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heads, Winthrop Greenings and Baldwins, one of the latter weigh- 

 ing ten and one-half ounces, diameter four inches, circumference 

 one foot. 



Your Committee were surprised to see on exhibition so large a 

 display of beautiful winter fruits, it being the largest exhibition 

 ever presented at any winter meeting of the Society, and highly 

 creditable to the exhibitors, — to whom many thanks are due. In 

 consideration of the recent devastating ravages of the caterpillars 

 in this county and vicinity, such an exhibition was a pleasure and 

 surprise, and seemed to animate and revive the drooping courage 

 of fruit growers and orchardists to renewed faith and works, 

 which combined with intelligence, will remove all the obstacles in 

 the way of fruit growing in Maine. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



ALFRED SMITH, ) 



F. M. WOODWARD, f- Gommitiee. 



CHARLES II. JONES, ) 



Mr. Smith spoke brefly of the fruit on exhibition, also of the 

 beneficial influences of the Society, and the efforts by which its 

 membership in Monmouth had been largely increased during the 

 past year, and urged others present to engage in the work, — con- 

 cluding as follows: "You all love fruit. There is no man but 

 loves fruit. Let us raise such fruit as we see here. No one cau 

 afford to raise poor fruit. Let us take a lesson from this fruit. It 

 was raised by men of intelligence. Such fruit cannot be raised 

 except by working intelligently in harmony with the laws of the 

 universe, which are the laws of God." 



The President. This closes the public exercises of the meeting. 

 It is now one. of the things of the past, and only the pleasant 

 recollections of it are left behind. I crave your indulgence for all 

 the short-comings I have manifested in the performance of the 

 duties which I have been called upon to perform. I thank you 

 also for the interest and attention manifested. 



On motion of Mr. Starrett of Warren, Voted, that the thanks of 

 the Society be and hereby are tendered to the Maine Central and 

 Knox and Lincoln Railroad Companies for their liberality in grant- 

 ing free return tickets to persons attending this meeting. 



On motion of Mr. Sawyer, Voted, that the warmest thanks of 

 =the Society are due and are hereby tendered to the citizens of 

 Monmouth for the complete arcangements made for holding this 



