CONTENTS 



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Ofificers for 1909 2 



Members — Life 5 



Annual 6 



Report of Executive Committee 7 



Treasurer 9 



Annual Meeting 11 



Address of Welcome, by J. A. Roberts 12 



Response, by Edward L. White 14 



Annual Address, by President W. Craig 16 



Report of Secretary 18 



Resolutions 19 



Better Fruit for New England, by E. Cyrus Miller 20 



Some Essentials for Successful Co-operation Among Maine Fruit 



Growers, by Prof. W. D. Hurd 35 



Remarks by L. S. Merrill 48 



Orchard Tillage, by Prof. V. R. Gardner 50 



The Cry of the Orchard, by Dr. G. M. Twitchell 57 



What We Can Learn from the New England Fruit Show, by 



E. F. Hitchings 66 



Remarks by Dr. Geo. E. Fellows 75 



Address to Young People, by Prof. V. R. Gardner 79 



Progress in the Study of Apple Diseases at the Maine Experi- 

 ment Station, by Charles E. Lewis 81 



Starting the Orchard, by E. Cyrus Miller 91 



Remarks by D. H. Knowlton 102 



The Gypsy Moth, by E. E. Philbrook 107 



Growing and Marketing Fruit, by R. L. Cummings 113 



