Notes by the Secretary. 



COMMITTEE ON EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Oliver Gibbs, of Minnesota, chairman of the committee on 

 exhibits, submitted the following report in behalf of the committee, 

 consisting of Messrs. Sylvester Johnson and Geo. P. Peffer : 



Tiie undersigned committee on exhibits beg leave to report 

 that they find on our tables two large collections of apples by state 

 horticultural societies — one from Missouri with 137 varieties, and 

 the other from Nebraska with fifty-seven varieties — both being very 

 creditable displays, especially in the larger size, good condition and 

 fine color of the fruit. Of the new and promising varieties in the 

 Missouri list there are the Ingraham, by William Griffith, of Car- 

 thage; the Gano, by W. G. Gano, of Parkville; and a sweet seedling 

 by J. A. Bayles, of Lee's Summit. In the Nebraska list. Otto Red 

 Streak and the Barnard, and the Wilder, by J. H. Masters, 

 of Nebraska City. 



In the Missouri collection there are twenty-five varieties that 

 have lain in cold storage since September last, whose good quality 

 and condition at this time, although many of them are early fall 

 apples, are imjDortant facts as showing what can be done to carry 

 our fruits through the exposition next winter at New Orleans by 

 the cold storage facility offered there. 



J. Staymen, of Leavenworth, Kas., shows a handsome red 

 apple said to be a seedling of the MacAfee, by the late Dr. Hows- 

 ley, of Leavenworth. Dr. Staymen also has a seedling of his own 

 production not yet named. 



We find a few plates of apples from Iowa and Minnesota, in- 

 cluding fine specimens of the Wealthy from both states. 



The decorations of the hall are the contributions of Robert 8. 

 Brown, of Kansas City, and we i*ecommend a vote of thanks 

 therefor. 



The few plates of Prentiss grapes are exhibited by T. S. Hub- 

 bard, of Fredonia, N, Y. 



The Plummer Evaporating Company, of Kansas makes 

 a large display of their products, to which we invite special atten- 

 tion, as the industry they encourage is an important factor in the 

 problem of how to market our surplus apples. The fine sam- 

 ples of apj^le cider by Wm. Byers, of the Steam Cider works of 

 Kansas City, are also worthy of notice in this connection. 



We discovered this afternoon on one of the tables by H. C. 

 Garth, of Kansas City, a collection of what appear to be some 



