Transactions at the Annual Meeting. 79 



February 1, 9 o'clock A. M. 



The society assembled in the Agricultural Rooms at 9 a. m., as 

 per adjournment. 



A committee of those having fruit on exhibition, to whom was 

 assigned the selection of the judges to make the award of the pre- 

 miums offered by the society, reported that they had agreed upon 

 Messrs. J. S. Stickney, S. Hunt and A. Gr. Tuttle as such com- 

 mittee. 



The committee on the Order of Business made their report, de- 

 voting the forenoon to the revision of the fruit lists. At 2 p. m., 

 the secretary's report; at 2:30 p. m., the treasurer's report; at 3:00 

 p. m., election of officers for the ensuing year; at 4:00 p. m., reports 

 of committees, county and loc\l societies and committee of Ob- 

 servation ; which report was accepted and adopted, and the society 

 proceeded at onca to the revision of the fruit lists. 



Mr. Tuttle was in favor of recommending two lists for apples; 

 one for home use and another for market purposes. But very 

 little attention has been given hitherto to raising apples for com- 

 mercial purposes, but much more would be given to it in the fu- 

 ture. Of the varieties recommended in the list of the society, some 

 were much better adapted for this purpose than others, and some 

 not on the list would, under certain conditions, be equally as profit- 

 able as those recommended. Hi thought the society should give 

 those who were disposed to raise fruit for market purposes all the 

 aid in their power. 



Mr. Plumb introduced the following resolution, which was car- 

 ried without dissent: 



'Resolved, That we expect committees, acting as judges in the award of p r e- 

 miums offered by the society in exhibitions of fruits with which this society 

 is connected, to be governed in their decisions by the rules laid down, and by 

 our judgment in regard to adaptation. 



Apple List. — Mr. Phillips was far from satisfied with the 

 condition prefixed to our first list, "Hardiness the only test." It 

 did not seem to him that this was the only point to be considered, 

 or that was taken into consideration, and it is calculated to mis- 

 lead. What we want to recommend is, the varieties best adapted 



