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lections the arrangement calls for taste, and the more attractive 

 they are made the better the chance for a premium. 



OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS. 



At the Bangor fair an informal meeting was held in the 

 council chamber. There were other exercises in City Hall and 

 the attendance was small, but a cordial welcome was extended 

 to the society by Mayor Beal, who expressed the wish that the 

 pleasant relations that had been formed during the fair might 

 be continued and that the society would always be welcome to 

 any courtesies within the gift of the city. The other exercises 

 were brief, but bore on the interests of the society and fruit 

 growers. 



During the Lewiston fair the annual meeting of the society 

 was held in the hall provided for the purpose. As the election 

 of officers required so much attention little time remained for 

 the presentation of formal lectures or addresses. In years past 

 the attendance has been good, but this year a drenching rain 

 poured down, and people who had shelter were wise to 

 enjoy it. As it was, the enthusiasm of the members brought 

 out a good delegation. After listening to informal reports 

 from the officers and electing officers for 1897, Messrs. Gil- 

 bert, Pope and others spoke, congratulating the members 

 upon the prosperity of the society and the wide influence it was 

 exerting in the State. 



OUR WINTER MEETING. 



Invitations for our winter meeting came in from Freeport, 

 Rumford Falls, Winthrop, Skowhegan and Augusta. In each 

 instance assurances came with the invitation of local co-opera- 

 tion. It was hard for the committee to determine which locality 

 offered the greatest inducements. In accepting the invitation 

 extended by Winthrop Grange to hold the meeting in Win- 

 throp the committee felt it would be especially agreeable to the 

 older members to return to the place where the society had its 

 birth. The reception given by the members of the grange and 

 the citizens was very cordial. Messrs. J. Henry Moore, R. 

 Alden and F. C. Robie, serving as a committee for Winthrop 



