4 CONTENTS, 



PAGE 



What a Tree Told Me, by Dr. Geo. M. Twitchell 47 



Best and Most Profitable Apples for Piscataquis County, Will 



E. Leland 50 



A Massachusetts Man on a Maine Farm, by W. O. Breed. . ; 52 



Why Not Grow More and Better Fruit in Maine, by William 



Craig 54 



Sorting, Packing and Grading of Fruit, by Dr. George M. 



Twitchell 56 



Recent Developments in the Apple Industry, by Prof. Alfred G. 



Gulley 63 



Horticultural Possibilities of Worn-out Farms, by Prof. W. M. 



Munson 72 



The Cold Storage Problem, by Prof. Maxwell J. Dorsey 78 



My Nature Studies, by Miss Bernice Watson 82 



How to Grow Dahlias in Maine, Mrs. Bessie M. Rupert 89 



Home Industries for Farmers' Daughters, by Mrs. V. P. 



DeCoster , 95 



Summer A4eeting: 



Introductory Remarks by Pres. Z. A. Gilbert 106 



Welcome by Pres. George E. Fellows 106 



Horticultural Work at the Experiment Station, Prof. W. 



M. Munson 108 



Lessons of this Meeting, by Secretary Knowlton iio 



Troublesome Insects, by Miss Edith M. Patch 116 



Prof. G. M. Gowell 119 



Questions 122 



Tid-Bits from the Harrison Banquet: 



President Gilbert 124 



Secretary Knowlton 124 



W. O. Breed 126 



Alonzo Moulton 126 



Prof. Alfred G. Gulley 127 



Louis E. Clay 128 



B. F. W. Thorpe 128 



C. S. Stetson 129 



J. Merrill Lord 130 



Mrs. V. P. DeCoster 131 



Prof. Maxwell J. Dorsey 131 



Hon. Solon Chase 131 



