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blackberries, the pear slug, the asparagus beetle ; in fact 

 a thorn to every rose in our garden. We need a director 

 of horticulture or fruit inspector, or by what ever title he 

 be designated. He should be appointed by the State 

 and paid a living salary, a good salary, with the under- 

 standing he is employed as a scientist and is to devote 

 his time, yea, his very life, to the interests he is called 

 upon to protect. We can't expect to get a Pasteur or 

 a Koch, or a Leidy at the start, but the man should be a 

 trained scientist and at the same time have some prac- 

 tical knowledge of his subject, or at least be an apt 

 scholar at learning the practical parts. 



His duty, in part, should be to investigate all fruit 

 pests — all fruit tree diseases — and everything relating to 

 the enemies of fruits, and his studies may be carried to 

 the cereals, too. He should publish an annual report of 

 his work, and give full statistics of all our fruits, and all 

 matters pertaining to them. Give us such a man, capa- 

 ble to fill such an office, and his first report will be the 

 greatest and most truthful advertisement the State ever 

 received. Give us this man and our industries will be 

 enriched by the protection and very salvation of the 

 fruit interests, the greatest of all our industries. Give us 

 this man, and I guarantee, for every penny the State 

 pays for his services, w?e and our children, and our 

 children's children, will get in return, thousands upon 

 thousands of dollars, and the gratitude of thousands of 



