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DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Stilson: Mr. Pollard is very modest in his statements 

 of the work at St. Louis. I was where I heard what the public 

 said regarding Nebraska fruit, and I want to say that there 

 was no stall that had the reputation on peaches that Neb- 

 raska had. 



Mr. Yager: Through the courtesy of Mr. Pollard, I was 

 there a while. And when people wanted a good, first-class, 

 every day apple to eat, they came over and asked for one of the 

 Nebraska Ben Davis. (Applause.) 



Mr. Snodgrass: I can verify that all right. I heard the 

 same questions asked when any one wanted a good apple. I 

 want to stand up for the Ben Davis. 



Mr. Masters: I would like to make a few remarks here. 

 At the time Samuel Barnard was elected President of this So- 

 ciety, we had a few apples on exhibit. Among them I had three 

 or four plates of very beautiful Ben Davis. I told the man in 

 charge, that if any one should ask what variety they were, to 

 tell them that he did'nt know. So after the exhibit was over, and 

 quite a number had been asking questions, Mr. Barnard finally 

 said, "Now gentlemen, these exhibitors brought their apples 

 here to show, and they don't want to take them back home. I 

 propose then that we eat them all up. So pitch in and help 

 yourselves to the apple that suits you best." A good many of 

 the fellows had been discouraging the Ben Davis, but every one 

 of them reached for the plates of Ben Davis. They wished they 

 could find out what varieties they were. Those apples were so 

 good. I would like to tell you who those men were, but I don't 

 think I ought to. 



(Member in the audience) — Tell it, tell it. 



Mr. Masters: (continuing) — Well there was Dan Wheeler, 

 R. W. Furnas and two or three others who had talked so discour- 

 agingly of the Ben Davis, and every one of them pitched in and 

 helped himself to the Ben Davis. Finally when they got through 

 bragging on them, I said, "Gentlemen, I did not tell you what 

 variety of apples those were — not because I did'nt know, but 



