Maine State Pomological Society. 



Report of the Eighteenth Annual Exhibition Held in 

 Lewiston, September 9, 10, 11 and 12, 1890. 



The members of our Society have in recent years been so well 

 pleased with the exhibition arrangements made with the Maine 

 State Agricultural Society, that the executive officers again decided 

 to unite with that Society. The eighteenth annual exhibition was 

 accordingly held in the exhibition hall of the State Fair Park, 

 Lewiston, September 9, 10, 11 and 12, 1890. The officers of the 

 two Societies acted together in all matters of common interest, and 

 the pleasantest of relations continued from first to last. The place 

 of exhibition is not an ideal for that purpose, but in view of 

 the fact that our fruit and floral displays form an important part of 

 a great fair, which is attended by many thousand people, it seems 

 best to ioin with them in making up a grand exhibition of 

 Maine agriculture. Nor is the time of holding the fair the most 

 favorable for fruit industries, for our fruit does not reach its full 

 maturity with the exception of the earliest varieties until several 

 weeks later. But our Society has only limited means available for 

 exhibition purposes, hence it becomes necessary to make such 

 arrangements as we can with other bodies. 



Reports from various parts of the State before the fair indicated 

 that the fruit display would be small and of inferior quality. Many 

 localities famous for fine fruit were hardly represented at all ; but 

 where there was good fruit special effort was taken by growers to 

 bring in the best they had. As a result the tables were well filled, 

 though it was noticeable by all that our usual standard of excellence 

 was not reached. The fruit was of fair size and well colored, but 

 there were few specimens not affected by either scab or worms. 



