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prevailing among those orchardists has enabled them to select 

 varieties to suit their localities, and they are meeting with the highest 

 success in that direction at the present time. With respect to 

 the famous Count}' of Aroostook, I must acknowledge that I 

 had my fears with regard to the success of the business in that 

 locality. But as time goes on, as they learn from experience, even 

 then there is verj' much more of encouragement in this direction 

 than existed a few years ago, and the effort of the Society to intro- 

 duce some of the new varieties there, adapted to the localit}', has 

 already manifested itself in better fruit trees and in a considerable 

 abundance of fruit in certain localities, giving promise that in course 

 of time that count}' is to supply itself with fruit. So we are able 

 to say that the whole State is embraced and interested in this in- 

 dustr}*". Thus while we meet here to-day in this central locality, 

 we may bear in mind that our work is not confined in its effects to 

 this section of the State, but that it is a wide-spread influence, 

 reaching to our furthermost borders. 



While possibly, as the speaker has said, fruit culture has not 

 assumed that special importance here that it has in some localities, 

 still we know that there are those here interested in the business 

 and meeting with success, and that this locality is not an exception 

 in this regard. So we have much to encourage us, and for CA-er}' 

 word of s^'mpathy and ever}' expression of welcome which may 

 come from any locality, and especially here and now, we wish to 

 extend our thanks. 



ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT, HON. ROBERT H. 

 GARDINER. 



Gentlemen of the PomoJogkal Societij^ Ladies and Gentlemen : 



It is announced in the [)rogramme that an address may be expected 

 this afternoon from the President. I am sorry to say that he is not 

 prepared to make a formal address, but instead will venture to sav 

 a few words upon 



ORCHARDING. 



There are so many admirable books with full directions for form- 

 ing an orchard, and giving all the requirements for success, and so 

 much too is constantly appearing in our ably conducted agricultural 

 papers, that it may seem a work of supererogation to discuss the 

 suV)ject here, and yet inquiries are so often made by lieginners, it 

 has seemed to me that a few words upon the mode of pn'|)aring an 



