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Grange, were active in their efiforts and spared neither labor 

 nor expense to provide for all the details as they appeared. 



Of the programme arranged for the meeting, the Secretary 

 may be permitted to say that it proved a very popular one and 

 with the presentation of each paper new interest was awakened. 

 It was particularly noticeable, that notwithstanding the pre-, 

 vailing low prices of fruit, there was no evidence of discourage- 

 ment, for all seemed enthusiastic for the future. A full report 

 of the papers and discussions may be found in the following 

 pages of the transactions. 



The exhibition of fruit was very large, nearly every county 

 in the State being represented. The tables were crowded with 

 fruit, which was of exceptionally good quality. There was an 

 interesting collection of apples from the Experiment Station and 

 another exhibition that had many admirers was shown by Mr. 

 J. H. Reid of Frederickton, N. B. The specimens were large 

 and free from imperfections. The collection of cranberries 

 consisted of nine entries, which were well preserved. A jar of 

 Mountain cranberries was shown by the Secretary, which grew 

 either in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia. The perfection of 

 this fruit afiforded the best of evidence that Maine can raise 

 good cranberries and the interest was an evidence that soon 

 we shall have no need of sending to the Cape for this delicious 

 fruit. The exhibition of apple jellies was large and attractive. 

 The collection shown by Mrs. Benson Grant consisted of 

 twenty-five or more tumblers, made of as many different varie- 

 ties of apple. There were several tumblers in which the apple 

 was used as the base and then flavored with pine apple, lemon, 

 raspberry or some other fruit. The rare qualities of the jellies 

 shown in this exhibit are suggestive of a possible outlet for 

 much fruit that now yields the growers little profit. 



D. H. KNOWLTON, Secretary. 

 Farmineton. 



