104 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



EVENING SESSION. 



BUSINESS MEETING OF THE SOCIETY. 



A business meeting of the Society was held at 6.30 o'clock, pre- 

 ceding the public session, President Pope in the chair. 



Z. A. Gilbert, L. H. IJlossom and S L. Boarduian were appointed 

 a eotnniittee to consult with the managers of tlie Maine State Agri- 

 cultural Societ}'' in reference to enlai'ged accommodations for the 

 proper displa}' of the horticultural exliibit next autumn. 



Mr. S. R. Sweetser, from the committee on the fruit exhibited, 

 reported the following specimens contributed b^' the several parties 

 mentioned: R. H. Gardiner, Gardiner, seven varieties; D. J. 

 Briggs, South Turner, thirteen ; Albion Kicker, Turner, six ; John 

 M. Jones, Turner Centre, six; D. H. Knowlton, Farmingtou, five; 



C. H. Moody, Turner, two; AV". P. Atherton, HallovvelU seven; R. 



D. Leavitt, North Turner Bridge, five ; L. H Blossom, Turner Cen- 

 tre, thirteen ; N. W. Adams, Turner Centre, two ; D. House, North 

 Turner, six; G. W. Blossom, Turner Centre, fourteen; F. E. 

 Nowell, Fairfield, nine ; Rufus Prince, Tuiuer Centre, eight ; O. 

 C. Nelson, Upper Gloucester, six; S. R. Sweetser, Cumberland 

 Centre, five; A. E. Bradford, Turner Centre, one. 



D. H. Knowlton, for the committee on the President's address, 

 presented the following report: — 



Your committee to whom was referred for further consideration 

 the annual address of the President, having attended to the duty 

 assigned them, beg leave to report: — 



The suggestions made in the address are excellent and deserving 

 of careful study by the fruit growers of the State. For the con- 

 sideration of fruit growers in particular we call special attention to 

 those portions of the address urging the importance of obtaining 

 good nursery stock, of uniting together for the purpose of gaining 

 more knowledge of fruit growing and securing better prices for fruit. 



For further action of this Society we recommend, 



1st. That a special committee on nomenclature be appointed by 

 the President, to serve at the annual exhibition, whose duty it shall 

 be to name, as far as possible, the varieties exhibited "■ibr name," 

 and to correct those wrongl}- named. 



