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speakiiii;- of with us; tliey are practically all killed. 



Mr. 1)1. iss of Massachusetts: Our buds are practically all 

 dead, as far as we know now. 



Mr. a. W'arrkn Patch of Boston: There is (juite a 

 nio\-enient in ditferent parts of the United States — I am not 

 aware that this association has taken any steps to help it 

 along- — and as a member I would like to make a motion to 

 the effect that the Connecticut Pomological Society approve 

 of .having the third Tuesday in October known as "Apple 

 Day." Last fall it was taken up in Boston, Chicago and other 

 cities and man}- barrels of apples given to the different chari- 

 table institutions, as well as thousands of people wdio called at 

 a stated place t(^ receive an apple each. I would offer a motion 

 that we appro\-e of "Apple Day." 



Motion seconded and carried. 



]\Ir. P.\tch : Another matter. — there has been more or 

 less discussion for some time regarding a national flower for 

 the United States, and as other societies are proceeding- along 

 this same line. T will make a motion that this society approves 

 of making the apple blossom the national flower. 



Motion seconded. 



A Member : It seems to me the matter ought to receive 

 more consideration than we are able to give it nf)w before 

 adopting such a measure. Let us put it o\er until next year. 



Mr. Patch : The a])ple is grown all over the United 

 States and every organization of this nature, as far as I know, 

 has appro\-ed of it. It is not onh- for X^ew England but as 

 niuch for the whole of our country. However, I do not wish 

 to press the matter against ol)jection. 



Mr. Platt : In order to have the matter decided as we 

 would like it decided, I move that a committee of three be ap- 

 pointed to take the matter under consideration and bring it 

 before the next annual meeting for decision. 



'Mr. Robert.^ of Xew Jersey: T am astonished to find 

 there is any hesitancy in adopting such a measure as this, when 

 we have a blossom as wholesome and as dainty as the apple 

 blossom presented to us to adopt as a national flower. 



A Member : We ought not to hesitate about the matter. 



