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and black cap are indifferent. Cuthbert raspberry moder- 

 ately benefitted. White currant not helped while cherry 

 currant is decidedly helped, and the gooseberry even more 

 so. 



Both the speakers were questioned after their talks and 

 it was a very profitable occasion. The Secretary regrets 

 that both of these are not to be published in full. 



BUSINESS SESSION 2 P. M. 



The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock by Pres. 

 H. L. Frost and Chairman Dr. F. Earland Gilson of Groton 

 reported for the committee on nominations (Dr. Gilson, 

 Groton; Ethan Brooks, W. Springfield; E. R. Farrar, So. 

 Lincoln; M. Morse, Medway; F. A. Russell, Methuen.) 



It was voted that the Secretary cast one ballot for the 

 list as read and the following were declared elected. 



(For list of officers see front page). 



President Frost referred to the local co-operative asso- 

 ciations in Maine with a large association to come later and 

 called on all to work for the continued growth of the 

 Association and for quality in the fruit grown so prizes 

 might be won at the New England Fruit Show at Boston. 



Secretary's report was then read, accepted and 

 placed on file. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT 



STATISTICS. ' Our by-laws require that a list of the 

 members be kept each year and on going over this member- 

 ship book recently the Secretary found that up to March 

 1910 only 72 pages had been required to enter these names, 

 while since then 73 pages have been covered, or in other 

 words, during the last three years the Secretary's Office has 

 taken care of more than in the previous 15 years. 



The Treasurer's report for 1910 showed an income from 

 137 membership. The next year showed $285; this 100% 

 increase being due largely to the publishing of the report 

 for the years 1906-10. 1912 showed 553 paid membership 

 still another 100% increase, while for 1913 we show an in- 

 come of $919 of which $28 is for the sale of lists or 891 

 memberships. 



