STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



made their appearance. They did not come from Maine, so it 

 becomes my duty only to emphasize the lesson the loss to the 

 shippers caused. The wisest course is not to allow a barrel of 

 inferior fruit to leave the farm under any circumstances, and the 

 growers, if they will, can control this fully. Your secretary 

 hopes the fruit growers of Maine will do it. 



D. H. KNOWLTON, Secretary. 



