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and he said emphatically, "I shall not buy any of the Ben Davis apples." 

 I shipped two carloads to New Albany two weeks ago, and the buyer 

 said he lost money on the Ben Davis, and that he would not buy any more 

 of them. 



Rlr. Buker: I would suggest that instead of Ben Davis the Wagener; 

 it is a fair apple and produces well. The objection to it is that it is like 

 a dwarf and does not live long. In the northern part of Indiana the 

 Rome Beauty is a good apple. It is of good quality. I think there have 

 already been enough of the Ben Davis planted, and I suggest that we now 

 plant some of the varieties that have been mentioned during this dis- 

 cussion. 



The meeting was then adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock a. m., Decem- 

 ber 4th. 



THIRD SESSION. 



Thursday Morning, December 4, 1902. 



The fourth session was called to order at 10 o'clock a. m., by Presi- 

 dent Stevens. 



Secretary Flick: I would like to state again that we want the en- 

 rollment of every person who has attended the meetings, whether they 

 are members or not. Of course, we want your membership. Our mem- 

 bership is not large enough. We ought to have a membership of 1,000, 

 whereas, we have only 300. 'Elyerj one who grows fruit, if only for home 

 use, ought to be a member of this Society. 



Another thing, I should like to know if you received copies of the 

 report of the transactions for 1901? Every member is entitled to one 

 report, and we wish you all to have them. They were bound, as usual, 

 and were wi*apped and mailed, but the postoflice authorities were un- 

 certain whether they were mailable at newspaper or letter postage, and 

 I am afraid some of them were held up in the Indianapolis postoffice. 



We would like to have at the Secretary's office the name and address 

 of the secretary and president of every organization connected with horti- 

 culture or floriculture, and especially the commercial fruit growers. I 

 have in my hand now a letter from Chicago requesting this information. 

 These parties want to buy your fruit, and I could not direct them to 

 many fruit growers in Indiana. If I had a complete list of all the fruit 

 growers I could help you market your fruit. 



President Stevens: Mr. Hale, of Connecticut, will now speak on 

 "Modem Methods of Fruit Culture and. Marketing." ■. 



