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time I am satisfied that some people who brought exhibits of 

 fruit to this meeting will either do one thing or the other 

 next year ; they will try to bring better apples, or else they 

 have seen such a vast difference in the quality of their apples, 

 as compared with those of others, that they will feel they had 

 better keep their apples at home. I do not say this to dis- 

 courage people from exhibiting, but rather to instruct them 

 in growing a better quality of fruit. There are only about 

 40 of the different varieties here, and there are two or three 

 or four hundred varieties in existence, and out of that num- 

 ber there are at least two hundred varieties that are not here, 

 but that might be produced in this state. But still, out of 

 that three or four hundred varieties, you can take a dozen that 

 will pay more money than any in the lists, and while these 

 odd varieties are desirable from a standpoint of novelty, at 

 the same time from a money standpoint I do not believe it 

 is advisable to plant those kinds, and I believe the man that 

 plants those different varieties will in the end lose rather than 

 gain by the venture. If growers will confine themselves to 

 the growing of Baldwin and Spy apples, and such other vari- 

 eties of fruits as are known to grow to the best advantage 

 in their particular locality, their pocketbooks will be far 

 better filled from the sale of those fruits than if they plant 

 a large number of vareties. 



I do not know as it is necessary for me to elaborate on 

 this report. Whether my colleague has anything to offer, I 

 don't know. We were certainly unanimous in awarding the 

 prizes, and while some of the exhibitors may look their fruit 

 over and wonder why they did not get first prize, if they will 

 take their individual specimens and compare them with the 

 others that did get the first prize, they will very easily see 

 why they failed to receive it. 



(The complete report and awards of prizes will be found 

 on page 220.) 



President Gulley next called for the report of the com- 

 mittee on Implement exhibit. 



Mr. N. S. Platt: Mr. President, we wrote out our report 

 and passed it over to the secretary, so that the names of the 



