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the improvement in apples, and in originating new varieties. 

 Let us all do what we can to bring about that result. 



In closing, we will say we have no personal interest in the 

 matters, have taken no part in the discussion, have thought 

 but little on the subject, and we now think it strange that 

 we should have spent more than fourscore years ou the 

 farm, having been engaged in many experiments and im- 

 provements of the day, and have overlooked the important 

 subject under consideration. We have been much more par- 

 ticular in gathering information and writing this report than 

 we should otherwise have been, had we not known that we 

 were treading on disputed ground. 



Joseph Howe, Chairman. 



Methuen, Nov. 15, 1880. 



