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going round with an apple in her hand and wanting to know 

 what it is. Now lots of our trees come from New York and 

 they don't come true to name always. They will buy a Baldwin, 

 or a Mcintosh Red or a Milding, and they will name it Milding, 

 we will say, or whatever it is, and the name will not be correct. 

 If we could have a man from New York come here to our 

 meetings, I think he could help us out wonderfully on a great 

 many kinds. Some people have a kind that if they knew what 

 it was, and it was a valuable kind, a young tree just coming into 

 bearing, they would like to keep it as it is ; when if it was an 

 apple of no particular consequence it would better be retopped. 

 It seems to me there would be a chance of spending money well 

 to help out the interest in our meetings. People would bring 

 their apples for just that purpose. We have apples brought here 

 now for a name but very few of us here know what those New 

 York apples are, and lots and lots of people go home without 

 having their apples named. 



One other little point — I don't know whether it would help 

 you out or not — but it seems to me it would — just a little point 

 that the officers can make a rule to cover. It is to furnish plates of 

 suitable size for the different apples, and the rule should be 

 that they should all be exhibited flat. Have no piling of apples. 

 The people that want to look these over don't care to pick them 

 off the top to see what is underneath. And if they are laid flat 

 it seems to me that the tables look very much better. It would 

 be of more interest to the people that are looking them over and 

 in every way the appearance would be better. 



Mr. Charles S. Pope, of Manchester: There is one little 

 point that I wish to speak of. I had the pleasure of accom- 

 panying the Farming Special this summer for a few days, and 

 it has occurred to me that we might do something along the 

 Ime of exhibiting that they did on that train, in the way first of 

 tools, — the smaller tools particularly ; then the trees, limbs and 

 branches, etc., showing the different diseases, and also showing 

 the different insects that are working upon them. That would 

 give the people a chance to see how these insects are working 

 and call for aid in remedies. Then they went so far as to carry 

 the soils which arc best suited for orcharding. It might help 

 some people who are just beginning in the setting of trees, and 

 you will find that there is something that must be said along 



