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Transactions for the Year 1890-91 3 



Officers for 1891 • 6 



Members of the Society 7 



Treasurer's Report 9 



Report of Annual Exhibition 11 



TJst of premiums awarded ' 13 



Business Transactions 21 



Meeting of Executive Committee 21 



Public meetings 23 



Report on Fruit at Winter Meeting 24 



Resolutions 25 



Papers, Discussions, etc., at Winter Meeting 27 



Union Meeting — Introductory 29 



Address of Welcome, by A. L. Simpson 31 



Response by Z. A. Gilbert 32 



Paper by B. A. Burr 34 



Annual Address, by Charles S. Pope 37 



Better Care of Orchards, by J. W. True 40 



Orchard Fertilizers, by Walter Balentine 48 



Inexpensive Sources of Fertility — Poultry, by Dr. George M. 



Twitchell 53 



Swine, by Prof. J. O. Winslow 57 



Results of Spraying, by S. C. Harlow 58 



New Varieties 64 



Fruit Culture— Its Possibilities in Maine 65 



Fruit Raising in Aroostook, by Hon. James Nutting 73 



Orcharding in Franklin County, by Charles E. Wheeler 75 



Plum Culture, by Elijah Low 78 



Strawberry and Small Fruit Culture, by S. H. Dawes 81 



Varieties of Strawberries and Marketing, by Willis A. Luce 91 



The Care and Embellishment of Cemeteries, by John G. Barker. 93 



Window Gardening and Home Decoration, by W. H. Allen 100 



Home Grounds and How to Improve Them, by J. G. Barker 106 



