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etc. Mr. John Harlan, of Sarcoxie, had an exhibition of 176 Ben 

 Davis apples which filled a barrel. The Newton county display made a 

 fine showing alongside of the others. The largest apples on exhibi- 

 tion were from Newton county and of the Gloria Mundi variety grown 

 by J. H. Carmichael in Benton township. Exhibits were made by F. 

 H. Comer, 16 varieties ; Samuel Reynolds, 6 varieties ; S. M. Powell, 3 

 varieties ; Wm. Kruse, 5 varieties; John Jaeger, 11 varieties of apples, 

 wines, vinegar, etc, ; F. H. Speakman, 3 varieties ; J. H. Carmichael, 

 12 varieties ; F. W. Wyatt, 4 varieties ; C. H. Smith, 4 varieties ; John 

 Roschi, 2 varieties. An orange tree 17 years old, having borne 15 

 crops and now bearing 45 oranges, was on exhibition from Mrs. Charles 

 Lewis, of Neosho. Dr. Yates had on display a red pepper plant full 

 of the " hot fruit." 



The meeting was a very pleasant and profitable one, and will long 

 be remembered by those in attendance as marking an advance in the 

 magnitude of our operations as a fruit-growing State, and as establish- 

 ing the fact that Missouri is, in the matter of commercial orchards, to 

 lead the country. 



Tuesday, December 3 — 7:30 p. m. 



President Evans called the meeting to order, and the program 

 opened with a piano solo. The opening prayer was offered by Rev. 

 Dr. C. C. Woods. After a song by the double quartette of the city, Dr. 

 Wood, in the absense of the mayor, delivered an address of welcome 

 to the Society. 



'.Welcome Address — Dr. C. C. Woods. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 1 desire in the name of 

 the mayor and citizens of Neosho, whom he so worthily represents and 

 leads in the upward march of progress, to welcome you sir, and those 

 over whom you preside, the fair ladies and sturdy men who honor us 

 with their presence. On his behalf and for the people of Neosho, I 

 desire to extend to you a most hearty, most cordial and most sincere 

 welcome. I assure you sir, that aside from my own unfitness to fill 

 this honorable and responsible position, there is none other that could 

 give me greater pleasure. 



I appreciate fully the fact that you represent one of the highest 

 and largest interests of humanity, and I am sure that there is not one 

 in this intelligent audience who will deny that man owes more to the 



