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country in the promotion of the apple industry. It is to be 

 hoped that such means will lighten the way to the preventing 

 serious mistakes of the past, and for developing greater possi- 

 bilities, than have yet been conceived, for the future. 



May I ask your indulgence still further for calling your atten- 

 tion to the fact that there is a general movement now sweeping 

 all over the country in favor of adopting the apple blossom as 

 our national flower. We believe that this beautiful blossom 

 would adorn the position as a national emblem, and would form 

 a binding union wherever it would be recognized, in bringing 

 a vast multitude of people together, who come in touch or con- 

 tact in some of the diversified circles of the apple industry. The 

 blossom as an emblem would represent not only the fruits of the 

 orchard, but the fruits of our commerce, and the fruits of labor 

 in diversified and far reaching spheres of industry. 



Many national organizations have pronounced decidedly in 

 favor of this choice for our national emblem, and many states, 

 including your sister Connecticut, have heartily concurred in 

 such expressions. Again expressing my best wishes for your 

 society, I beg to remain. 



Yours truly, 



JAMES HANDLY, Secretary. 



REPORTS OE COMMITTEES. 



On President's Address and Other Papers. 



First, that we endorse and emphasize the idea of cold storage 

 so that the farmers may not be forced to sell their product 

 before markets are in a satisfactory condition. 



Second, the absolute necessity of more cultivation in order to 

 produce a higher and superior class of fruit. We also sustain 

 him in his assertion that more care be exercised in the selection 

 of the highest grade of best flavored fruit, such as IMcIntosh 

 rather than the Ben Davis. 



We the undersigned comprising the committee on resolutions 

 express our regret that Mr. James Handly, secretary Mississippi 

 Valley Apple Growers Association, was unable to be with us at 

 this meeting and take occasion to endorse his suggestion of hav- 

 ing a National Apple Day in Maine. Not as a national holiday 

 but as an occasion for concentrated thought and action all over 



