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the highest success. Hence we must labor to disseminate knowl- 

 edge, as well as awaken enthusiasm, since we know that through 

 knowledge success is achieved. We also know that man cannot 

 live on the beautiful alone. Attention then must be given to 

 material prosperity. Our labors must not then be directed 

 altogether in any one channel, but must be diverted into all the 

 channels where we would make our influence felt. While through 

 our exhibitions we reach a goodly number of tliose whom we would 

 benefit, yet far more do we and shall we reach through the printer'^ 

 art. Operating from this stand-puint, in addition to coming before 

 the people through the newspapers of the day, our society at the 

 close of the first year of its existence issued a printed report of its 

 proceedings for the year. This was sent out in the faith, that 

 though a quiet worker and a silent teacher, it would have a 

 mission of usefulness more extended th'an the echo of the voices 

 which gave utterance to its contents. We hope to make it more 

 useful in future issues. 



While speaking of our labors the question arises, whether we 

 as a society, laboring for the cause we represent, shall take up, 

 as we have, some of the more important questions relating to fruit 

 culture, and hammer upon them year after year, till we see tangible 

 results of the efforts put forth, or whether we shall annually 

 broadcast new seed in the faith that some will fall on good ground 

 and in due time bring its increase. Without wishing to establish 

 a precedent in this matter, we cannot forbear at this time brief 

 allusions to certain points relating to questions presented to the 

 consideration of the Society last year. 



While wishing to encourage the amateur in a due degree we 

 must nevertheless for the time pass him by to present the profits 

 of extensive planting. He who plants extensively and makes the 

 business a specialty, gives to it that thought and attention neces- 

 sary to success in any direction. Planting fruit trees as an invest- 

 ment may to many be a new idea, yet it is one deserving attention. 

 All over the State are lands now of small value — the best of fruit 

 lands — which, if planted out to apples and pears, would in a few 

 years be so greatly increased in value by the growth of tlic fruit 

 trees as to prove a better investment than any popular security in 

 the market. Many cases have I been cognizant of where this was 

 the case. All of you perhaps have road of the orchard planted by 

 the late R. S. Pell of New York, who thought to plant a couple of 

 thousand trees for bis son, thinking if they brought an" annual 



