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TUANSACTIONS KOK THE YeAK 1889-90 3 



f )!• FICEKS FOR 1890 6 



Members oe the Society 7 



Treasurer's Report 9 



Report of annual Exhibition 11 



TJpt of ])reiniuiiis awiirded 13 



Business Transactions 21 



Meetings of Executive Coinniittee 21 



Public meeting during exliibitinn 22 



Report of Committee on New Fruit 23 



Fruits at tlie Winter Meeting 24 



Resolutions 24 



Papers, Discussions, &c., at Winter Meeting 27 



Union Winter Meeting — Introductor}' 29 



()l)ening Exeicises 30 



Addrcps of Welcome, by Eev. Miss ( aroline E. Angell 31 



Response, by Z. A. Gilbert 35 



Annual Address, by tiie President, Charles 8. Pope 37 



Report of Committee on President's Address 41 



Four Acres Enough, by L. H. Blossom 42 



Remarks, by Dr. T. H. Hoskins 46 



Pear Culture, by C. M. Weston 48 



Education in Flowers, bj' Mrs. Helen B. C. Beedy 52 



The Dietetics of Fruit, by C. D. Smith, M. D. 58 



The Domestic Value of the Apple, by Mrs. Florence J. Ricker, 78 



Recipes for Cooking Apples 81 



Market Gardening, by W. W. Rawson 83 



Some Fungous Diseases of Fruits, by Prof. F. L. Harvey 88 



The Experiment Station and its Work, by D. H. Knowlton 108 



Maine Fruit Growers' Exchange 115 



How Shall We Maintain the Price of Maine Apples? by Chas. S. 



Pope 116 



