Tlie Union Winter Meetinof. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



So far as possible it has been the effort of the Pomological Society 

 to extend the benefits of its work to all parts of the State. The 

 first exhibition of the Societ}- was held in connection with the State 

 Agricultural Society in the city of Bangor, in the autumn of 1873. 

 Since the organization of the Society none of its winter meetings 

 have been held in the easterly part of the State. On conferring 

 with members of the Bangor Horticultural Society regarding the 

 desirability of extending the work into the eastern part of the State, 

 that Society voted to extend an invitation to hold the annual winter 

 meeting in City Hall, Bangor. It was a pleasure to the executive 

 committee to accept the invitation in behalf of the Pomological 

 Society. Later the Pomona Grange of Penobscot county and the 

 Penobscot Farmers' Club joined in the invitation. 



The union meetings held in recent years have proved so satisfac- 

 tory to all concerned, that Secretary Gilbert of the Board of Agri- 

 culture accepted the invitation of the executive committee to join 

 in holding another union winter meeting. Accordingl}^ it was 

 arranged to hold the winter meeting in City Hall, Bangor, Tuesday, 

 and Wednesday, February 24 and 26, 1891. 



The following programme was announced in due time : 



TUESDAY, A. M. 



Opening Exercises. Reports of Oflicers. 



Address of Welcome. 



Response, Z. A. Gilbert. 



President's Address, Chas. S. Pope, Manchester. 



Report on Experioient Station, Prof. W. H. Jordan, Director. 



AFTERNOON. 



Cultivation of Small Fruits, S. H. Dawes, Harrison. 



Varieties of Strawberries and Marketing, Willis A. Luce, South Union. 

 Results of Spraying (Illustrated by Specimens of Fruit.) 



S. C. Harlow, Bangor. 

 Plum Culture, Elijah Low, Bangor. 



