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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
March, 1917 
CRANBERRY NOTES 
There will be no “Cranberry- 
notes” this month, nor ever again 
any notes by “J. W. Fitch, Sec.” 
For neaiiy two years newsy, 
practical notes from the cranberry 
district of Wisconsin were received 
at this office regnlarly. 
A very small percentage of our 
members grow cranberries or know 
anything of cranberry culture but 
a surprising number of members 
have read the cranberry page from 
month to month. Just as the edi- 
tor was preparing to turn in copy 
for the March number the follow- 
ing letter was received. 
“Fire destroyed the home of J. 
W. Fitch and his invalid father 
W. H. Fitch at Cranmoor on Sat- 
urday night. Both of these parties 
have been Secretaries of the 'Wis- 
consin State Cranberry Growers 
Association for the past 25 years, 
and I believe you are acciuainted 
with both. The exertion in trying 
to extinguish the fire and also res- 
cuing the household goods kept 
Mr. J. W. Fitch and his house- 
keeper, Miss Pearl Sawin exposed 
to the smoke, and also the gas 
from the chemical fire extinguish- 
er to such an extent that Miss 
Sawin died about three or four 
hours later and Mr. J. W. Fitch 
died about twenty hours later. 
W. TI. Fitch, the invalid, died 
about twelve hours after the fire, 
but evidently from excitement 
caused by his being moved about 
as he was very feeble. 
The bodies of the two Mr. Fitch’s 
will be shipped to Madison Tues- 
day afternoon and will be buried 
at the Madison cemetery Wednes- 
day forenoon. There will, how- 
ever, be no services at Madison. 
0. G. Malde. 
Mr. J. W. Fitch was an ex- 
tremely likeable man, quiet but 
earnest in all his efforts and un- 
selfish to a fault. The cranberry 
growers will now realize for the 
first time how much was done for 
them by Mr. Fitch. It is no in- 
significant task to provide copy 
for a full page, even so small a 
page as this one, every month of 
the year, and yet that is merely 
one of the things J. W. Fitch did 
for the cranberry growers, and 
like his work as secretary, done 
without pay or any expectation of 
reward. 
F. C. 
AN ACT TO FIX STANDARDS FOR AP- 
PLES WHEN PACKED IN CLOSED 
PACKAGES, AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES. 
( Continued from Page 99) 
by whose authority it is repacked. 
The letters and figures used in 
marking or branding closed pack- 
ages of apples under the provisions 
of this Act shall be of a size not 
less than twenty-four point Gothic. 
Sec. 5. The marks and brands 
prescribed in this Act may be ac- 
companied by any additional 
marks or brands which are not in- 
consistent with or do not in any 
way obscure the marks and brands 
required by this Act. Apples 
packed and branded in accordance 
with the United States Apple 
Grading Law approved August 
third, nineteen hundred and 
twelve, shall be exempt from the 
provisions of this Act. 
Sec. 6. The minimum size of the 
fruit in ad grades, shall be deter- 
mined by taking the transverse di- 
ameter of the smallest fruit in the 
packages. Minimum sizes shall be 
stated in variations of one-half of 
an inch, as two inches, two and 
one-half inches, three Inches, three 
and one-half inches, and so on, in 
accordance with the facts. Mini- 
mum sizes may be designated by 
either figures or words and the 
word “minimum” may be desig- 
nated by the use of the abbrevia- 
tion “min.” 
Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for 
any person to pack for sale, ship 
for sale, offer or consign for sale, 
or sell, in closed packages, any ap- 
ples grown in this State which are 
not graded, packed and marked or 
branded in accordance with 'the 
provisions of this Act and the reg- 
ulations made hereunder, or closed 
packages of apples bearing any 
false statement, design, or device 
regarding such apples within the 
meaning of this Act. 
Sec. 8. Any person who violates 
any of the provisions of this Act, 
or of the regulations promulgated 
hereunder, shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
viction thereof, shall be punished 
by a fine of not more than fifty 
dollars for the first offense and not 
more than one hundred dollars for 
each subsequent offense; provided, 
that, no person shall be prosecuted 
under this Act who can establish 
by satisfactory evidence that no 
part of the packing or branding of 
the apples concerned was done by 
him or under his authority and 
that he had no knowledge that, 
they were not packed and branded 
in accordance with said provisions 
and said regulations. 
Sec. 9. The provisions of this 
act shall not apply to apples in 
closed packages which are held, 
stored or shipped to storage with- 
in the state, until the same are 
packed for sale, offered or con- 
signed for sale, or shipped for sale. 
Sec. 10. The word “person” 
as used herein shall be construed to 
include individuals, corporations, 
