EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 109 



Second Day, 



Thursday, February 4. 



MORNING SESSION. 



The opening session of the second day of the Society's 

 Annual Meeting was called to order at 9.45 Thursday morn- 

 ing by President Gold. 



Most of the members were on hand at the opening hour, 

 despite their "dissipations" of the night before at the ban- 

 quet, and the large attendance continued during the day. 

 Even greater interest was shown in the addresses and dis- 

 cussions than on the preceding day. 



The first business of the morning was a discussion of 

 the contents of the Question Box. 



Question : Is there any standard Baldwin apple in 

 regard to color and shape? 



Professor Gulley: No, sir; but there is a general im- 

 pression or idea of what the Baldwin apple is in shape, and 

 a man who is growing it knows about what that shape is, — 

 an apple supposed not to be quite as long as wide, and of a 

 dark color. That color will vary according to the land it is 

 grown on; will vary with the seasons and everything else; it 

 is one of the things you learn by observation. I don't think 

 you can describe it. As to there being anything very defi- 

 nite, there isn't. 



President Gold: The question is, what sort of Bald- 

 win you would give the prize to? I think the man who asks 

 the question means, whether you would give a big, over- 

 grown Baldwin the prize over a medium-sized Baldwin. Do 

 you consider a medium-size typical of the variety rather than 

 an extra large one? 



Professor Gulley: I certainly should say the medium, 

 regular size would be a good deal better than the large one, 

 especially if the large one didn't run tiue to shape; the 

 large ones are more angular than the medium apples. 



