34 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



EVENING. 



Our Chosen Family, Willis A. Luce, South Union. 



Pear Culture, 8. H. Dawes, Harrison. 



Thursday, A. M. 

 Experiments in Spraying, 



W. M. Munson, Professor of Horticulture, State College 



AFTERNOON. 



Grape Culture, Henry W. Brown, Concord, Mass. 



Selling Our Fruit, 



Chas. E. Wheeler, Ex-Member of the Board of Agriculture, Chesterville. 



EVENING. 



Fruit Growing in Maine Compared with other Agricultural Industries, 



L. F. Abbott, Agricultural Editor, Lewiston Journal. 

 How Shall We Keep the Boys on the Farm? 



Prof. Elijah Cook, Manchester. 



The papers and addresses were followed by discussions which were 

 joined in by a large number of fruit growers from various parts of 

 the Slate. The papers and discussions bore directly on practical 

 fruit topics and were listened to with interest. 



The exhibition of fruits though not as large as at some former 

 meetings was of excellent qualit}'. This is especially true with 

 reference to Yellow Bellflowers, Tompkins King, Baldwins and one 

 or two other varieties. It was a pleasure to note the fine fruit shown 

 by the fruit growers in and about Cornish. Several varieties were 

 especially deserving of notice. 



The officers of the Society desire to express their gratitude to the 

 officers of the Ossipee Valley Agricultural Society and the citizens of 

 Cornish, for their heartj'^ co-operation in carrying on the meetings. 

 Interest in the meetings increased until the last and all seemed well- 

 pleased with the results. The Portland Press and Eastern Argus 

 were represented by special reporters and gave extended reports of 

 each session. Other papers in the State were represented and gave 

 excellent reports of the meetings. 



It should be borne in mind by the reader that the papers and dis- 

 cussions following are the ideas of individual fruit growers, and do 

 not necessarily bear the approval of the Society. They are, how- 

 ever, the results of large experience in fruit growing and deserving 

 of careful consideration. 



