STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. I49 



every rural interest with the same devotion to tlie farm home 

 as characterized his every act. 



For more than forty years he was the recognized agricultural 

 leaider of Maine, always true to the best interests of the every- 

 day, practical worker in field, barn, orchard, dairy and home. 



Tihe sincerest tribute we can offer will be the evident purpose 

 of doing our work with the same devotion, intelligence and 

 loyalty that dominated his life. 



G. M. TWITCHELL. 



