STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 17 



Proceedings of the AYiuter Meeting. 



The ninth "Winter Meeting of the Society, (being an adjournment 

 of the annual meeting which was held at Lewiston, September 20, 

 1883), was held at Leniont Hall in Brunswick, on the 22d and 

 23d days of January, 1884, in connection with a Farmers' Institute 

 under the direction of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture. 



In point of number and interest of the members and other 

 persons attending, as well as in the importance of the subjects con- 

 sidered, the meeting compared favorabl}- with any previous "Winter 

 Meeting. The division of the time between the Society and the 

 Board of Agriculture rendered it impossible to give to all of tlie 

 subjects presented as much attention as some of the members thought 

 desirable, and prevented the reading of a portion of the papers 

 prepared for presentation. These circumstances led to some unfa- 

 vorable criticism afterv:ards : but it is easier to find fault with what 

 has been done than to foresee difficulties — and it is respectfully 

 submitted that a busy meeting, in which the time is fully occupied, 

 even if some matters of secondary importance are excluded, i-^ 

 better than one at which the interest lags and members have to b< 

 urged to "occupy the time." There are also important ecouomica! 

 considerations atfecting both the Society and the individuals attending, 

 in favor of a joint meeting. There was no subject presented in the 

 programme, in either department, undeserving of the attention of 

 any person attending, whatever his own specialty might be. But 

 the subject, with respect to future meetings, is in the hands of the 

 members, and the Executive Committee desire nothing more earnestly 

 than that they will make their wishes known with respect to this and 

 all other questions affectiug the management of the Society's affairs, 

 at a proper time and in an appropriate manner. 



Three sessions were held on each of the two days of the meeting, 

 and the following is an abstract of the record, showing how the time 

 was occupied : 



