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teachers, and if, at any time, smy of 30U wish to ask questions or 

 make suggestions 1 trust \ou will feel at perfect libert}' to do so. 

 Please remember that this is your meeting, and that it is ray wish as 

 well as the wishes of the representatives of the Pomologioal Society 

 that it be conducted as you desire. The only favor we ask, is that 

 you carefully consider all the points which may be brought up, and, 

 if any of them commend themselves to you, as worthy, that you put 

 them into practice. Your duty to this meeting continues after it is 

 closed. If you will do it full^', you must endeavor to carry to your 

 homes the facts as presented, and put them into your every day 

 practice. Weave them into your life work, and thus become a 

 factor in promoting the higher and more noble development of 

 your town, your count}', and your State. 



Mr. President, again thanking you, and through you the citizens 

 of Cornish and vicinity for this most cordial welcome, I will say 

 that we are ready for the business of the day. 



Mr. Charles S. Pope, President of the Society, being introduced, 

 gave his 



ANNUAL ADDRESS. 



Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the Pomological Socielif : 



As I greet you again on this our nineteenth anniversary, it is 

 natural to take a retrospective view, to learn what we have accom- 

 plished, and note the advancement that has been made in every branch 

 of horticulture. There has been a wonderful increase in our orchard 

 products since the organization of this Society, with new markets 

 opened, which now take our surplus, with as good prices as in formar 

 years. 



The prevailing low prices of the present season have discouraged 

 many apple growers and led them to believe that the business 

 is overdone and that an apple orchard is now poor property. But 

 let us compare this with the other farm crops. In favorable seasons 

 the price obtained for many of these, is below the cost of production. 

 But even this, however, is not wholly lost. Our fruit in such sea- 

 sons reaches many who are unable to pay the higher prices. Our 

 surplus can be shipped with a profit to more distant markets, and 

 this may accrue to our advantage in future years. 



The most marked progress has been in the growing of small fruits. 

 Twenty years ago a garden of small fruits was rarely seen outside 



