ANNUAL MEETING, 1899. 483 
“Exihibiting Fruit at the State Fair from the Judge’s Stand- 
point.” Prof. S. B. Green, St. Anthony Park. (See index.) 
Discussion. 
On motion of Mr. Wedge the session adjourned to 2 p. m. 
TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 
The meeting was called to order at 2 o’clock by the president. 
“Exhibiting Fruit at the State Fair—from the Exhibitor’s 
Standpoint.”” Clarence Wedge, Albert Lea. (See index.) 
Discussion. 
Mr. Jewett, in behalf of the committee on credentials, presented 
the names of Mr. Eugene Secor, from the Iowa State Horticultural 
Society, and Mr, I. M. Smith, from the Wisconsin State Horticul- 
tural Society, as delegates. 
The President: We all know more or less about these two 
gentlemen, but perhaps most of us have never made their personal 
acquaintance, and I would like to introduce them to the audience. I 
will first introduce Mr. Secor, of the Iowa society, and ask him to 
make a few remarks. 
Mr. Eugene Secor (Iowa): It certainly gives me great pleas- 
ure to meet you here on this occasion, and to meet so many whose 
names have become household words to me, and it also gives me 
great pleasure in looking over your exhibits to appreciate the fact 
that Minnesota can raise some fruit and does raise some fruit, and 
so long as Minnesota can produce such apples as the Wealthy and 
‘such plums as the Surprise it certainly will be an object to us Iowa 
people to come up here and interview your exhibits and to get ac- 
quainted with the people that produce those things. 
I am very glad to meet with you and to convey to you the 
greetings of our state society. (Applause.) 
The President: I will say that the pleasure is mutual. I now 
take pleasure in introducing to you Mr. Smith, representing the 
Wisconsin society. We have nearly all heard of him and of his 
father before him; in fact, the names have been household words in 
Wisconsin, and most of us have heard the same here./ We would 
like to have Mr. Smith say a few words. 
Mr. I. M. Smith (Wis.): I must confess I was considerably 
surprised to receive an appointment from our president, Mr. John- 
son, to come here as a delegate from the state society, and I feel 
it an honor not to be despised. In reference to the work we have to 
do, I feei as though I were not exactly at home in discussing apples 
