STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



401 



Evening Session. 



Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the evening session wiis 

 held at the Ehnwood Hotel, where a large number of the members 

 boarded. The exercises were of a fiighl^' interesting character, but 

 as the reporter could not be present no report was made, and we 

 can only present a brief outline. 



Instinctive remarks were made by the President, on the process 

 of budding fruit trees. Mr. Gilbert spoke of the Apple Maggot, 

 {Tri/pefa 2^omoneUa,) and read extracts from a paper by Professor 

 Comstock in the Report of the Department of Agriculture for 1882. 

 A paper on the same subject was also contributed by Mr. S. C. 

 Harlow of Bangor. A paper on "Commercial Rose Growing," was 

 presented by Mr. William PL Morton of Portland. Various local 

 reports and letters from absent members were read by the Secretary', 

 a portion of which will appear hereafter. 



Votes of thanks were passed to the municipal officers and citizens 

 of Waterville for the use of the tow^n hall ; to the Maine Central 

 Railroad for free return tickets ; to the proprietors of the Elmwood 

 Hotel for reduction of rates of board and their kind attention to the 

 comfort of the members ; to Messrs. Peter De Rocher of Waterville 

 and William H. Pierson of Vassalboro', for the thoroughness and 

 perfection of the local arrangements for the meeting ; and to the 

 several speakers and essayists. 



Various pomological subjects were discussed informally, among 

 them a large collection of apples, presented by Mr. Merrill of West 

 Gloucester, and, at an early hour, after a most interesting session, 

 the meeting was 



Adjourned sine die. 



