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Packing Fixe Adams County Apples. 

 (Mammoth Black Twig.) 



SIZE. COLOR AND QUALITY IN FRUITS. 



Dr. U. P, HedricK; Horticulturist, Xci^ York Agricultural Ex- 

 perimental Station, Gcjiez'a, N. Y. 



]\Ir. President. Ladies and Gentlemen : It is a genuine pleasure 

 for me to meet the Adams County Fruit Growers" to-dav. ]\Iv ac- 

 quaintances and colleagues in New York, who ha^'e been here, have 

 brought home glowing tales of the wonderful fruit region you have 

 in Adams County, of the hospitality of the people, and the good 

 meetings you have in this Association, and have had here for years. 

 It is all the more pleasure because I feel that the two -tates. the one 

 bounding the other, ought to be in closer contact in matters pertain- 

 ing to fruit growing than they are. Aly subject to-day is "Size. 

 Color and Oualit}' in Fruits."" I want to discuss the relative values 

 of these three principal characters in fruit in particular, in regard 

 to their great importance to this state. 



You are all aware that there is a discrimination against some 

 of the fruits of the East. Side bv side fruit from the far AA'est 

 is preferred in the markets of the country. None of us like the 

 sound of this but it is well to face postive facts no matter how dis- 

 agreeable. This discrimination is unjust for when the same market 

 grades of most eastern and western fruits are compared, connois- 

 seurs find the eastern the better. Unfortunately, public opinion 



