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The improvement of oar grapes are being made by our grape men 

 at St. Joseph and Morrison. If we can get a grape as hardy and free 

 from rot as the Nortons, and as good as the Goethe, we will accomplish 

 much of that part of our work. 



HORTICULTURAL JOURNALS. 



It is the mission of our society to induce every fruit grower of the 

 State to take some good paper. It is an impossibility for any one to 

 keep up with the times unless he does. Take papers and read them. 



And now in conclusion we have to congratulate you upon the suc- 

 cessful meetings held during the last two years. And this one in par- 

 ticular we are glad and happy to see so many of our friends with us at 

 this buisy time. We are sure that you can look back over the last year 

 as certainly an advance all along our line, and now we have many im- 

 bued with this horticultural enthusiasm which knows no such thing as 

 failure. New men and new women too are becoming workers with us 

 in the cause we love. 



L. A. GOODMAN. 



