Maine State Pomological Society. 



Report of the Twentieth Annual Exhibition held in 

 Lewiston, September 6, 7, 8 and 9, 1892. 



Our annual exhibition was held in Lewiston September 6-9, 1892. 

 It was held in connection with the annual show and fair of the 

 Maine State Agricultural Society, and upon the same terms as in 

 former j^ears. There is, perhaps, only one criticism that can be 

 justly passed upon this arrangement, and that is the early date at 

 which the fair is held. Many of our best fruits cannot be shown to 

 advantage, as they are immature, poorly colored, and only partially 

 grown at that time. To show these fruits to the best advantage 

 the exhibition should be held not earlier than the fifteenth of 

 October. It would not be practicable to hold a separate exhibition, 

 and we see no way in which the present plan can be very much 

 improved. There is one advantage, however, the earliness of the 

 fair secures a large exhibition of open-air flowers and plants that 

 could not be shown after the frosts. 



The entire third floor of the hall was given to our Society, and 

 the officers of the Agricultural Society expressed themselves as 

 well pleased with the manner in which the hall was filled. For the 

 purpose of making the hall as attractive as possible, the flowers 

 were scattered about the hall. There were some disadvantages in 

 this arrangement, as the specimens could not be so readily com- 

 pared by the judges. As a matter of convenience it may be better 

 to have one or two of the wings devoted to plants and flowers. 

 The exhibition of fruit was very large, and among those who were 

 present to examine them were several buyers who have since bought 

 large quantities of Maine fruit for their customers. As already 

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