186 State Horticultural Society. 



The Wilder medal was given to the Hiley peach which Mr. Hale 

 has given us in the list of most profitable peaches. There were a 

 number of other new fruits, but the medal was not awarded to anj^ 

 of them. It was thought best not to give a medal to new fruits 

 which have been grown and tested in only one locality. A wonderful 

 new strawberr}', the Cardinal from Garretsville, Ohio, was shown by 

 Mr. M. Crawford. 



Prof. Waugh's paper on judging fruits by score cards and in- 

 cluding the plant may make a new era in fruit shows. Mr. Van 

 Deman called attention to the fact that at the "New Orleans cotton expo- 

 sition the citrus fruits of Florida and those of Cafifornia were shown 

 at different times and hence could not be compared with each other 

 directly. Hence the necessit}^ of a score card. Waugh's paper upon 

 the subject was most excellent. One reason why it took so well was 

 because it hit the Ben Davis apple so hard. I think Craig and 

 Hale should be locked up in a room and made to eat a Ben Davis 

 apple or two apiece to show them that a ?.lissouri Ben Davis is fit 

 to eat. 



Prof. Craig. — I tiave an engageme?it next week that T would not 

 like to miss. 



Mr. Hale. — Yon need not lock me up. I have been here a day 

 or two and have not been able to get an apple of any kind to eat, 

 although attending a meeting of tlie State Horticultural Society of 

 a State that boasts of twenty million apple trees. 



]\Ir. Irvine. — Mr. Waugh called attention to a score card from 

 Ontario in which thirty points were given to quality. He thought 

 that was too much for quality alone and not enough was given to 

 shipping points. 



J. H. Hale was elected president ; John Craig, secretary, L. R. Taft, 

 treasurer; and Col. J. C. Evans, vice-president for Missouri. 



A committee was appointed to recommend a score card. I think 

 it will be adopted and will be of special value to experts so they can 

 see the differences in their fruits. I think ultimately we will have 

 a scjie card for each species of fruit and perhaps for each variety. 

 I think the meeting will be held nearer home next year and I hope 

 liiere will be a good attendance of western members. 



J. H. Hale. — I want to indorse everything Mr. Irvine said. The 

 American Pomological Society is the great representative of the 

 fruit growers' interests of America. It rounds up the final points 

 from all over the coimtry. We wish we had more members from 

 ATissouri. The new catalogue of American fruits, upon which the 



