MAINE STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Annual Exhibition of 1886. 



The fourteenth annual exhibition of the Maine State Pomological 

 Society was held at Lewiston, September 14 to 17, 1886, in connec- 

 tion with the annual exhibition of the Maine State Agricultural 

 Society. The exhibit of the Society was placed upon the third floor 

 of the large exhibition hall on State Fair Park, three wings of which 

 were entirely given up to the Society's use, thus making one-third 

 more floor and table space occupied by the exhibits than was the case 

 at the fair of 1885. The exhibits were also more attractively ar- 

 ranged than at any previous fair, the location of the tables in the 

 South Wing of the large hall having been changed, in order to give 

 some variety to the displays, and the collections of cut flowers here- 

 tofore shown in the end of the North Wing were moved to the centre 

 of the hall. The light was not quite as good here as it was in the 

 old position, but what was lost in this respect was gained in variet}- 

 of arrangement and the pleasing effect of a change in the appear- 

 ance of the hall. A floral arch opening from the East Wing to the 

 centre of the hall was another pleasing change in arrangement 

 from previous years, and was admirably fitted up under direction of 

 President Pope and with the assistance of Mr. Geo. M. Roak of 

 Auburn. 



The various collective exhibits of the Society, as for instance, the 

 State, county and single variety exhibits, were each arranged by 

 themselves, and all were most attractively displa3'ed. For the best 

 general exhibition of apples there were thirteen entries. In the 

 class of count}' collections, the following-named counties did not 

 exhibit, viz : Aroostook, Hancock, PiscataquiSf Washington and 

 York. In the class of best five autumn apples there were thirteen 



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