ANNUAL MEETING, I9O2. 7 



presidents, one for each congressional district, was chosen. The 

 entire Hst of officers will be found upon another page in this issue. 



The fruit exhibit of this meeting has gone into history as the 

 largest one we have ever made, the entries numbering 435, and the 

 plates of fruit exhibited footing up to over 900. In this display 

 there were seven collections of apples, eight pecks of Wealthy and 

 very large exhibits both in the class of .apples kept in cold storage 

 as also of those not kept in cold storage. But the most important 

 feature of the display was the large number of varieties of seedling 

 apples shown. The list of premiums awarded, which follows this 

 report, will give a little idea of the number of these, but not in full, 

 as many of those shown were not entered. The seedlings were 

 judged by Mr. Wyman Elliot and Prof. Samuel B. Green, and 

 the $75 was divided up amongst a large number of exhibitors. Some 

 of the seedlings were worthy of special mention, but space will not 

 permit this here. The seedling apple receiving the highest mark 

 was one exhibited by Frank Yahnke, named the Storm King. The 

 committee marked this 100 as the standard of comparison with 

 the others. In all $176.00 was paid out in premiums in connection 

 with the exhibits. 



As an interesting novelty Mr. W. E. Fryer, of Mantorville, 

 exhibited several plates of peaches in a good state of preservation. 



During the meeting some subscriptions were made to the Gideon 

 memorial fund, and on Friday afternoon this matter was presented 

 by Mr. J. M. Underwood. A large pyramid of Wealthy apples 

 had been built up on a table in the hall and were sold to members 

 at $1.00 a piece, and $25.50 was raised in this way. In all the 

 amount subscribed at the meeting to this fund was $38.50. 



An unusual number of visitors from other states were in at- 

 tendance at the meeting, including Prof. N. E. Hansen, P. J. Bentz 

 and George H. Whiting, from South Dakota ; E. M. Sherman, from 

 Iowa ; A. J. Philips and George J. Kellogg, from Wisconsin ; and 

 Prof. C. B. Waldron, from North Dakota. The regular repre- 

 sentatives from the societies of adjacent states were, from South 

 Dakota, E. D. Cowles, of Vermillion; from Iowa state society, F. 

 E. Pease, of Des Moines; from the Northeast Iowa society, G. H. 

 Purdy, of Mason City ; and from Wisconsin, President T. E. Loope, 

 of Eureka. 



Three notable events occurred in connection with this meet- 

 ing which deserve special mention. The first is the reception ten- 

 dered to the wives of members and to other lady members of the 

 society, by Mrs. Charles M. Loring, at her home, on Clifton Ave. 



