36 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



privilege, as well as a great pleasure, to present to you 

 the cordial greetings of the members of the Maine Pomo- 

 logical Society. I cannot express my disappointment at 

 this outcome of long cherished plans to be with you on 

 this occasion. 



Accept from the Maine Pomological Society its best 

 wishes for your continued success as an organization, and 

 from myself a personal word of encouragement for every 

 eflfort intended to further the fruit interests of New Eng- 

 land. 



Maine pomologists are deeply interested in establish- 

 ing annual conferences among New England fruit grow- 

 ers. Set apart as we are, it seems eminently wise that we 

 meet frequently together to discuss questions of mutual 

 interest and to cultivate that spirit of united research 

 which must inevitably lead to more concerted action, and 

 a volume of inflvience otherwise impossible. Not as a dis- 

 tinct organization is this suggested, but simply a gather- 

 ing of representatives from all New England societies at 

 some one of the annual pomological sessions, that the in- 

 fluence and enthusiasm of these meetings may be made 

 to cement closer the workers, and thus strengthen, as 

 individual efforts cannot, interest in the great problems 

 confronting New England fruit growers. Conditions are 

 all the while changing from simple to more complex and 

 this increasing complexity forces a study and considera- 

 tion not demanded formerly. 



It is desired that each society provide for representa- 

 tion, said representatives to be requested to present at 

 said conferences subjects of special interest to the several 

 state societies, one session of each annual gathering of the 

 -organized society where conference is held, to be devoted 

 to the consideration of subjects presented by the delegates. 

 The coming into Maine in November of delegates from 

 five distinct fruit organizations added greatly to the inter- 

 est in our annual fruit sessions, and I have been assured 

 hy a large number of our members that this visit and the 



