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conclusion must be drawn that our fruit interests, in common 

 with our other industries, got small recognition out of the money 

 appropriated. 



There is still too much running after the new and the unknown 

 by amateur fruit growers. At our spring meeting last March 

 I was surprised at the inquiry after the Black Ben Davis, Gano, 

 Senator, Delicious, and other of the new introductions. It 

 would be a needed step for this society to have a standing com- 

 mittee on new fruits whose duty it should be to gain informa- 

 tion on the new varieties yearly offered to attention and give it 

 to the public. 



In the conduct of our annual convention and other public 

 meetings or in the classification of our exhibitions I have no 

 changes to recommend. At the same time improvement should 

 be our aim, and our officers and members should constantly be 

 on the watch for changes that may lead to still more effective 

 results in the dissemination of knowledge among fruit growers. 

 The cause we have in charge is a grand one. The influence 

 that has gone out from the efforts of this society has been 

 marked. 



