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MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



The executive committee have held meetings as follows : at 

 Augusta, January 23, when the work for the year was outlined 

 and discussed ; at Buckfield, March 27th, in connection with the 

 meeting held there ; at Bangor, August 20, at which our annual 

 meeting was located and arranged for. There has been a most 

 cordial feeling among the members and a hearty co-operation in 

 all matters affecting the welfare of the society and the interests 

 of Maine fruit growers. The members have cheerfully given 

 their time, hoping thus to share largely in the developing of the 

 industry in Maine. The fruit growers owe them a debt which I 

 am sure will some time be paid a hundredfold. 



MEETINGS HELD BY THE SOCIETY. 



The spring meeting was held in Xezinscott Hall, Buckfield, 

 March 28th, by invitation of Mr. V. P. DeCoster, who had in 

 charge the immediate local arrangements of the meeting. Prof. 

 F. A. Waugh of the Vermont Experiment Station was the only 

 speaker outside of the State, and the people were delighted to 

 meet him and hear him speak. The programme was well carried 

 out. The exhibition of fruit was very good, and the plants con- 

 tributed by the ladies of Buckfield added much to the attraction 

 of the exhibition. Altogether the meeting was one of the best 

 local meetings held by the society. 



THE HORTICULTURAL SCHOOL. 



For several years the secretary has urged the importance of 

 teaching the children the art of fruit and flower culture. The 

 medium through which this can best be done is the public school. 

 Mr. John W. True of New Gloucester who has so long served 

 the society in an official capacity invited us to hold such a school 

 in Xew Gloucester, assuring us that all would be done locally to 

 make such a meeting successful. Mr. T. M. Merrill, one of our 

 members, is also a member of the school board, and to him and 

 his associates we are indebted for the loan of the school children 

 for a couple of days. The first day, May 1st, the school was held 

 in the town hall. The children were brought in hayracks and 

 double hitches from all parts of the town. The Shakers came 

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