310 ANNUAL REPORT. 



That if we apply fertilizers to plants, vines and trees, indiscrimi- 

 nately we are in the position of the farmer who feeds his cattle 

 without observing their likes or dislikes — their wants and abhor- 

 rences. 



That one of the most significant evidences we have that the in- 

 tereBts of fruit growing are alive and advancing, is that the veter- 

 ans who went forth like John the Baptist proclaiming a new dis- 

 pensation, the men who laid foundations, whose zeal gleamed 

 brightly, and whose enthusiasm was kindled before many of us 

 were born, are appreciated and honored. Let ill-health or accident 

 befall one of them and expressions of sympathy come from every 

 press in the land. The memory of these forerunners will be in- 

 delibly impressed upon us. They will live to see their best hopes- 

 realized; the men of the future will point to them as benefactors, 

 and their names will be written in letters of gold by those who fol- 

 low in their great work. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS, 



Mr. President and Members of the American Pomological Society: 



Gentlemen: From the great variety of things that have con- 

 tributed to the enjoyment of this nineteenth session of our society, 

 and from among those who have by their activity, thoughtfulness, 

 and hospitality added to the success and general happiness of thi& 

 reunion, it is difficult to select that which should most appropri- 

 ately be embodied in our closing resolutions. Your committee 

 would like to go into details, mentioning a great many things that 

 seem especially meritorious as matters that should have a perma- 

 nent place in the report. 



The fact is that the display of horticultural progress and taste- 

 in the magnificent exhibition of horticultural products, and floral 

 arrangements by the people of Philadelphia and vicinity; the 

 cordial reception and open-handed generosity with which we have 

 been received, and the general air of hospitality that we have been- 

 breathing, have captured your committee, and we feel that nothing 

 short of an illustrated volume would do justice to it all. 



[n view of this we have contented ourselves with tlie submission 

 for your action the briefest epitome of what could be appropriately 

 said, in the following resolutions: 



