meeting, and after the speaker finishes his address we would 

 ask that every one of you feel free to ask qustions. Now, 

 Dr. Whetzel is a man who can answer questions on sprayiu;^ 

 better than anyone with whom I am acquainted. He is a 

 man that is liked by everj^one who knows him. Since our 

 programme was issued I have had several inquiries as to 

 when Dr. Whetzel was to speak; some of them have come 

 from his former students in Cornell, and when a student 

 asks to be given the privilege of hearing his former teacher 

 again, it means that he must think a great deal of him and 

 that he must have gotten a great deal from his lectures. 



Before Dr. Whetzel gives his address I am going to 

 show you some apples that I picked up in a store in Arling- 

 ton. They were put in the window and were grown by one 

 of our professional men who is an apple enthusiast, and 

 they were marked "Number 1 Apples." [Laughter]. Is 

 there any wonder that the western apple is driving our ap- 

 ple out to such a large extent, when you see apples of that 

 description? [Exhibiting very poor specimens of apples]. 

 Now, our Association is organized to help professional men 

 like the one who raised these apples. He can raise good 

 apples just as well as anyone else can. 



I have the pleasure now of introducing to you Dr. H. H. 

 Whetzel of Ithaca, New York. [Applause] . 



