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hundreds of thousands of dollars every year, and are as yet unable 

 to control the pest. The National Government should establish 

 quarantine against nursery stock coming from across the water ,ac- 

 companied by sufficient examination before it is distributed in this 

 country, to guard against dissemination of this and other pests. 



Professor Symons was not sure of this matter being before 

 Congress. It will probably come up during this present session. I 

 think it is a very important matter. I would like to see our Associa- 

 tion register its views on the subject, and to do what is possible 

 to encourage the adoption of this regulation. 



Upon motion it was unanimously agreed that the Association 

 support this measure. 



E. C. Tyson, I would like to ask Mr. Bassett if he was 

 in attendance at the International Apple Growers' meeting at Buf- 

 falo ; and what action was taken in regard to the Lafean Bill — what 

 changes were made ? 



Mr. Bassett. I cannot do it ; I got tired and left. They ar- 

 gued both for and against it. Eventually they made some changes, 

 which were adopted. The Middle States fought it on account of the 

 package; the Western States, like Missouri, even the Hood River 

 Valley, fought it because they did not like to be dictated to in re- 

 gard to the size and shape of package. 



E. C. Tyson. Many of the western growers have received 

 the impression that they will be restricted to a certain shaped box, 

 while it is simply a matter of capacity. The western growers insist 

 that the balance of the United States accept the Winchester bushel 

 as a bushel of apples. As you know, it is customary throughout this 

 part of the United States, and at least as far west as the Mississippi, 

 to heap the measure generously. The western growers pack their 

 fruit in a box and send it East, to be sold on our markets as a bushel 

 of apples, in competition with our heaped measure, which averages 

 about 200 cubic inches more. " It is my opinion that we should try 

 to have added to this bill, the requirement that every 

 man who packs a barrel of apples for inter-state or for- 

 eign shipment, be required to place his name and address 

 on the head of the barrel. This provision is a part of the present 

 bill in so far as the grower elects to take advantage of the privilege 

 of marking the fruit ''standard." If he decides not to take advan- 

 tage of that privilege, there is no part of the law that touches him. 

 If you require a man to place his name and address on the head of 

 the package, he is going to stop and think a good deal before he 

 puts bad stufif on the inside of it ; and it occurs to me that just that 

 one point will do more to correct the bad packing that has become 

 so prevalent all over the East in the last few years, than anything 

 else. 



Chairman. Do you wish to take any action in the matter ? 



C. J. Tyson. Mr. President: I move that this Association 

 go on record as being in favor of the bill as now proposed ; and that 

 our continued support be given to it ; and if the committee represent- 

 ing the various organizations having the matter in charge, consider 

 it necessary at any time during the winter that representatives of this 

 association go to Washington to assist in the support of the bill, that 



