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Afternoon Session. 



Ist. Revision of the Society's catalogue of apples, and other 

 fruits not previously considered. 



2d. Preparation of Select List of Fruits for Amateur Culti- 

 vators. 



Evening Session. 



Business Meeting of the Society. Reports of officers, and other 

 business postponed from the Annual Meeting in September. Re- 

 arrangement of Standing Committees, and consultation respecting 

 the operations of the Society for the ensuing year. 



In the circular notices vphich were issued, calling the meeting, 

 persons attending were requested to prepare and present concise 

 reports on the Orcharding and Nursery business of the State for 

 1875, embracing statistics of the extent and quality of production, 

 and observations on the various causes of local or general success 

 or failure, especially the climatic and atmospheric conditions and 

 the depredations of insects, — in order to enable the Society to 

 make a permanent record of the same; bat the time occupied by 

 the meeting proved inadequate to the full consideration of the 

 other topics assigned, and hence these reports were not given, 

 except so far as they are incidentally embraced in the papers and 

 discussions herewith presented. [Attention is here called to this 

 subject for the purpose of requesting members and others to make 

 careful notes and observations during the ensuing year, for future 

 presentation.] 



The meeting was called to order at the time and place desig- 

 nated, with the following introductory remarks, by the President: 



Gentlemen, members of the Maine Slate Pomological Society: 



We meet here on this occasion for the purpose of transacting 

 some routine business, and of considering such topics as the 

 Society deem important to the general interest of horticulture in 

 the State. We have selected this locality as being convenient of 

 access, and as a city renowned somewhat for its liberality in fur- 

 nishing accommodations for this and similar purposes. Our 

 Society is not popular among the general public — at least, we do 

 not draw together large numbers of people at our winter meetings 

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