Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-10
$198 81
Balance on hand March 8, 1898. ;. SIC

Balance on hand March 8, 1898. $76 81
According to the printed programs,
the paper Of the morning was to be pre-
sented by S. d. Willard of Geneva, N.
Y, whose theme was to be, THE plum
cultivating and marketing" A tele-
gram was received by Secretary May
nard, however, shortly before the ses-
sion opened, stating that Mr.. Willard
had been DELAYED and would not arrive
until later in the day. The association
was prepared for the emergency, and
an interesting paper upon the same sub
ject was read by Amos d. Holden of
| Westminster Mr.. Holden has been an
active fruit-grower for many years, but
recently has been cultivating plums al
most exclusively. His paper gave those
present the benefits of his vast expert
| ence in plum-groWing. He laid espe-
cial stress upon the necessity Of thin
ming out the trees, and also of constant
| spraying. A discussion followed, and
the morning session terminated about
noon.
The first business of the afternoon .ses-
sion was the election Of officers, the old
board being elected with but one or two
minor changes 1t was not anticipated
| that there would be the slightest con-
test in the election, but 1t so developed,
although ultimately amounting to
naught.
! Somebody made motion that the sec
retary be instructed to cast a ballot for
the present officers. S. H. Record i'm
mediately rose to object, and there were
others who seemed inclined to side with
the dissenter. The matter was discussed
for at least 10 minutes, after which the
original motion prevailed, and Secretary
Maynard cast one ballot that made the
following officers serve for the coming
| year: President, George Cruicksalanks
of F'itchburg; Vice-president, j. w. Clark
of North Hadley; secretary, Samuel T.
Maynard Of Amherst; treasurer, Ethan
Brooks of West Springfield; auditor,
Calvin Hartshorn of Worcester. Board
of directors: Essex county, E. A.
Emerson of Haverhill, j. j. Gregory of
Marblehead; Suffolk county, William R.
Sessions of Boston; Norfolk county,
Monroe Morse Of Midway, A. F. Stevens
of Wellesley; Plymouth county, Angus
tu5 Prattsof Middleboro, S. s. A. Stetson
of Lakeville; Middlesex county, M. p.
Palmer Of Groton, #. T. Daniels of Sher-
born, NJ. w. Longley of Shirley, w. D.
Kinds of Townsend; Hampden county,
Ethan Brooks of Springfield; Hamp-
shire county. f. c. Richards of Will
liamsburg, e. H. Alderman of Middle
| field; Berkshire county, A. G. Sharp of
Richmond; Franklin county, NJ. H.
| Vincent of Conway, e. L. Young of
| Orange; Worcester county, O. B. Had
wen, James Draper and J. l.. Ellsworth
| of Worcester, Elton Green of Spencer,
| r. H. Race of Egramont H. d. Mead of
Lunenburg, George F. Wheeler of Con
cord.
After the election, a number of the
sub-topics announced for discussion at
this years annual meeting We're taken
UP and considered. Pears, plunls, rasp-
berries, strawberries currants, black
berries, peaches, ounces and grapes
were the fruits considered the discus
sion in each case being preceded by a
! three-minute. address by some rec
ognized authority upon that special
subject.
| In the evening the members were the
guests of the Horticultural society at
the latter's banquet, a report of which
is found elsewhere In this paper.
Todays program is as follows:
Morning session, 10 oclock-Topic,
Marketing the apple crop" Charles W.
Cushing of Fitchburg; followed by dis
cussion; discussion of question list.
/ Afternoon session. 1. 80 o'clock-Topic,
''phe outlook for profitable fruit grow
ing in Massachusetts, ''s Prof. John w.
Clark of North 7FFadley; followed by dis
cussion; discussion of question list.