STATE POMOLOGICAI. SOCIETY. 3 1 



There is another consideration, which underhes all others. It 

 is your direct dealings with nature. The immediate favors 

 which you obtain from her, growing out of your close and inti- 

 mate relations, while an inspiration to you, are at once the 

 admiration of every citizen, no matter how he may be employed. 

 The fact that you are able to produce these beautiful fruits and 

 flowers, are results that while stimulating and increasing your 

 self respect, make you the friends of all. The rest of the world, 

 otherwise employed, are obliged to look to you as obtaining from 

 first hands the product of your labor, and ever appreciate 

 results of efforts made in their behalf. 



To you as an educated, experienced and painstaking class, I 

 only express the desire of every good citizen when I wish you 

 every success, and in addition a suitable expression of apprecia- 

 tion from all for the great work in which you are engaged, and 

 again assuring you of a most hearty welcome in Auburn, and of 

 my great pleasure personally in voicing the cordial feeling of 

 her citizens, I bespeak for your exhibition here a greater meas- 

 ure of success than it has ever had elsewhere, and a continuance 

 of the great public favor it now enjoys. 



I must say that I am surprised at the extent and the variety of 

 your exhibition. It is a revelation to me. I expected a great 

 deal but my expectations are very much disappointed. This 

 meeting cannot fail to have the very best possible results. It 

 should have the attention, the support, the endorsement and the 

 encouragement of the people of this State. It has it now in a 

 great measure but it should be universal. 



The State owes you a great obligation and they should not be 

 slow in expressing it. These meetings will be productive of 

 great results. I remember attending about the first of these 

 meetings. The exhibition today is, I should say, ten fold what it 

 was at its beginning. This should encourage all, and in con- 

 nection with the fruits, the beautiful flowers that are exhibited 

 here are a great assistance and a great help in every direction, to 

 uplift, hold up and continue the moral sentiment of the commu- 

 nity. That which is beautiful gives an inspiration that is lasting 

 and desirable to all our citizens, and I personally want to thank 

 you, each and every one of the members of this society, in my 

 own behalf aside from what I say representing the city of 

 Auburn, for your great exhibition here today. 



