22 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Leeds Junction, December 13, 1901. 



Meeting of the executive committee ; all present but Mr. True. 



All accounts, so far as known, were settled and orders were 

 drawn for the same. 



An invitation to hold the next annual meeting in Ellsworth, 

 was received from E. W. Wooster of Hancock. The matter was 

 laid on the table for future action. 



A letter was presented from Prof. W. M. Munson regarding his 

 intention of preparing a monograph upon the apples of Maine 

 origin, and asking that it be made a joint production of the 

 society and Experiment Station at the expense of the Station. 



Voted, That the executive committee approve the suggestion 

 of Prof. Munson to make the proposed monograph a joint pro- 

 duction. 



The secretary presented a communication from the director 

 general of the Pan-American Exposition regarding the awards 

 made to our society and other Maine Exhibitors, and it was 

 voted that the secretary be instructed to procure two gold plated 

 medals awarded to our society, and also a bronze medal awarded 

 to Chas. S. Pope. 



The awards as announced in this communication are as 



follows : 



Diploma of gold medal on its general display of fruit; also 



collection of market apples. 



A diploma of silver medal to the Maine Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station on its exhibit of apples. 



Diplomas of bronze medals were awarded to the following 

 exhibits from this State : 



J. E. Bennoch, Orono, collection of pears ; J. E. Bennoch, 

 Orono, collection of apples ; J- W. Dudley, Mapleton, display of 

 apples ; E. W. Gould, Bean, display of apples ; F. D. Grover, 

 Bean, collection of apples ; J. W. Libbey, Hartford, display of 

 apples ; F. H. Morse, Waterford, display of apples ; C. S. Phin- 

 ney, Standish, display of apples ; Chas. S. Pope, Manchester, 

 display of apples; E. F. Purington, Farmington, display of 

 apples; B. M. Titcomb, Farmington, display of apples; G. W. 

 Whitney, Sweden, display of apples. 



Diplomas of honorable mention were awarded to : 



T. M. Merrill, Sabbathday Lake, display Ben Davis apples ; 

 C. F. Fletcher, Augusta, display Yellow Bellflower apples ; V. P. 

 DeCoster, Buckfield, display of R. I. Greening apples. 



