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Secretary Sessions. I have had a little experience in 

 getting appropriations from Legislatures, and I want to 

 advise the nursery men that if they want anything from the 

 Legislature, the petition should come from the men who are 

 suffering. A petition from Professor Fernald and the secre- 

 tary of the Board would be met by business men with the 

 statement, " These fellows want some more money to spend." 



Professor Fernald. I want to add a word to what Secre- 

 tary Sessions has stated. It will be of no advantage to me 

 personally to have any such law as has been spoken of. It 

 will increase my labors and my responsibilities, but I am 

 more than willing to help the nursery men and all others 

 interested in the matter. If the matter should be brought 

 before the Legislature, I shall be glad to help in any 

 way I can. 



Secretary Sessions. I take the same position. 



The Chairman. We have with us a gentleman who for 

 many years was a member of the Board of Agriculture, and 

 I think the audience would like to hear from Mr. Benjamin 

 P. Ware of Marblehead. 



Mr. Ware. I came to this meeting with very great in- 

 terest, as I have for many years. My interest does not lag 

 at all in the work the Board is doing. The subject that has 

 been before us to-day has been of interest to me as a fruit 

 grower on a small scale. I have been very much interested 

 in the subjects that have been brought before us, and in the 

 able manner in which they have been presented. It seems 

 to me that no men could have been brought before us who 

 could have presented the subjects more ably and clearly and 

 so satisfactorily to us who are fruit growers and interested 

 in this business. 



Several varieties of apples have been spoken of, and I 

 have listened with a good deal of attention. The Wealthy 

 apple has been grown in Essex County for a number of 

 years, but within the last few years it has grown in impor- 

 tance and in the confidence of the people, and at the last 

 meeting of the trustees of the Essex Agricultural Society it 

 was recommended to be put among the list of apples that 

 are worthy of cultivation in Essex County. Mind you, in 

 Essex County we are not giving premiums on all varieties 



