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I suggest that you appoint a delegate or two delegates 

 to meet with this committee in Boston — I think the date is 

 March 5th. 



Professor Gulley: In accordance with Mr. Wheeler's 

 suggestion I move our President, Mr. Gold, be appointed a 

 delegate to attend that meeting. 



This motion was seconded and passed unanimously. 



Mr. Hale: Should we not go further than this, and 

 should we not plan some appropriation at this time, or give 

 some authority, whereby the President and executive officers 

 of this Society should be prepared, and have some money to 

 spend to see that there is a generous exhibit from the State of 

 Connecticut, aside from what special individuals will put up? 

 That will, undoubtedly, be a great fruit show. The show at 

 Spokane has stimulated the New Englanders to do this, and 

 every man should be personally interested. This Society 

 receives money from the State of Connecticut to carry on its 

 work, and it is in duty bound to stimulate the general horti- 

 cultural interests in the State, other than our own personal 

 interests. At that exhibit you are going to see and meet the 

 wonderfully beautiful apples from Vermont and Maine (they 

 are beautiful because they can't help it) ; you are going to 

 see also apples from New Hampshire and Massachusetts and 

 Rhode Island ; and with all due respect to the gentleman who 

 presented the resolution, we can if we will, send from Con- 

 necticut hills apples that will knock the spots off half the 

 other States. Let us resolve that we shall grow better fruit 

 next year, regardless of the cost, so that there may be a 

 great exhibit of Connecticut apples. Undoubtedly, in trying 

 to do that ourselves, we will reap the benefit later on. We 

 ought to send at least 8 or 10 carloads to Boston. 



Mr. Wheeler: We will take care of all that you send. 



Mr. Hale: Don't let us go up there with a puny 100 

 barrels ; go up with from 2,000 to 3,000 barrels and sell them, 

 or enough of them to pay for our theater tickets and little 

 side shows. I am glad Mr. Wheeler has told us about it. I 

 am glad the railroads are at last interested. We need them 



