4'.]'J l;(iAK'I> OK AClMcri.ITlfK. 



Ihom ill tlio rlosets they will be taken, ami if they are in boxes they will 

 be broken. If we could llnd a safe place to keep them it occurs to me 

 that it would pay to buy llieni. 



Mr. Grossman: If it is understood by me correctly the Committee 

 at the ^^'orld■.s Fair has to furnish the plates, and they are to arrange 

 to have plates that will show off the fruit to the best advantage. Why 

 couldn't we kee]) these plates, as we have to buy them, anyway? 



Mr. Stinson: We are working to get plates that will show off the 

 fruit to the best advantage, and all sliould be consulted in tliis matter 

 as far as possible. We are thinking of purchasing a plate that Avill 

 cost slightly more than the ordinary white plate but will be fine to show 

 the fruit off. I can not describe this plate to you now. 



Mrs. Stevens: I would suggest that you do not get a plate with 

 any blue on it, for if j'ou will look at an apple on a blue plate you 

 will know the reason why. 



Sylvester Johnson: The plates that are to be \ised at the Fair are 

 ours, and we will not need to go and buy new ones, for we can bring 

 them here, and of course they will belong to the State of Indiana, 

 and not this Society; but I am sure the State will not object to our 

 having our share of them here. But we have never been able to keep 

 anything here even under lock and key without someone breaking in 

 and taking what they please. It is not a safe place to keep anything 

 that anyone else wants. I would suggest as a remedy for this that 

 we get new locks, such as no one else has, and see if we can't do 

 better. 



President Stevens: As members of the Committee for the Super- 

 vision of the Experimental Farm I will appoint Prof. James Troop for 

 three years, C. M. Hobbs for two years, and Mrs. W. W. Stevens *or 

 one year. 



We will now have the report of the Committee on Awards. 



Mr. President. Ladies and Gentlemen— Your committee to whom was 

 entrusted the award of premiums on fruit respectfully submits the fol- 

 lowing report: 



Collection of Apples for Central Indiana— Whiteley & Son, Cambridge 

 City, second premium. 



Plate BaldAvin— Evan Swift, Franklin, second premium. 



Plate Clayton— W. B. Flick, Lawrence, first premium. 



Plate Hubbardston— P:iim Osborn, Economy, first premium. 



Plate Hubbardston— II. H. Swaim, South Bend, second premium. 



Plate Fallawater— E'lim Osborn. first premium. 



