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He said, at the close of the meeting, "You have come down here 

 and wiped our eyes." 



O. B. Hadwen, president of Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 was a close observer of these seedlings, and remarked that though 

 he had grown many hundred seedlings he had got but one or two 

 good varieties ; this was the greatest showing he had ever seen or 

 heard of. 



Dr. Walter Van Fleet, Horticultural Trial Grounds, Little Silver, 

 N. J., and associate editor Rural New Yorker, said "This is a most 

 remarkable collection of seedlings from one sowing of seed." 



Wm. B. Alwood. Blacksburg. Va., said, "The best thing here, 

 has paid me for my trip, wouldn't have missed it for anything." 



Mr. John T. Stinson, superintendent of pomology at St. Louis 

 Exposition, was much pleased with this display and wanted us to 

 make an exhibition of these and other seedlings at St. Louis next 

 year. 



J. H. Merriman, Southington, Conn., Ex-President Connecticut 

 Pomological Society and an extensive grower of Baldwin apples, 

 was very much impressed with the value of this collection of seed- 

 lings, showing so many promising varieties. 



•Questions were being constantly asked ; and I think the snowing 

 of so many fine seedlings from our state will give an impetus to 

 the development of new varieties, not only at home but all over the 

 states and Canada. 



In recognition of the display of fruit from Minnesota, in the 

 list of awards made by the pomological society appears first that to 

 Minnesota for a "collection of seedling apples," which will entitle 

 the Minnesota State Horticultural Society to the Wilder silver 

 medal, the highest form of award made by the American Pomolog- 

 ical Society. The display of commercial varieties from our state 

 received "honorable mention," which I presume carries with it a 

 certificate. 



Friday afternoon an opportunity was given, to about seventy-five 

 delegates, for a carriage drive through the Fens Parkway and 

 Boulevard. This section of country was originally uninviting flats, 

 overflowed by tide-water but surrounded by rocky hills covered by 

 fine specin^ens of native trees and shrubs, which helped the landscape 

 gardener much in creating a beautiful stretch of scenery. Broad 

 macadamized avenues have been laid out on either side of this 

 estuary, ornamented with native and foreign trees, shrubs, vines, 

 herbaceous and flowering plants, giving an object lesson of the 

 beautiful effect in form of growth and shading of foliage and 

 flowers. It was a trip both instructive and enjoyable. 



