TABLE OF COl^TEN^TS. 



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Report op the Secretary : 



Work of the Year 1 



Catalogue of Fruits 3 



Correspondence, Library, &o 4 



Second Annual Exhibition '. 5 



Opening Address of the President, Z. A. Gilbert 8 



Anntjal Address, by Hon. W. W. Thomas, Jr 12 



Annual Meeting : 21 



The Fruit Supper 22 



Details of the Annual Exhibition 24 



List of entries 26 



• Premiums awarded — Apples 29 



Pears 31 



Grapes 32 



Plums, Peaches, &c 33 



Miscellaneous, Flowers 34 



Vegetables 36 



Proceedings of the Winter Meeting : 



First Day — Programme 37 



Report of the Committee on Catalogue of Fruits 38 



Discussion on Apples 42 



Letter from Calvin Chamberlain, Esq 49 



Discussion on Orchard Culture 50 



On Floriculture and Ornamental Gardening, by Rev. J. A. Varney 56 



Report of Committee on Flower Gardens 62 



Plan presented by Mrs. A. A. Sawyer 62 



Plan presented by Mrs. L. S. Say ward 68 



Exhibition of Winter Fruits, Business Meeting 70 



Report on the Exhibition of Fruit at the Winter Meeting 73 



Report op the Corresponding Secretary, Dr. J. C. Weston of Bangor 75 



American Pomological Society 76 



Report on Pear Blight 80 



Causes of the Exhaustion of Fruit Trees 81 



Orchard of R. L. Pell 82 



Science of Pomology 85 



Selection and Preparation of Soil for Orchards 87 



Planting and setting of Apple Trees " 88 



Pruning and mulching 89 



Scraping, washing, and care of trees 90 



Harvesting Apples and Profits of Orchards 91 



