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it fraud to willfully place duplicates of fruit along occasionally, while in the dis- 

 play of plants the fact of showing twenty of the same variety has not been 

 noticed or criticised. We are seeking advancement, and here is an opportunity 

 for a good step. There is no reason why the Society may not do as well by 

 floriculture as pomology, and lose nothing of enthusiasm thereby. The truth 

 is it is like lighting one candle by another alreadv burning — there is nothing 

 lost to the giver, while the recipient simply is put in shape to develop and exhibit 

 its own resources. 



Mr. Lyon. — A remark or two in the address may have been pointed at me, 

 because I have been an advocate of collections having a large number of varie- 

 ties. I am still, and believe it is well for our Society to foster some plan by 

 which people who attend our fairs may learn the names and characteristics of 

 varieties, whether good, bad, or indifferent. To be sure there are compara- 

 tively few apples that are profitable for general market purposes, still there are 

 a large number that are valuable on other accounts, and it is my impression 

 now that some of our leading pomologists are confining their lists within rather 

 meager limits. 



H. Gr. Reynolds. — The leading thought in the address, that our expositions 

 should aim more toward the education of the people, I most heartily endorse. 

 And it seemed to me, as I listened, that the arrangement for the exhibition of 

 apples in variety was amply provided for in the division, which admits of any 

 number of varieties to be exhibited by a collector. The aim of our Society is edu- 

 cation in matters pertaining to fruit and fruit culture, and I am an advocate of 

 any plan which will best subserve the leading purpose. 



Mr. C. N. Merriman. — We can not too strongly aver our purpose to teach the 

 people in our Society work, and I for one find that at the annual fairs of our 

 Society is the best opportunity to study the characters of fruits, and I be- 

 lieve there should be a definite line separating the collections for market pur- 

 poses and those which are on exhibition simply to show a large number of sorts. 

 We not only desire to know the most profitable apples and other fruits, but we 

 want to learn to know the characteristics of all the prominent varieties, hence 

 I am in favor of the changes suggested in the paper. 



Mr. Wm. Rowe. — The portion of the address that interested me the most was 

 that relating to flowers. The growing interest manifested in our floral depart- 

 ment indicates to us that we must do more exact and definite work in this 

 direction. Surely it is not enough that we have a mass of plants and flowers, 

 without any decided merit, but we should by our divisions, teach people to do 

 work well, whether it be in the growing of a plant, the arrangement of a set of 

 pkmts, or the putting together of a bouquet ; and I am decidedly in favor of 

 some plan by which the amateur and professional florists shall not compete to- 

 gether in the same classes. While we desire to have professional growers that 

 are excellent in their way, we do not wish to discourage the exhibitions of our 

 amateurs by making them compete with those who have so much greater 

 advantages. 



Prof. Bcal. — That is a good point made, and I want to add a word more to 

 what has already been said. Next Sejitember I hope to be able to be at the 

 fair, and for the single purpose of studying specimens, and it will be a matter 

 of great importance to me to have everything distinctly labeled. We each year 

 notice in the reports of the fair a large number of errors by reporters. They 

 are not always in blame. They get their information as best they can, and are 

 often misinformed. Every collection and sort should be- clearly defined 



