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life. Gluts often occurred, and we must ])e prepared with 

 cold-storage houses, evaporators and canning estal)Iish- 

 ments to preserve our crops until the market will demand 

 them. 



The committee on nominations presented the list of officers 

 as follows : president, James Draper of Worcester ; vice- 

 president, Samuel Hartwell of Lincoln ; secretary, S. T. 

 ^Maynard of Amherst; treasurer, E. W. Wood of West 

 Xewton ; auditor, C. L. Hartshorn of Worcester; directors, 

 Essex County, E. A. Emerson of Haverhill ; vSuflblk County, 

 Wm. R. Sessions of Boston ; Plymouth County, Augustus 

 Pratt of North Middleborough ; Norfolk County, A. F. 

 Stevens of Wellesley ; Middlesex County, M. P. Palmer of 

 Groton, Jonathan Eames of Sherborn ; Worcester County, 

 Geo. Cruickshanks of Fitchburg, Benj. A. Nourse of West- 

 borough ; Hampden County, Ethan Brooks of West Spring- 

 field; Hampshire County, F. C. Richards of Williamsburg, 

 J. W. Clark of North Hadley ; Berkshire County, A. G. 

 Sharp of Richmond. 



It was voted that the secretary cast one vote for the entire 

 list of officers, as presented, which was done, and all were 

 declared elected. 



Fourteenth question : Wliich are the best^ barn-yard or 

 chemical manures for bearing fruit trees, or a combination of 

 both? — ]Mr. Hinds uses chemicals, largely bone and potash, 

 for orchards, and pastures colts in them, with good results. 

 Other members discussed the subject, bringing out the points 

 that the kind of land makes much difference as to what and 

 how much fertilizing material should be used ; potash tends 

 to make fine and w^ell-colored fruit ; nitrogen large size, l)ut 

 not so good quality. 



Fifteenth question : Should new varieties of fruits be tested 

 at the experiment stations before they are offered to the public? 

 — It was generally agreed that they should, but it was sug- 

 gested that duplicate tests be made in different parts of the 

 State, all agreeing that some protection is needed to save 

 the fruit grower the great expense of buying at high prices 

 every new thing that is offered, when in nine cases in ten 

 they arc inferior to the old standard sorts. The results 

 obtained in tests at Amherst proved generally correct for 



