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mouth, Mass. In accordance with the plan reported by this 



Ih.mnis on the 2 (Pd ay of April, and by the Special Foreign 

 Trade Committee of the American Cranberry Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, held in Philadelphia on the 21 day of May. 1892, the 

 following agreement was made between the Cranberry men 

 and the Fruit Growers" Trade Company, a body organized 



)s agreed, between the^ndersigned Cranberry Grow- 

 ers, of the first part, and the Fruit Growers' Trade Company, cranberry 

 a corporation under the laws of New Jersey, of the second u r K n aniza " 

 part, that we, the said parties of the first part, will become 

 stockholders in the said company by contributing to its capital 

 stock such percentage of our several crops of cranberries 

 each year as shall be called for by the directors of the said 

 company, not to exceed three (3) per centum in any one year, 

 for a period of three years, beginning with the first crop after 

 taking ettect of this agreement. 



"// is further agreed on behalf of the parties of the first 

 part, that the said fruit so contributed shall be of the best 

 quality grown by them, cleaned and packed in boxes or bar- 

 rels, with the stencil or trade-mark of the grower thereon ; 

 marked for shipment as directed by the Fruit Growers' Trade 

 Company, and delivered to the most convenient railroad or 

 transportation company; and it is agreed between the par- 

 grower shall receive credit for fruit so shipped at the price that 

 day quoted in the Producers' Price Current of New York for that 

 grade of fruit, less transportation charges, not to exceed 10 

 cents per box or 30 cents per barrel. (All freight in excess of 

 that amount to be paid by the company.) The grade is to be 

 determined by the agent of the Fruit Growers' Trade Com- 

 pany charged with that duty ; and for each twenty-five dollars 

 ($25) so credited, the said Fruit Growers' Trade Company 

 shall cause to be issued a certificate for one share of the capi- 

 tal stock of the said company. 



" And be it further agreed, that if the grower so elect he 

 may, in lieu of fruit, remit in cash the value of said fruit as 

 quoted in the Producers' Price Current of New York on the 

 day previous to the remittance, less the price of freight to 

 New York ; and it is further agreed, that for any fractional part 



