CONTENTS. 



PAGg 



Secretary's Report 5 



Officers for 1907 10 



Members — L,if e 11 



Annual 12 



Report of Executive Committee 13 



Treasurer 16 



Business Transactions 19 



Meetings of Executive Committee 19 



Field Meetings 21 



Annual Meeting 21 



Program 22 



Officers for 1908 24 



National Apple Day 24 



Reports of Committee on President's Address and other Papers.. 26 



On Resolutions 27 



Invocation by Rev. L. H. Clarke 28 



Address of Welcome by Will C. Atkins 29 



Response by William Craig 31 



Annual Address by Z. A. Gilbert 32 



Non-Parasitic Diseases of Fruit Trees, by Prof. W. J. Morse... 36 

 Standing of the Insect Invasion and Condition of our Orchards, 



by Prof. E. F. Hitchings 46 



Need of Spraying 55 



Insects, Birds and Fruit, by Prof. Wm. L. Powders 58 



Fruit Growing at Oaklands, by Robert H. Gardiner, Esq 69 



Home Storage for Fruits, by T. L. Kinney "jj 



Maine Fruit as it Appears to Others, by A. A. Hixon , 93 



The Grange Cooperative Company 104 



The University of Maine, by Prof. W. D. Hurd IIO 



The Size of the Apple Package, by F. H. Morse 114 



By F. D. Cummings 1 14 



The Apple Box, by E. L,. Lincoln 118 



A Maine Cranberry Bog, by G. D. Libbey 123 



Remarks by Hon. A. W. Gilman 125 



