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to tell the members how much good has been accomplished. I can 

 show you that I have been drawn into the Plant Breeders' Associa- 

 tion, and I am going home and go to work. I have got two apples — 

 and I notice a young man in front of me signed his name right 

 after mine, and I am going to run a race with him to see which will 

 accomplish the most in the coming years. (Applause.) 



The President : Mrs. Sprague has attended our meetings for 

 many years, but I do not think that we have ever heard a word 

 from her. Now, I am going to call on Mrs, Sprague. 



Mrs. L. E. P. Sprague : I come to the meetings of this associa- 

 tion merely for pleasure. It is a pleasure to listen to these men re- 

 counting their experiences and what they have accomplished and are 

 not cast down, whether they meet defeat or success. I am not an 

 apple grower or a fruit grower, but I like to see and hear from 

 others who are engaged in the work. ( Applause.) 



The President: Miss Cairns, of Wisconsin, has been a regular 

 attendant here for a number of years, and we are always glad to 

 hear a word from her. 



Miss Gertrude M. Cairns (Wis.) : I am sorry that Prof. Green 

 has the unfortunate habit of calling me up when I am enjoying 

 myself. There is just one thing that is impressed upon me very 

 much. Whenever we meet with a gathering we almost always 

 hear from some of the older people something about the good old 

 times. Now, I have not heard a single word about the good old 

 times at this meeting, but it has all been about the good times that 

 are coming. That is one of the most gratifying things that one can 

 find at a meeting. 



The President : I am glad I called Miss Cairns out. She can 

 always make a good speech. Now, there is another lady I am going 

 to call upon, and that is Mrs. Benjamin Hoyt. She always attends 

 our meetings, and we want her to say something to us. 



Mrs. B. F. Hoyt : I am very much interested in horticulture, 

 although I am not a member of this society. I have enjoyed this 

 meeting very much and received a great deal of information and 

 a great deal of help, and I hope to be here again next year. (Ap- 

 plause.) 



The President: Next I am going to call on Mr. Elliot, with- 

 out whom our meeting would be like Hamlet with Hamlet left out. 



Mr. Wyman Elliot : If I should express how much I have en- 

 joyed this meeting, and tell vou of all the good things I have seen 

 and heard, I am afraid I would not get any supper. Going back a 

 little in history, I can remember forty years ago when we or- 

 ganized this society. There was only a little handful of us, and out 

 of that handful there are only two remaining, Mr. Sias. (Mr. Sias 

 died a few days previous to this) and myself, and as I look about 



