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Be it further resolved, that we extend our thanks to the said 

 railroad for establishing a flag- station at Highmoor Farm, as the 

 Society requested them to do one year ago. 



John W. True, 



V. R. Gardner, 



Committee. 



Voted, that the report be accepted. 



Welton Marks Alunson came to this State in 1891. He died 

 in Howell, Michigan, in September, 1910. 



He was a life member of this Society and for fifteen years 

 actively connected with its work. During these years he was 

 not only one of its faithful and energetic workers, but as Pro- 

 fessor of Horticulture at the State University and Horticul- 

 turist of the Experiment Station spent a large part of his entire 

 time in serving the fruit-growing interests of the State. 



While we bow to the Divine Will that has called him to a 

 rest from his labors, we deplore his loss and seek in this way 

 to pay some tribute to his memory. 



\'. R. Gardner, 

 John W. True, 



Committee. 



The Board of Trade of Augusta extended an invitation to 

 the Society to hold their annual exhibition in that city in 191 1. 



SMALL FRUITS AND HOW TO GROW THEM. 



By Wilfrid Wheeler, Concord, Mass. 

 Mr. President and Friends of the Maine Pomological Society: 

 I have enjoyed coming here very much, and seeing the great 

 improvement in the fruit that is exhibited over that which I 

 saw four years ago when I was here at a meeting in Gardiner. 

 The improvement is so marked and so fine that I cannot refrain 

 from speaking of it, especially the improvement in the packing 

 of apples. We have a great deal to learn along that line, and 

 it is these meetings, the meetings of the New England Fruit 

 Show and these local meetings, that are going to do much for 

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