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Mr. Rielil — Our fruit exhibition in the adjoining rooms is un- 

 expectedly good, but there seems to be some disscatisfaction with 

 the premium list as it now stands, and I think it would be well to 

 revise it, and drop the collections, and offer premiums for a larger 

 number of plates. It will always be the case that one man will exer- 

 cise more care and judgment in collecting and arranging his fruit 

 then his neighbor, and will therefore secure more premiums. But if 

 anything has been done in this Society in the interest of rings, I have 

 not discovered it. 



Mr. Kellogg, of Wisconsin — I would advise you to retain the 

 collections of five and ten and not depend on plates alone. If you 

 do, you will find your exhibition unsatisfactory. 



Mr. Shank — I think we are on the right track. Under the 

 present arrangement only two premiums are offered for seedlings. 



Mr. Coe — I ajiprdve of the suggestion of Mr. Rielil, and move 

 that the premium list be referred to the Executive Board for revision. 



Motion carried. 



Mr. Gray — The blanks furnished Assessors, for collecting crop 

 statistics, are so arranged that nothing in the horticultural line is 

 called for but orchard crops. This, of course, gives the grower no 

 definite idea of the area or quality of the several fruits grown. They 

 might be so made as to give the acreage, and, i)erhaps, quantity 

 grown, of the different orchard fruits and berries. I think the Sec- 

 retary of the State Board of Agriculture can and will help us if the 

 proper effort is made on our part. 



On motion. Mr. Gray was appointed a committee to draft reso- 

 lutions relative to this subject. 



Oil motion, the subject of hardy apjde trees was takt^i up for 

 discussion. 



S. I. Merida — We have trees, and plenty of them, that can stand 

 all the rigors of our climate, but they cannot stand the negligence of 

 those who plant and pretend to care for them. 



Mr. Charles Patterson, Kirksville, INIo. — An ordianl that is neg- 

 lected will not even produce good scions, let alone profitable crops of 

 fruit. 



