CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Transactions for the^Year 1888-9 1 



Officers for 1889 2 



Members of the^Society 4 



Treasurer's Eeport 6 



Report of Annuat. Exhibition 7 



List of Premiums Awarded 9 



Business Transactions 17 



Meetings of Executive Committee 17 



Report on Fruits at Winter Meeting 18 



Resolutions on State Exi^eriment Station 19 



Vote of Tiianks 20 



Papers, Discussions, etc., at Winter Meeting r 21 



Introductory 23 



Opening Exercises 24 



Annual Address, by the President, Clias. S. Pope 25 



Annuals for Lawn Decoration, by Miss L. M. Pope 30 



Pomological Thoughts and Fancies, by Miss L. M. Taylor 34 



Field Work, by D. H. Knowlton 36 



Cross-Fertilization, etc 43 



Diseases Attacking our Fruits, by S. T. Maynard 48 



Propagation and Improvement of the Apple, by Frank Bowman, GO 



How to Plant and Grow an Orchard, by H. W. Brown 66 



Money in Small Fruits, by J. 11. Hale 70 



The Culture of Small Fruits, by A. J. Tolman 90 



Picking, Storing and Packing Apples, by John W. True 102 



New Fruits, by L. H. Blossom 108 



New Pears, Plums and Grapes, by D. P. True 110 



Report of Committee on New Fruits Ill 



Report of Committee on Revision of Fruit Catalogue 113 



Fruit Catalogue and Description of Fruits 120 



