32 STATE POMOLOQICAL SOCIETY 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE WINTER MEETING. 



The third Annual Winter Meeting of the Society was held at 

 the Common Council Room in the City Building, in Lewiston, 

 commencing on Tuesday, F'ebruary 22, 1876, at 1 o'clock P. M., 

 and was designed to embrace a General Fruit Growers' Conven- 

 tion, and an Exhibition of Winter Fruit for study and comparison. 



All members of the Society, and others interested in its objects, 

 either as Fruit Growers, Horticulturists or Florists — ladies included 

 — were invited to be present. It was hoped that the appointment 

 of this meeting at the centre of one of the best fruit-growing 

 sections of the State, would induce a large attendance, but the 

 result proved otherwise. 



The programme of the meeting embraced the following subjects: 



TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 



Afternoon Session. 



1st. Annual Address by the President, Z, A. Gilbert, of East 

 Turner. 



2d. Orcharding as a Business, by Alfred Smith, of Monmouth. 

 3d. General Discussion of the same subject. 



Evening Session. 



1st. Cherries in Maine, by Granville Fernald, of Harrison. 

 2d. Small Fruits, by Lyman F. Abbott, of Wilton. 

 3d. Discussion on " Small Fruits," and revision of the Society's 

 catalogue of the same. 



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 

 Morning Session. 



1st. Discussion on Pear Culture in Maine. To be opened by 

 Henry McLaughlin, of Bangor; embracing the revision of the 

 catalogue of pears. 



2d. Report of the Corresponding Secretary, Dr. J. C. Weston, 

 of Bangor. 



