STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 327 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE WINTER MEETING. 



The eighth Winter Meeting of the Society, (being an adjourn- 

 ment of the annual meeting which was held at Lewiston, Sept. 28, 

 1882.) was held at the Town Hall in Waterville, on the 30th and 

 olst days of January, 1883, in connection with a Farmers' Institute 

 under the direction of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture. 



The attendance of persons from places otlier than the immediate 

 vicinity of the place of meeting was larger than at any previous 

 Winter Meeting of the Society. Free return tickets were furnished 

 bj' the jNIaine Central and other railroads. The use of the hall, 

 attended and lighted, and the tables, dishes, &c., for the exhibition, 

 were provided by the liberality of the citizens of Waterville, free of 

 expense to the Society. Guests were entertained at the Elrawood 

 Hotel at reduced rates. For all of which favors due acknowledg- 

 ment was made by votes at the close of the proceedings. 



A stenographic report of the discussions was made b}' Mrs. S. 

 G. Crosby of Waterville, from which, in a condensed form, the 

 report herewith presented is made. 



An exhibition of fruit was made in connection with the meeting, 

 for the purpose of presenting the Winter fruits of the State in their 

 perfection, which cannot be done at the Autumn exhibitions, — also 

 to afford special means for stud}' and comparison. A limited list 

 of premiums was offered. The exhibition was satisfactory in 

 character and extent ; and for particulars, reference is made to the 

 report of the examining committee in subsequent pages. 



FIRST D^Y. 



The opening hour of the morning session was spent in arranging 

 the fruit exhibition and preliminary business. 



At 11 o'clock listened to an interesting lecture by Prof. C. H. 

 Fernald of the State Agricultural College, on "The Potato Pot, 

 and Fungoid (irowths in Fruit Culture," which is reported, with 

 illustrations, in the report of the Board of Agriculture. This, with 

 the discussion to which it gave rise, occupied the forenoon. 



