INTRODUCTOEY NOTE. 



This, the second annual report of the transactions of the Maine 

 State Pomological Society, is presented in the full belief (on the 

 part of the undersigned) that its contents will meet the expectations 

 and merit the careful consideration of the Society and the public. 



It differs from its predecessor, in containing less of generaliza- 

 tion and more of practical, specific detail — less of my individual 

 work and more of the results of the work of the Society and its 

 committees. In this connection the Catalogue of Fruits for the 

 State, the descriptive list of apples, and the valuable report of the 

 Corresponding Secretary, contained in this volume, are worthy of 

 special attention. 



My own part in the preparation of this report has been chiefly 

 editorial, and my acknowledgements are due to the several per- 

 sons who have taken part in the preparation of the matter here- 

 with presented, for their promptness and courtesy. 



G. B. SAWYER. 



WiscASSET, March 6, 1875. 



