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wIulIi is a monstrosity. I would liko to see fair speciiuens of apples 

 or any other fruit brought in, true to name, and then 1 would like to 

 see specimens brought in that we want to linow about and can't 

 name. A great many have valuable fruit that they cannot name; 

 they do not l^now what their true name is. If we had such an ex- 

 hibit and a committee of experienced horticulturists to instruct us, 

 it would add a great deal of valuable information to institute work- 

 ers and members of the Board, and I move that each person be here- 

 after requested to bring samples of fruit along for exhibition — fruit 

 and vegetables. 



A Member: I am of the same opinion as Brother Herr, and 1 

 think that it would also be profitable for the institute workers to in- 

 vite those with knowledge enough to know the different apples and 

 pears and fruits that we have. There are only about twenty-five 

 apples in Pennsylvania that are of any importance to the grower, 

 no matter how various the ground and climate may be. We have 

 no more than about fifteen different pears, and these brethren can 

 easily get copies from Washington of these apples made from 

 papier mache, as it is called, they cost only a nominal effort and 

 Brother Herr could take them along and show them; it is easily done. 

 Nobody — no expert can go and just name an apple from a tree; that 

 is almost impossible. One apple is grown on the inside of the tree, 

 and will have no color at all; another is grown outside in the sun and 

 it has a beautiful color. You take these two apples from one tree 

 and no expert is able to name with certainty the variety of those 

 two apples taken from the same tree. 



The SECRETARY: I second Brother Herr's motion. 



DR. FUNK: Fruit raising has been my business for thirty-five or 

 forty years, and for the life of me, if I was called upon to-day to 

 name twenty-five varieties of apples that were worth cultivating in 

 the State of Pennsylvania, I could not do it; I would not know where 

 to get them. When you come to the apples raised in Pennsylva- 

 nia, and you want an apple that has real true virtue with a tree that 

 is a good, strong, annual grower — annual bearer, one that has beauty, 

 that will attract, and one that has flavor and good bearing qualities. 

 I do not believe I can name you ton apples that are really worth cul 

 tivating. The great majority should really be ruled off; should not 

 be on the premium list in our agricultural societies. I claim that 

 by giving premiums we encourage the propagation of these sorts. 

 An exhibit to be brought to the State Fair in competition should 

 be an average that would run uniform, and of medium size, and any 

 fruit that is brought for exhibition which is knotty, wormy or in 

 anyway faulty should be ruled off and not entitled to any premium 

 at all, but we should encourage the kinds of fruit that are of real, 

 true merit. We want an apple like Brother Northup has. The 

 Summer Rambo is a fall apple, and I do not know an apple that will 



