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stands a peer of them' all. It never occurred to him to see "if it would 

 pay" in any of his experiments, but with only one idea in mind, "to suc- 

 ceed in giving- facts to others," he ploded day after day and year after 

 year. No man ever loved to see trees and plants or flowers and fruit 

 grow more than did Judge Miller. I really believe that he took more 

 genuine enjoyment in finding a new flower or in the ripening of some new 

 fruit which he was testing, than would the finding of a thousand dollars. 



He often said when appealed to that he should make some money 

 out of his new fruits or the results of his experiments, "that he had no 

 time to make money." He was an enthusiastic tester of new fruits and 

 nearly every originator of new fruits took occasion to send him some 

 trees or plants of the variety if it was good, but never if it was a humbug, 

 because he was sure that Judge Miller would tell the truth as it appeared 

 to him. 



To him this State owes thanks, and honor, and wealth, for his life of 

 consecration to the fruit interests of the State. Something that we can 

 never repay, so say we all of us. 



He has left as part of his labor the Captain Jack strawberry, one of 

 the best of its class ; the Martha grape, one of the sweetest white grapes 

 we know. 



In the death of A. Nelson the Society loses one of its best workers. 

 A man of untiring energy, never shirking his share of work, enthusiastic 

 in everything he undertook in Horticulture, but especially a devoted apple 

 man. A new apple or one wanting identification always awakened his 

 interest and he would spend hours in studying a collection of apples, just 

 to know them. He was one of the 'best posted men on varieties that we 

 have in our Society., A man of intense sym'pathy and always true to his 

 friends. A prominent man of South Missouri stated to me the other 

 day : "We had a prominent man of South Missouri who was honored 

 by his State and by our nation to a great degree lo ! these many years, 

 but I say that Mr. Nelson accomplished more permanent good to our 

 State and has done more for its development than this great man did in 

 all his life." It has been my good fortime to be associated with him in 

 our State work and I can gladly attest his sterling worth. 



Cold Storage was never so much used in the west as this year. 

 Every storage is filled to its utmost capacity, and still buyers were 

 calling for room. The success of the storage season will give an in- 

 creased demand for its use. More and more have we been convinced 

 of its utility, but the only question, like the matter of spraying, to be 

 settled was, when, v^hat, where, how? So w^e have come to believe in 

 it a'nd practice it more and more. We are glad to know that we now 

 liave promise of one of the best institutions of its kind in our country, 



