CONTENTS. 



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Report of Secretary 3 



Officers for 1897 10 



Members of the Society, Life 11 



Annual 12 



Treasurer's Report 14 



Business Transactions 18 



Premiums Awarded at Bangor Exhibition 23 



at Lewiston Exhibition 31 



at Winter Meeting 45 



Public Meetings 49 



Programs 51 



Bangor Meeting 52 



Mayor Beal's Remarks 53 



Discussions 54 



Winter Meeting at Winthrop 62 



Address of Welcome, by J. Henry Moore 62 



Response 69 



President's Annual Address, by John W. True 71 



The Russets of Maine, by Hon. Z. A. Gilbert 76 



Small Fruits for Home Use, by L. F. Abbott 90 



Best Method of Growing the Strawberry and the Rasp- 

 berry, by Chas. S. Pope 96 



Jelly Making, by Alanson S. Grant 99 



Fruit as Food, by Anna Barrows 103 



Principles Involved in Marketing, by Phineas Whittier. . . . 156 



Home Market, by W. H. Keith in 



Shipping Fruit to Foreign Market, by W. P. Atherton 113 



The Foreign Apple Markets, by Alfred W. Otis 118 



Hardy Roses, by Ernest Saunders 124 



Plant Study, by L. M. Felch 127 



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