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ridge. North Jay, niue ; Einorv Axtel, North Jay, two ; Oliver Dun- 

 Dell, Jay, four; A. J. Linscott, Jay. seven; Win. J^ustis, North 

 Jay ; S. H. Niles, North Jay. five ; Alvan Currier. Farmington, 

 four; S. R. Lt-land, Farmington, seven; D. H. Knowiton. Farm- 

 ington. six; Mrs. D. M, Howe, Farmington, six varieties of ap- 

 ples, two of canned fruits ; A. M. Goodrich, Industry ; Harry V. 

 Dill, Phillips, eigh": ; Elbridge Dill, Phillips, seven ; Ansel Dill, 

 Phillips, three; Silas M. Wing, Phillips, three; M C. Kelley, Phil- 

 lips, seven ; A. F. Hardy, Farmington, twelve ; D. J. Briggs, S(Hith 

 Turner, ten ; Engene E. Eaton, Farmington, seven ; J. S. B. Hunt- 

 er, Farmington, two; B W. Brown, Wilton, ten; W. W. Rodbird, 

 Jay, twenty-two; E. G. Blake, Faimington. eight; O. C. Nelson, 

 New Gloucester, nine ; 8. R. Sweetser, Cumberland Centre, eigh- 

 teen ; L. H. Blossom, Turner, two; J. J. Towle. Soutli Carthage, 

 seven, and one sample of evaporated apple ; J. Pop'j & Son. Man- 

 chester, fourteen. 



Mr. W. P. Atherton, for the Committee on Nomenclature, pre- 

 sented a report. The committee recommended that the seedling, 

 apple exhibited by Mr. S. R. L< land be called the ••Leland ;" 

 "Aunt Mary," a local apple forwarded by Mr. Calvin Cbaml)eilain.f 

 of Foxcroft. was pronounced ''fine for dessert;" and the •• Aroos- 

 took Baldwin," forwarded by E. W. Merritt of Houlton, was men- 

 tioned as being; hardv, and no doubt useful for that hiijh locality, 

 although wanting in qualities which would recommend it for other 

 parts of the State. 



Mr. D. H. Knowiton. for the committee appointed to consider 

 the recommendations made by the President in his annual address, 

 presented his report, viz : 



Your committee to whom was referred the President's annual ad- 

 dress beg leave to report as follows : 



1st. The employment of experts to act as judges at our annua 

 exhibitions is deseiving of careful consideration by the Society, and 

 though our present finances may not admit of the expense tor a year 

 or two, we believe the awarding of premiums woid<i l)e more satis- 

 factory to exhibitors. 



2d. That this Society recommend the setting apart of a day to 

 be known and observed as Arbor Day ; and, furthermore, we recom- 

 mend the passage of such a law by the present Maine Legislature 

 as shall establish the same. 



3d Information reached us last night that the Hatch bill -to estab- 

 lish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the agricul- 



