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I want you to more seriously consider the New York State Veg- 

 etable Growers' Association. The purpose is to try in a state- wide 

 way to improve the condition of vegetable growers, to assist in the 

 organization of local vegetable associations. But we cannot do it 

 T\4thout the support of the vegetable growers themselves. You 

 are asking why not much is done by vegetable men here at the 

 College of Agriculture. The fruit interests of the state have been 

 organized a good many years. They have made their demands upon 

 this institution for help with their troubles. They are getting what 

 they want. You are not receiving attention because you are not 

 asking for things. Your state organization wants to bring those 

 things about. We must do it by your support. I feel that you peo- 

 ple who are interested in vegetables ought to support the association 

 by your membership. I want to appeal to you to become members 

 of this organization, to take an interest in it, and to see to it that 

 the interests of vegetable growers are carried forward in every locality. 



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E. H. Hallett, St. Johnsbury Center, Vermont 



I was very much surprised when I received an invitation to come 

 to New York to speak to you upon any subject whatever. I always 

 understood that this part of the state of New York was an ideal 

 place for growing fruit and vegetables, and as I came along the line 

 of railroad and saw the vast acreage which had been in vegetables 

 and fruit, I thought that you were well up in your business. Further, 

 I was being called from a state of which it has been said that we have 

 nine months winter and three months very late in the fall. Now, 

 surely this is not absolutely correct. While our climate is somewhat 

 shorter than yours, we have during the summer months a more rapid 

 growth in nearly every instance, which allows us to ripen nearly all 

 crops each season. We can produce nearly all fruits and vegetables 

 that our market calls for, and of course, as you must know, it is 

 mostly the local trade that we are looking for. What we do raise 

 we believe is of the very best quality. Our products are known the 

 world over as superior to many others, in flavor especially. We 

 know not why this is so. 



