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Secretaiy Flick: The people who are here assembled may remain here 

 just as long as they please. There is no law whereby to close the doors 

 at a certain time. You may stay and hold intercourse and get acquainted, 

 and discuss such matters as you may see fit. All stay. 



President Stevens: The Introduction Committee may now take charge. 



The meeting stood adjourned and apples, nuts, cake and candy were 

 served to about 300 people. 



THURSDAY MORNING. 



President Stevens: We will now take up the program where we left 

 off last night. The first thing in order will be some more reports along 

 the lines of the Observations at the World's Fair. We had a part of those 

 on the program last evening. We will hear from H. M. Stout this morn- 

 ing. 



H. M. Stout: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen— I have no apology 

 to offer for appearing before you this morning. If I had my way about 

 it I would have been a listener rather than a speal^er. 



I feel very much out of place in discussing this subject in connection 

 with such entertaining speakers and horticulturists as Messrs. Burton, 

 Lindley, Swain and Grossman. However, I shall speak of some of the 

 things that might be improved upon if we should again exhibit at a 

 world's fair. I think that some one should be in charge of the exhibit who 

 could devote all of his time to the work throughout the fair, one who 

 thoroughly understands exhibiting fruit to the best advantage and the 

 methods of the jurors in scoring the fruit and making their awards. 



For example, some one sends ten plates of fine fruit. It would be bet- 

 ter to make up one or two plates of the very best specimens of an even 

 size and color and if they are good enough to score above 80, they will win 

 a medal for the exhibitor and the other plates can be entered in the State's 

 exhibit and the exhibitor will get credit for them there. There is little to 

 gain in quantity and you may lose several points in quality. I confess 

 that }t was several days before I understood this and then only when 



Prof. explained it to me. This is only one of the many things 



that the person should know, but it will serve as an example. In some 

 ways the Indiana exhibit reminded me of an agricultural exhibit when 

 we first saw it. You know that is the fad now to exhibit some of the soil 

 in which the plant grew along with the plant, but I did not know that 

 it had reached horticulture yet. This is no reflection on those who pre- 

 ceded us in charge of the exhibit for we soon learned that each plate of 

 fruit must be wiped off and the plate cleansed at least every second day. 

 The ladies of our party did not go prepared to scrub, but they found 

 plenty of It to do. 



