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mittee of three appointed to consider just such things as Dr. 

 Twitchell has suggested, and I will say this much, for any 

 conference of this kind that may meet in the New England 

 States, I will see that the Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society sends a delegate and I would like to see at our meet- 

 ing in Worcester next month a delegate from this Society ; 

 I would like to meet them in New Hampshire and again in 

 Maine, and, if they have such a meeting in Vermont, I would 

 like to meet them there. I think it is wise that we should 

 have such a meeting to consider things that may be good for 

 the various growers in the whole of the New England states. 

 We can consider it as a whole better than one alone. I 

 believe that it would be a proper thing to dispose of Dr. 

 Twitchell's address and letter. I don't believe it is well to 

 pass it without any consideration, because if the Doctor had 

 been here he would have made a strong fight for some of the 

 recommendations he mentions." 



Mr. J. M. Hubbard: I thoroughly believe in this matter 

 of uniform packing, also I think there should be some legal 

 authority for what shall constitute No. 1 and No. 2 fruit. 



Mr. Clark, of Massachusetts : We ought at least to be 

 obliged to put the name and address of the grower on each 

 package of fruit sent to market. Then, if the grower is dis- 

 honest, it will be found out and corrected. 



Mr. N. S. Platt: It seems to me that there should be 

 some sort of a guide that shall inform the buyer what No. 1 

 and No. 2 grades of fruit mean. We ought to consider the 

 consumer as well as the grower in this matter. 



You will remember that Air. Lupton told us at our 

 meeting a year or two ago, that we must standardize our 

 fruits. But we are not ready yet to ask for the passage of 

 State or National laws to compel us to do this. No doubt 

 it is coming before long,, and the members of this Society 

 should be prepared for it. 



President Putnam : Last March I attended a similar 

 conference at Worcester where this subject was under dis- 

 cussion. I did not feel that I was prepared to place our Society 

 on record as favoring all the recommendations suggested, but 



