ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 217 



The selling of peaches begins with thinning the fruit on the 

 tree — none of us thin our fruits enough. A label will help to 

 sell your fruit if the package is honestly packed. Honest 

 packing is the great point in successfully selling our fruit. 



A vigorous discussion followed in which the matter of picking 

 received attention. Mr. Farnham complained of not being able 

 to control his berry pickers through the season. Mr. Sherwood 

 would aim to grow the largest berries and then the pickers 

 will stay with you. The pickers who remain with him the entire 

 season receive more per quart for their work. Mr. Innis told 

 of his experience in grading strawberries and the increased 

 price received for such uniform fruit. Many present, however, 

 doubted if the extra labor involved would pay. 



At 12.30 a recess was taken for lunch, which was spread in 

 the Town Hall nearby, and served by the ladies of Farmill River 

 Grange. All enjoyed this pleasant feature of the meeting. 



The afternoon session began with a greatly increased attend- 

 ance and much interest shown in the proceedings. Mr. A. C. 

 Innis, Vice-President for Fairfield County, was called to the 

 chair. The much regretted absence of Mr. Hale, who was on 

 the program, was announced. 



The first speaker of the afternoon was J. C. Eddy of Sims- 

 bury, who presented an excellent paper on strawberry growing, 

 an abstract of which is here given. 



Strawberries — Most Profitable Methods of Growing and 

 Marketing. 



By J. C. Eddy, Sitnsbiny. 



I don't feel capable of telling you how profitably to grow 

 strawberries, but I see I am given no alternative but to go ahead 

 and do the best I can. So I will give you a few points as noted 

 in my own experience with this crop. 



There have been seasons within the memory of us all when I 

 should have felt compelled to treat the subject of the profitable 

 growing of strawberries by saying briefly, "there is no profit," 

 and this would be a true statement in many cases. However, to 

 be profitable, strawberries' nnist have good care from start to 

 finish, not necessarily expensive care, but doing the right thing 



