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list of "officers for 1889."] Committee on revision of Society's 

 Fruit Catalogue reported. [See Report of Committee, Fruit List.] 



The papers read during these meetings and the discussions on the 

 same appear in other parts of the "Transactions" under their re- 

 iSpective subjects. 



February 13. J. W. True, D. J. Briggs and Chas. S. Pope were 

 appointed a committee to examine the fruit on exhibition and 

 report on the same. D. H. Knowlton, D. J. Briggs and E. W. 

 Dunbar were appointed a committee to prepare and present resolu- 

 tions bearing on the duty of State Experiment Station to horticulture 

 and pomology. 



February 14. The committee on exhibition of fruits reported as 

 follows : 



Report on Fruits Exhibited. 



We find 165 plates of fruit on exhibition, all of which are credit- 

 able to the producers. 



Lincoln County had some very fine specimens presented by E. W. 

 Dunbar, W. A. Jones, Joseph Day, W. H. Hurne, Ephraim Taylor, 

 John Hopkins, Miles M. Hall, Joseph C. Rollins, Henry Ingalls, S. 

 K. Given and George A. Hopkins. 



Knox County. W. A. Luce showed some fine specimens consist- 

 ins of 17 varieties. 



Aroostook County. J. W. Dudley, Castle Hill, had some very 

 fine specimens of apples for any latitude, a variety which originated 

 on his farm. E. W. Merritt, Hoalton, had a display of ten varie- 

 ties, some of which were seedlings originating with him. 



Androscoggin County. Two colleetions were noticed by your 

 committee. 



Franklin County. Phineas Whittier of Chesterville showed seven 

 varieties of choice fruit deserving special mention, also a case of 

 evaporated apples of fine quality. D. H. Knowlton some good 

 specimens. E. K. Lord of Farmington presented a plate of par- 

 ticularly fair specimens of russet seedlings. 



Kennebec County. Chas. S. Pope exhibited some fine speci- 

 mens. We also noticed a jar of raspberries presented by Mrs. C. 

 S. Pope put up without cooking. The fruit was well preserved. 



Cumberland County. O. C. Nelson, as usual, presented fine 

 sorts, ten in number. J. W. True also had fine specimens. J. L. 

 Davis offered ten plates of well selected fruit. 



