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what I was goiug to say. But I do like to talk to people who are 

 interested iu the soil. You make a difference between Horticulture 

 and Agriculture ; where Agriculture leaves off Horticulture commences. 

 In Agriculture a man has to grunt for a living, in Horticulture he culti- 

 vates the soil for fuu. Four classes are interested in the cultivation of 

 the soil : First, the one who depends upon his acres for subsistence, 

 he feels that his success iu life depends upon the earth ; Second, the 

 gentleman of leisure and wealth ; Third, one who has the taste but 

 no time; Fourth, the one who does it simply to make a display, just 

 as some people are always buying books to keep up libraries in their 

 houses, and try to pose as literary people, even if they never read the 

 books. The first one of these four classes is the only one with whom 

 I like to deal ; and I find them men of truth, I find them men whom 

 you can depend upon, men who are cordial and who meet you with 

 sincerity. I have found these people my friends for the last twenty- 

 five years. I find that these are certain characteristics that only the 

 department of human labor can achieve. You go with me down ou the 

 Cape and you will fiud the little town of Mashpee, and you will find 

 there a people as bright as any in New P^ngland. I went there as a 

 disciple of Isaac Walton. These people are descendants of the 

 Indians and they take a great deal of pride in their ancestry. A son 

 of one of them came and took me to Falmouth ; he had a nice democrat 

 Avagon and nice black horse and good harness and robe. Mr. Presi- 

 dent, I should like to talk longer, but there are others whom we want 

 to hear from. 



Mr. Parker. — The Fruit Growers Association is now holding its 

 annual session iu Worcester. That society, as you all know, was 

 organized a few years since iu our hall, and we might call it from our 

 society. Its first president was a member of our Society and also the 

 present president. He obtained his training as judge of fruit largely 

 in our weekly exhibitions, and I now introduce James Draper, Presi- 

 dent of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association. 



Mr. Draper. Mr. President^ Ladies and Gentlemen: — Having 

 been chosen to preside over the Fruit Growers Association, an organi- 

 zation composed of practical growers and fruit farmers all over the 

 State, I will state that it is but an outgrowth of this good old Horti- 

 cultural Society, and I tuke great pride in having been associated in 

 years gone by with those who gave so much to build up this Society. 

 I recall with pleasure listening to Jaques, Earle and Colton, those 

 early pioneers, who had so much to do with the early horticultural life 

 of Worcester, and the lamented Secretary, Edward Winslow Lincoln, 



