Maine State Pomological Society. 



Report of the Nineteenth Annual Exhibition Held in 

 Lewiston, September 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, 1891. 



In accordance with recent custom the Society again joined with 

 the Maine State Agricultural Society in holding a consolidated fair 

 in Lewiston on the State Fair Grounds, September 7-11, 1891. 



There have been larger displays of fruit, but the care of the 

 exhibitors in selecting specimens for exhibition and arranging them 

 upon the tables made the fair one of the most attractive to visitors. 



The time was a little early to show fruit to the best advantage, 

 but there was a profusion of flowers which were so arranged as to 

 relieve the sameness of continuous fruit displa3's. The work of the 

 committees was done promptly and with general satisfaction. So far 

 as the officers know every one having aught to do with the pomo- 

 logical exhibition was well pleased. 



Four counties — York, Washington, Piscataquis and Hancock — 

 were not represented in the fruit exhibitions. Much regret was 

 expressed in consequence, especially as the fruit shown from York 

 county at our winter meeting was of excellent quality. We hope 

 these counties may be represented at future exhibitions. The efforts 

 of the Society to enforce its rules relative to the number of specimens 

 of the ditferent varieties meet with the approval of exhibitors. 



It was a pleasure to have among our exhibitors, Mr. Elijah Low 

 of Bangor, one of the oldest members of the Society. His exhibi- 

 tion of plums was one of the best ever shown at our exhibition. It 

 is a pleasure to state that he also won honors in Massachusetts, 

 receiving from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society a silver 

 medal for best collection of plums. To those interested in plum 

 culture we commend his paper on the subject published in last 

 year's transactions. 



