wholesome, and it's something they can enjoy. I believe that 

 fruit put up in glass when it is put up in the best manner, and 

 of the best quality of fruit, is going to have a future, and there 

 will be much more of it sold than there has been. 



Now the next question that I want to emphasize is not to 

 allow yourselves to buy any fruit that is not warranted against 

 salicylic acid. All honor to the Connecticut Experiment Station, 

 which is doing such grand work for honest foods. I hope the 

 people themselves will respond to this. 



The President: We have neglected our visitors from other 

 states. We have visitors here from Massachusetts and New 

 York. There is one gentleman that I want to introduce to you 

 for a moment. It is Secretary Hall of the Western New York 

 Horticultural Society. 



Mr. John Hall: I want to say to you simply a word or 

 two. I am glad to bring from the old Western New York 

 Society its greetings to your Connecticut Society. We cele- 

 brated our 47th anniversary three weeks ago. I was delighted 

 with the meeting here yesterday, for it seemed so much like our 

 own, spirited discussions and good papers. I count it a good 

 deal of an honor to be associated with such an association as 

 ours, because of what it has done for horticulture, and because 

 of the relations it has had with names that have become histori- 

 cal, such as Charles Downing, and several others. I want to 

 say to you that we are gaining year by year in our membership, 

 and I feel that the officers of our Association would be very glad 



