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Other parts of our State where the influence of this society has. 

 been feh. We have seen exhibits with the stems of half the 

 specimens pulled out, and the other half would be wormy apples ;, 

 again, there will be two plates of the same variety but with 

 different names in the same collection. We are confident that 

 this state of things could be materially changed by the efforts 

 of this society expended in the right direction. Take such a 

 meeting as this ; it is something new to the locality, the officers 

 and many members of the society will be here, and any errors 

 in naming varieties will be corrected, if known, and in other 

 ways the fruit growers in this locality may be able to learn some- 

 thing, and we are sure that very much learned with the object 

 lessons directly before us will be remembered and used to advan- 

 tage. Therefore it would seem best that all of the larger exhibi- 

 tions of the society should be held in dift'erent parts of the State. 

 \\ e are still in favor of the summer meetings. The strawberry 

 and rose meeting of the past season was not as successful in 

 point of numbers as we could wish. It is possible that some 

 other locality would have given us a better attendance. 



There are many ways in which the fruit growers' interests 

 can be advanced in a more directly educational line than it pos- 

 sibly can be in the old way of having one fixed exhibition held 

 at such an early date as has been the custom for the past few 

 years. Therefore it is hoped that our successors will give this 

 subject careful attention, to the end that the primary objects of 

 the society may be accomplished. 



We would not turn a "cold shoulder" to the floral department, 

 for the presence of flowers enlivens and enhances the beauty of 

 every fruit exhibit. But we must not lose sight of the fact that 

 this society was formed and brought into existence for the pur- 

 pose of fostering and advancing the interests of the fruit grower, 

 and that the floral department is secondary and must always be 

 so considered. The two should work in harmony and we see 

 no reason why they can not do so, and in that way the greatest 

 good can be accomplished for all concerned. We hope the 

 members and others present may take up some of these ques- 

 tions and discuss them and in that way we hope some good may 

 come from these few thoughts that have come to us during our- 

 daily toil on the farm. 



