176 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



This influence has been growing and spreading, and is continuing 

 to spread all over the State in such a way that we find the people bet- 

 ter informed on all subjects, and a better class of people owning our 

 lands, as well as taking a higher stand in every phase of life. 



The horticulturists are the best people to be found for improve- 

 ment, and wherever you find a community of them you find an honest, 

 upright, sober, industrious class, with good society, good morals, 

 earnest, enthusiastic and patriotic citizens. 



We take pride in our Society, for we think that in the last twelve 

 years, since we have been urging this work, it has done very much for 

 the good of ourselves, our communities, our Society and our State. 



The work of the Society for the past year has been at the World's 

 Fair, the Farmers' Institutes, and to help those orchardists who were 

 overwhelmed with discouragement on account of the cold storms, the 

 blight, the mildew, the rust, the scab, the wet, the drouth and the 

 grasshoppers. 



The World's Fair work began last June one year ago, and at St. 

 Louis, Columbia, Kansas City and Olden, fruits were put up in jars as 

 they ripened. From the earliest of the strawberry season and going 

 through the whole list, some 40 varieties were put into these jars for 

 show, giving an educational list which was worth studying. 



All other fruits were treated in the same manner. There were 

 shown, of 



Quinces 5 varieties. 



Grapes 67 " 



Pears 29 " 



Peaches 76 " 



Apples 168 " 



Corn, asparagus, peas, 

 beans, cucumbers, 

 beets, turnips, melons, 

 egg-plant, cabbage, 

 celery, tomatoes 213 jars. 



The whole list embracing over 1200 jars of fruits well filled, and an 

 object-lesson to every one who would stop to examine the collection 

 critically. 



This collection was arranged beautifully upon a set of tables and 

 shelving that was second to none in the entire display. I say it, not 

 boastingly, that our State display was equal to any, outside of Cali- 

 fornia, and we felt proud to claim it ours. 



Besides this great collection of fruits in jars, we had on the tables 

 from the first day of May until the first day of November, from 300 to 

 500 plates of apples of 1892 ; berries, cherries, peaches, grapes, plums, 

 pears or apples of 1893. From the beginning to the end we used no 



Strawberries 40 varieties . 



Raspberries .. 24 " 



Blackberries 18 " 



Gooseberries 13 " 



Currants 16 *' 



Cherries 11 " 



Plums, native 17 " 



Plums 14 " 



Apricots 7 " 



Nectarines 4 " 



