STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 19 



The general workings of the society have been about the same 

 as usual. We have held two field meetings, one in June at East 

 Hebron, in connection with the East Hebron Grange and one at 

 Highmoor Farm in October. I presume many of you were at 

 these meetings. They were simply ordinary day meetings, the 

 forenoon given over to orchard research and demonstration, 

 the afternoon filled up with a program. The Highmoor Farm 

 field meeting, thanks to Dr. Woods, I think was the largest and 

 most profitable meeting the society ever had. Dr. Woods took 

 full charge of the program in making the arrangements, and we 

 certainly appreciated it. 



We have had, I think, four meetings of the executive com- 

 mittee this year, one in December, closing up the business of 

 last year and making plans for this year, one 'in Augusta in 

 February, one at East Hebron, and one at Highmoor, bur no 

 special business aside from the making of the plans for this 

 annual meeting. 



Dr. Twitchell: I wish I could feel that I was entitled 

 to the credit which the secretary has given me, but justice de- 

 mands that credit for framing the law which we have on our 

 statute books be located elsewhere. It is true that there was 

 placed in my hands for two or three years the work of arousing 

 sentiment in the pomological societies of New England, with a 

 view to uniform legislation, but credit for the law which was 

 prepared and which has met the approval of our best fruit men 

 belongs to the fruit growers of Oxford County, and I want them 

 to have it. 



President CRy\iG : I certainly was pleased to know and see 

 the interest that Oxford people took in that work last spring, 

 but I don't know whether I should go quite as far as Dr. 

 Twitchell in stating it was all Oxford County. I think An- 

 droscoggin County had a little share in the business, and we 

 don't want to feel that anybody had any special monopoly. We 

 are practicing co-operation. We are all working together, and 

 that is the way we want to do in Maine. To get what we are 

 after we must all work together. 



The following resolutions were presented by the committee 

 and adopted. 



Whereas, the State of Alaine has purchased in the town of 



