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his fortune there. He tries it, and ninety-nine times out of a hun- 

 dred he fails. He had better have stayed at home and kept out of 

 such crowds, and the hundredth man who has succeeded feels as he 

 gets along in life, as he gets older, as he perhaps accumulates stores 

 of w r ealth, that_he wants to escape from it, and to get back to the 

 quiet farm life where he was born. 



I iam pleased to see you here and to see so many of you, and I 

 am quite sure that your deliberations will be impressive and suc- 

 cessful, and will result in accomplishing much good, not only for 

 yourselves, but for the Commonwealth in which you live. 



The SECRETARY: Now Mr. Chairman, the Governor tells me 

 that he had hoped that he would be able to take you all by the 

 hand. 



The GOVERNOR: I will do that if they wish it. 



The Governor then helf a brief reception during which he shook 

 hands with all present. 



On motion, duly seconded, the meeting adjourned to 7.30 o'clock 

 P. M. 



Harrisburg, Pa., 7.30 P. M., Thursday, January 25, 1906. 



The meeting was called to order at the designated hour, with Mr. 

 P. S. Fenstemaker in the Chair. 



The CHAIRMAN: We are now ready to receive the Report of the 

 Committee on Identification of Fruit. 



The report of the committee was presented and read by Dr. J. 

 H. Funk as follows: 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON IDENTIFICATION OF 



FRUIT. 



Your Committee to name fruit respectfully submit the following 

 report: 



We have examined the fruits displayed and find the display of 

 excellent quality. Mr. Chester Tyson, of Floradale, displayed nine 

 plates of York Imperial. 



A. I. Weidner, of Arendtsville, displayed: One plate, York Im- 

 perial; one plate, Smith Cider; one plate, Ben Davis; one plate, 

 Dominee, one plate, Mumper Pippin. 



C. B. Hege: One plate, Grimes Golden; one plate, York Im- 

 perial. 



Col. H. C. Trexler, Lehigh county, displayed one plate, King. 



M. M. Naginey, Mifflin county, displayed one plate, York Imperial; 

 one plate, unnamed. 



The above fruit was especially fine, smooth, clean from fungi 

 and codling moth, and of high color, showing that with the care taken 

 by above exhibitors the finest of fruit can be and is raised in Penn- 

 sjlvania. 



J. H. FUNK, 



J. F. BOYER, 



A. I. WEIDNER, 



Committee. 



