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In repl3' to my recent request to contribute a paper for this meet- 

 ing, one of our fruit-growers answered, that he had nothing new to 

 offer, that it would be simply a repetition of what had already 

 been said. In our opinion new phases of the problem arise year b}' 

 year. A few years ago our answer to the question, where shall I 

 plant an orchard? would have been, on some high hill. As to va- 

 riety? The Baldwin every time for profit. We should now answer, 

 on moist soil — well underdrained if necessar}^ — and we should hesi- 

 tate before recommending the Baldwin in many localities, on account 

 of its liability to attack b}^ "apple scab." The Ben Davis apple that 

 a few years ago was condemned b}^ our own Society, is now thought 

 by man}' of our prominent orchardists to be the coming apple for 

 shipment. 



Within a few years, it has been pretty thoroughly demonstrated 

 that the greater part of damage from codling moth can be prevented 

 by the use of arsenical poisons, and we have good reason to hope 

 scientific research will soon discover some methods of defending our 

 orchards from the destructive apple maggot and "apple scab.'^ 

 With reliable remedies for these three enemies of the fruit grower, 

 orcharding would receive a fresh impulse, and we hope it will shortly 

 be our privilege as a society to aid in disseminating among our 

 people such methods. 



The address of President Pope was referred to a special committee 

 consisting of D. H. Knowlton, S. L. Boardman, and L. H. Blossom. 



Mr. W. P. Atherton of Hallowell, then read the following paper: 



UTILITY vs. SENTIMENT. 



By W. P. Atherton. 



Ladies and Gentlemen : I have selected this topic for a short paper 

 not because I feel competent to deal with it, but because it appears 

 to me to be one that needs some attention. It is not a question with 

 me whether it ought to be introduced on this occasion, or whether 

 it ought to be discussed or not just now ; as to that it matters 

 not, but it does matter in the education of the race whether the 

 mind be guided rightly or wrongl}'. It does matter in the edu- 

 cation of our sons and daughters whether their minds be bent wholly 

 in the direction of the one or the other, or, neither warped by senti- 

 ment nor degraded by utility they shall receive enough of good from 

 both to make a perfect harmony. 



