CONTEXTS. 



List of Officers for 1884 2 



" 1885 3 



List of Members 4 



Secretary's Report 6 



Entries and Premiums at Annual Exhibition 10 



Proceedings of Winter Meeting 24 



Address of Welcome and Reply 24, 25 



President's Address 26 



Fruit Culture in Maine, by J. W. Lang 30 



Discussion on the Same 36 



Poem, by J. M. l.arrabee 43 



The Nursery Business in Maine, by W. P. Atherton 45 



Discussion on the Same 53 



Treasurer's Report for 1884 57 



Election of Officers for 1885 58 



Report on Exhibition of Fruit at New Orleans 59 



Combatting the Round-Headed Borer, bj' C. G. Atkins G3 



Defects in Orchard Management, by L. H. Blossom 68 



Report of Committee on President's Address 70 



' " " - New Fruits 71 



" " Exhibition at Winter Meeting 72 



Extracts from Letters received at Winter Meeting 77 



Discussion of Varieties of Apples 78 



" on Evaporation of Fruits, ic 84 



Obituary Notices 90 



Inaex 97 



