FORTIETH ANNUAL REPORT. 



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SOUTH HAVEN AND CASCO POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

 (Organized 1871.) 



OFFICERS. 



Joseph L. Kelley, - 



Miss Kate B. Merritt, 



H. E. Merritt, 



R. F. Dean, 



F. A. Wilken ] 



Mrs. Amos Tucker |- 



Geo. E. Chatfield J 



- - President. 

 - Vice-President. 



- - Secretary. 



Treasurer. 



- Executive Committee. 



MEMBERS. 



J. J. Atherley, 120 Oak St., S. Haven. 



M. H. Bixby, 752 Wilson St., S. Haven. 



Geo. C. Burk, S. Haven. 



Geo. E. Chatfield, S. Haven, R. 4. 



C. C. Chesebro, S. Haven, R. 3. 



A. B. Coith, 829 Phillips St., S. Haven. 



Mrs. A. B. Coith, 829 Phillips St., S. Haven. 



Edgar Dean, Berlamont. 



F. J. Dean, Berlamont. 



R. F. Dean, S. Haven, R. 3. 



A. W. DeRocher, Berlamont. 

 Grafton E. Flory, S. Haven, R. 5. 

 R. E. Gibson, S. Haven. 



B. G. Green, S. Haven, R. 4. 

 F. A. Gregory, S. Haven, R. 2. 

 Mrs. F. A. Gregory, S. Haven, R. 2. 

 Miss Florence L. Gregory, S. Haven, R. 2. 

 Geo. W. Griffin, S. Haven, R. 2. 



Harry Hamilton, Bangor. 



A. S. Henderson, S. Haven, R. 1. 



C. A. Herriman, S. Haven. 



S. F. Hill, 223 Huron St., S. Haven. 



D. E. Histed, S. Haven, R. 2. 

 Jas. Hosking, Sr., S. Haven, R. 1. 

 Jas. Hosking, Jr., S. Haven, R. 1. 

 J. C. Hunt, S. Haven, R. 1. 



J. W. Johnson, S. Haven. 

 J. C. Johnston, S. Haven. 

 Wm. Jones, S. Haven. 



E. L. Keasey, S. Haven, R. 1. 

 Joseph L. Kelley, S. Haven, R. 3. 

 Harry L. Knapp, S. Haven. 

 Geo. Lannin, S. Haven, R. 6. 

 Paul LinOj S. Haven. 



E. Lovejoy, S. Haven, R. 5. 



Ezra W. McCaslin, Bravo. 



W. C. Marshall, S. Haven, R. 2. 



H. E. Merritt, S. Haven, R. 2. 



Miss Kate B. Merritt, S. Haven, R. 2. 



E. A. Merson, 507 Phoenix St., S. Haven. 

 C. J. Monroe, S. Haven. 



C. O. Monroe, 360 Pearl St., S. Haven. 

 JoYin M. Mott, 405 Erie St., S. Haven. 

 Geo. Myhan, 203 Dyckman Ave., S. Haven. 

 Miss Ruth Myhan, 203 Dyckman Ave., S. 



Haven. 

 W. C. Nichols, S. Haven. 

 Jas. Nicol, S. Haven, R. 2. 



F. W. Osbom, S. Haven. 

 F. J. Overton, S. Haven. 

 Geo. W. Parish, S. Haven. 

 Ray Pennell, S. Haven. 



F. A. Pinney, S. Haven. 

 Geo. L. Rich, S. Haven. 



G. W. Robison, S. Haven, R. 2. 

 Frank E. Rood, Covert. 



Lew Schwaberow, S. Haven, R. 4. 



E. E. Shaw, Grand Junction. 

 A. G. Spencer, S. Haven. 



A. G. Stout, S. Haven, R. 3. 

 Burton Sweezy, S. Haven, R. 2. 

 Amos Tucker, S. Haven. 

 Mrs. Amos Tucker, S. Haven. 



F. A. Wilken, 802 St. Joseph St., S. Haven. 

 Mrs. F. A. Wilken, 802 St. Joseph St., S. 



Haven. 

 Alfred H. Williams, S. Haven, R. 5. 

 Arthur Wood, S. Haven. 



The season of 1909-10 was a prosperous one for the South Haven and Casco Pomologi- 

 cal Society. Thirteen meetings were held, of which four were in the neighboring towns of 

 Covert, Leisure, Lacota and Bangor, and three were summer picnics. 



The annual dinner was ajpopular feature as usual. 



The "outside" meetings,lthough a decided innovation, were considered a substantial 

 success and will be repeated. 



The summer meetings were peculiarly enjoyable in that the dry prose of discussion was 

 varied with something of the poetry of nature and copious illustrations in color. 



The first was held with Vice-President Geo. W. Griffin on the North Shore; the second 

 with Supt. F. A. Wilken at the Experiment Station; the third at the farm home of Presi- 

 dent Kelley on the South Side. 



Among the visitors at the second summer meeting were President R. A. Smythe and 

 Secretary C. E. Bassett of the State Horticultural Society, Prof. H. J. Eustace, M. A. C, 

 and R. H. Sherwood of Watervliet. 



A feature of this meeting was a brief talk by L. H. Bailey, the venerable father of Prof. 

 L. H. Bailey of Cornell. 



Having enjoyed an uninterrupted existence of forty years, just in the full vigor of man- 



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