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dent, and to the members of the Society over whose deliberations you 

 preside, and to all, who by their voice or presence contribute to the 

 success of these meetings, a most cordial welcome. 



Feeling doubly assured that the good results sure to flow from 

 this joint winter session, will be not only local, but as far reaching 

 as the confines of our noble State, I say to you again, Mr. President, 

 in behalf of my fellow citizens. Welcome, thrice Welcome to our 

 town. 



In behalf of the society D. H. Knowlton, Secretary, responded to 

 the address of welcome. Vice President O. C. Nelson assumed the 

 chair and introduced Mr. Charles S. Pope, who proceeded to deliver 

 his annual address. 



ANNUAL ADDRESS. 

 By Charles S. Pope, President. 



'Ladies and Gentlemen : Members of the State Pomological Soci- 

 ety, I do not propose to weary you at this time with a tedious dis- 

 sertation but simply review a little our work for the past year and 

 make a few suggestions, and then give the time to essays and 

 discussions that will prove more interesting. 



Our annual exhibition in September in connection with the State 

 Agricultural Society, we think, gave good satisfaction to all con- 

 cerned. The display was much better, in some respects than we 

 anticipated at so early a date. Fruits of all kinds were unusuall}^ 

 forward. Our late winter apples were of fair size and quite well 

 colored and even. Some varieties of out-door grapes were on exhi- 

 bition which appeared to be fully ripe. Perhaps the detriment to 

 the fruit department arising from the early date was fully com- 

 pensated by an unusuallj^ good display of flowers. 



At our earnest solicitation Mr. Geo. M. Roak of Auburn and Mr. 

 John Burr of Freeport kindly consented to send in fine collections 

 of greenhouse plants, which added very much to the attractiveness 

 of the hall. At a meeting of the trustees of the State Agricultural 

 Society in January, they made us a liberal offer to again join our 

 exhibition with theirs ; it remains for you to decide whether it is for 

 the interest of the society to accept their terms. Should you decide 

 to do so, we think it necessary to make a change in our by-laws. 

 It is impossible in our connection with the agricultural society to give 

 our annual members the privileges at our exhibition which our by- 

 laws, as they now staud, specify. 



