50 STATE POMOI-OGICA.L SOCIETY. 



We were given good notices of Maine's fruit exhibit in the Chi- 

 cago papers, American Garden and Forest and Garden, also gave 

 us kindly mention. Especially in the latter by Prof. Bailey which 

 can be relied upon, as he is authority on all subjects pertaining to 

 horticulture. 



I understand by those who visited the Fair after I left, that the 

 fruit was allowed to decay upon the tables, and it was very dis- 

 graceful indeed. I am very sorry if such was the condition. It 

 has been brought up very many times in the press, but the blame 

 belongs not to this Society, but to those in charge at the time. We 

 have fruit in the State of Maise that we are willing to compare with 

 any in the United States. We could have done better at Chicago if 

 we could have had a man there to look after the exhibit. After I 

 left one man was to care for eight, including Horticultural. Those 

 exhibits at Chicago where there was not a man with it all the time 

 to look after it, amounted to nothing. It was money spent in vain. 

 I want to say this for the grand old Slate that we all love so 

 well, that as a state we can grow and do grow as good fruit as the 

 sun shines on ; and as we come here to-day and see this fruit upon 

 these tables it brings to my mind very forcibly this very fact and if 

 we should ever have another opportunity of showing our fruits and 

 making a display in our country I believe we want to take hold of it 

 as a fruit organization and not depend upon any assistance from the 

 State or State officers and then we can have an exhibit of fruit that 

 would be an honor to our State even through the an tire period. 



In the line of comparison, California put a million into her 

 World's Fair work and we put only fifty-seven thousand. You can 

 make the comparison and can see how we would stand. While we 

 did make an exhibit as a society it was a credit to the State of 

 Maine. 



