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that we should change our attitude as a society. We should 

 now undertake to demonstrate to our people that it is no longer 

 necessary to go to New York or Michigan for fancy eating ap- 

 ples, but that the same may be secured within our own state. 

 Statistics show that seventy-five per cent of the apples con- 

 sumed in Nebraska outside of those that are consumed on the 

 farm where they are grown are shipped into the state by other 

 states. Thus the fruit growers in Nebraska are robbed of the 

 home market, which is the best market in the world. During 

 the season of 1904 we shipped forty cars of apples from the 

 home orchard at Nehawka. Thirty-nine of which went out of 

 the state. Why? Simply because the demand at home was for 

 eastern apples rather than for home grown apples. This is a 

 situation that ought not to exist. When such varieties as the 

 Wine Sap, Mammoth Black Twig, York Imperial, Dominee, 

 Genet, Swaar, White Winter Pearmain, Northern Spy, Yellow 

 Bell Flower, Jonathan, G. G. Pippin, Roman Stem and Famuse 

 can be grown successfully and in any quantity right at home, 

 why should people send to New York for the Baldwin, New 

 Town Pippin or any other variety? The quality of the fruit 

 grown here is just as good as the fruit grown in any other part 

 of the world and I think that this society should take upon it- 

 self the task of spreading this information among our own 

 people. 



In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation of the valu- 

 able assistance I received in maintaining the exhibit at St. Louis 

 from all the members of the State Horticultural Society. I 

 wish to thank especially, Messrs G. A. Marshall of Arlington; 

 L. M. Russell and C. H. Frey of Lincoln; E. F. Stevens of Crete; 

 G. S. Christy of Johnson: G. W. Alexander of Juhan; Wm. Davies 

 of Brownville and Arnold Martin of Du Bois, 



I wish to make special mention of the valuable services of 

 Mrs. Hadkinson who was in direct charge of the exhibit most 

 of the time. The splendid showing Nebraska made, the credit- 

 able manner in which the tables were maintained and the hos- 

 pitable manner in which she entertained all visitors at the Neb- 

 raska booth was a good credit to Nebraska. And as Superin- 

 tendent of this department I feel I am very much indebted to 

 her for her conscientious and untiring services to the State. 



