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The question was not satisfactorily answered. 



The President's annual address, by H. D, Brown, was read and 

 ordered printed with our proceedings. 



After much deliberation upon the subject, the election of offi- 

 cers for 1889 resulted as follows : 



President — H. D. Brown, Hamilton. 

 Vice-President — S. S. Gray, Oakwood. 

 Treasurer — C. C. Hoppe, Warsaw. 

 Secretary — J. T, Johnson, Warsaw. 



On motion of C. B. Rockwell, H. D. Brown was appointed com- 

 mittee on programme for 1889, with privilege to ask assistance in 

 the work. 



Adjourned. 



ANNUAL ADDRESS. 



BY PEESIDENT H. D. BKOWN. 



Ladies and Gentlemen^ Members of the 



Warsaw Horticultural Society: 



Horticulturists can congratulate themselves on the season just 

 closed as being one of fruitf ulness and profit, and we may well say, 

 it was time, for there is no disguising the fact that those depending 

 on fruit raising for a livlihood. had, to a large extent, become dis- 

 couraged and could not have kept up the interest any longer in 

 orcharding if they had not had a change for the better in a fruitful 

 season like 1888. AncT it is with pleasure that I congratulate you 

 on the bountiful crop of fair beautiful apples, the "king of fruits."' 



As we look back over the past year we note with sadness that 

 death has taken one of our most esteemed members, a gentleman 

 whose kindly face will be missed from these meetings, and we all 

 feel the loss of his kind words and friendly greeting; I refer to Capt. 

 W. S. Hathaway. 



While not so dear to us, but of great loss to horticulture, we 

 chronicle the death of Milo Barnard, President of the State Horti- 

 cultural Society. While I had not the pleasure of the acquaintance 

 of Mr. Barnard, I was convinced that he was a gentleman of sterling 

 qualities and will be sadly missed from his own neighborhood and 

 the state at large, and it seems to me it would be better for us to 

 give more than a passing notice to those gone before, not'forgetting 

 that we must keep up our ranks with recruits of younger persons, as 

 the cause of horticulture will advance long after we are all gone and 



