88 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIHTY. 



Mr. OiM{i:i:r. I luive. 



Mr. Xki.son. Don't von litid them tlie l)est l)eaiiniJr lives? 



Mr. (iii.iii.iM. I v:iui say tli:it I do. 



Mr. Athekton. I want l«j ask as to tlic respective value of grass 

 as hay and nuik'h. Had I hotter mow the grass and let it lie in the 

 orchard as mulch, or cure and feed it to stock and put manure in its 

 place? 



Mr. GiLUKRT. That question can only be answered in a general 

 way. Hay is not worth rSio.OO to mulch apple trees with. I would 

 not recommend that course. 1 raak>^ some allowance for extreme 

 statements. A little fertilizer applied often is the best for an or- 

 chard. The question of where we shall obtain fertilizers for the 

 orchard is one which this Society should discuss at no distant day. 

 I use ground boue and believe it to be good. Ashes are good, but 

 thev are scarce. 



EVENING SESSION. 



BUSINESS MEETING OF THE SOCIETY. 



A business meeting of the Society was held at 6.30 o'clock, P. 

 M., President Pope in the chair. 



It was voted inexpedient to change the by-laws of the Society in 

 regard to the fees of membership for annual members. The matter 

 of holding the annual exhibition of 1<^87 was placed in the hands of 

 the Executive Committee, and l)y them to be decided as they deemed 

 best for the interest of the Society. 



Mr. T. M, Merrill of New Gloucester, from the committee to ex- 

 amine the fruit on exhibition, rei)orted one of the largest displays- 

 ever made at a winter meeting of the Societ}', and presented the fol- 

 lowiuu; list of exhibitors, with the number of varieties shown by 

 each : 



G. K. Staples, Temple, thirty varieties; 1). P. True, Leeds Cen- 

 tre, four varieties of pears, six of apples; Wm. True, Farmington ; 

 G. Hayes, Farmington; Calvin Chamberlain, Foxcroft, one: B. H. 

 Ridley, Jay, twelve ; E. W. Merritt, Houlton, one ; Lorin Adams, 

 East Wilton, three ; Phineas Whittier, Farmington Falls, twenty- 

 three, and samples of six varieties of evaporated apple : B. Tit- 

 comb, Farmington, eight; S. M. Keep, Jay, nine; George Good- 



