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We also And one entry of Keifer (No. 34) that are so far beyond their proper 

 stage of ripeness as to be no criterion of the quality of this pear when in proper 

 condition. 



Your committee wish to congratulate you on the most excellent display of ap- 

 ples we have found on the tables— not so large in the number of varieties shown 

 as many other exhibits we have seen, but of unsurpassed excellence for the condi- 

 tion, size and color of the fruit shown. 



Best packed bbl. of apples— 1st $5.00 premium, entry No.— , Homer A. Nelson ; 

 2d $3 00 premium, entry No. 39, A. Nelson. There were four entries, all of them 

 showing most excellent packing, and it was very hard for the committee to decide 

 to which to award the premiums. 



Your committee, in looking over this fruit coming from the. different sections 

 of the State, with their many different soils and climatic conditions, the prairies of 

 the Southwest, the high plateaus of the Ozarks, the steep and rocky bluffs, the 

 loess of the Missouri and Mississippi valleys, the rich black soils of the north and 

 the alluvial bottoms of the streams, see very plainly a great need of more than one 

 Experiment station for this great State, and would recommend that this society de- 

 vise some way by which a number of sub-Experiment stations can be established to 

 test the various fruits, especially the new in the various sections. 



Your committee would also suggest that if, in addition to the name of the 

 fruit, each card had on it the name of the grower and the locality where grown, it 

 would be a means of educating all that cared to learn as to the fitness of the various 

 varieties and kinds of fruits to the different sections and soils of the Staie. 



Horticultural exhibitions like yours are made for the purpose of educating the 

 members and general public, and not for the purpose of making a show to draw the 

 crowd like those at a fair. 



We know what we now recommend is a radical departure from the usual cus- 

 tom. It has generally been held that an awarding committee should not know who 

 were the exhibitors of the articles they were to pass upon, but practically this 

 amounts to very little. A well-posted committee can generally tell where the dif- 

 ferent exhibits come from. We believe that few horticulturists are so base as to be 

 influenced by any knowledge of ownership of exhibits upon which they are called 

 upon to pass judgment, and it would be better to run the risk of such favoritism 

 than to lose the benefit to be derived by having the name of grower and locality on 

 the card . 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



E. A. RfciHL, 



J. H. DURKES, 



C. C. Bell, 



Committee. 



Capt. Hynes spoke of the manner in which Mr. T. J. Shinkle had 

 started his orchard, coming into Howell county only eight years ago 

 with only a team of horses and five dollars in his pocket, 



Mr. Shinkle — I have gathered this year seven bushels of apples 

 from one tree planted in the spring of 1883. I planted only one acre. 

 The Ben Davis made the largest yield, but the White Winter Pearmain 

 made nearly as large. I sold the Pearmains for $1 per bushel and the 

 Ben Davis for <»0 cents. 



Mr. Holman — We rejoice with Mr. Shinkle. Long live and happy 

 live Mr. Shinkle. He is in the right place and in the right business. 



