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and I hope the pomologists here will cooperate as far as they 

 can, 



Mr. Hyde. I fully accord with what has been said with 

 regard to the difficulties encountered at the exhibitions of our 

 societies and agricultural fairs in having so many different 

 names applied to one kind of fruit, and I trust that this Con- 

 vention will endorse the rules which have been suggested by 

 the Pomological Society. 



Mr. Augur. I was present at the meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society where these rules were very thor- 

 oughly discussed, and it was unanimously felt that they were 

 wise. There are a great many names that are long, contain- 

 ing two or three words, which are difficult to write, and it 

 makes trouble for nurserymen, and the whole matter would 

 be greatly simplified by adopting these rules. I think the 

 pomologists throughout the country were of one opinion, that 

 it was a wise thing to do. We here could not do a better 

 thing than to endorse what President Wilder, Mr. Lyon of 

 Michigan, and the leading pomologists of the country so 

 strongly urge. I should very heartily favor a resolution 

 endorsing the action of the American Pomological Society. 



Mr. Hyde. I move that this Convention approve the sug- 

 gestion of Colonel Wilder, the President of the American 

 Pomological Society, in his address at Philadelphia, and that 

 the rules of the American Pomological Society upon the sub- 

 ject of nomenclature, and the exhibition of fruits be approved 

 by the Convention and commended to all the Pomological and 

 Horticltural exhibitions in this State. 



This motion was adopted unanimously. 



The Chairman. The lecture this evening is on the Educa- 

 tional Influences of the Farm, and I am very happy to intro- 

 duce to you Prof. W. H. Brewer of New Haven, who will 

 now address us on that subject. (Applause.) 



