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As a first step to such work, a meeting- of the joint com- 

 mittee was held in Walhngford, Conn., in early summer, 

 which the fruit-growing public was invited to attend. This 

 meeting was well attended, persons re])resenting all sections of 

 the State being present. 



A count of the probable volume of the fruit crops, partic- 

 ularly apples and peaches, was made as represented by the 

 judgment of those present. The summary was turned over 

 to the secretary of the Society, Air. H. C. C. Miles, for veri- 

 fication by further investigation and correspondence before 

 submitting" the final conclusions as to the size of the crops of 

 fruit, and particularly on needs for transportation facilities 

 to our railroad traffic managers. 



At a meeting later, held at the place of Mr. Charles E. 

 Lyman, the final conclusions of the work, resulting from the 

 information collected, was placed before the proper transpor- 

 tation authorities, who arranged a satisfactory service in get- 

 ting our fruit to market properly. Your committee feel that 

 the service in transportation, as arranged and rendered, was 

 in general, most excellent. 



In getting such articles as our best fruit products to mar- 

 ket, and especially in selling satisfactorily, very much depends 

 on the transportation, the delivery of the fruit at the selling 

 place in good season. The failure to reach the desired mar- 

 ket in proper or schedule time, whether due to failure in 

 transportation, or other causes, usuallv results in serious loss 

 to the grower or owners of the fruit, whoever they may be. 

 And your committee feels sure that the efifort made by those 

 in authority in such matters to give good service in handling 

 our fruit products is heartily appreciated by all receiving bene- 

 fits of such service. 



Some small fruits, particularly strawberries, also peaches, 

 were the fruits principally coming under our observation as 

 producing a surplus over local market needs, and requiring 

 transportation. The greater part of our fruit crops were 

 needed and used in our nearby local markets. The apple crop 

 proved very small and poor, as a whole, however, we believe 

 that all growers having crops of good fruit during the past 



