136 STATE POMOLOQICAL SOCIETY. 



REPORT OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 



DB. J. C. WESTON OP BANGOR 



Your Corresponding Secretary, in presenting the required an- 

 nual report, would state that he has not been furnished this year 

 with many or voluminous publications from which he could select 

 materials of special interest, but hopes it will be his privilege to 

 announce hereafter that kindred societies of the United States 

 freely and promptly give us the records of their annual tr^ansac- 

 tions in exchange for our own. 



Copies of the Second Annual Report of the Maine State Porao- 

 logical Society, 1874, were sent to the Secretaries of nearly all of 

 the Pcmological and Horticultural Societies of the country ; also . 

 to the leading Agricultural and Horticultural Journals, and to 

 prominent pomologists. 



We are happy to acknowledge that we have already received in 

 exchange the Report, 1873-4, of the Pennsylvania Fruit Growers' 

 Society ; the Proceedings, 1875, of the Florida Fruit Growers' 

 Association; the Transactions, 1874, of the Mass Horticultural 

 Society; the Seventh and Eighth Annual Reports, 1873-4 and 

 1874-5, of the Ohio State Horticultural Society; the Proceedings 

 of the Annual Meetings, 1874 and 1875, of the Western New York 

 Horticultural Society ; the Reports, 1873 and 1874, and Monthly 

 Reports of the National Department of Agriculture ; the Transac- 

 tions of Wisconsin Horticultural Society, 1870-74; the Transac- 

 tions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, 1866-74; the 

 Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, 1875, of the Nebraska State 

 Horticultural Society ; and the Transactions of the Michigan State 

 Pomological Society for 1871, '72 and '73. 



From these, such selections have been made for this report as 

 seem to convey the most useful practical information to the Maine 

 Pomological Society. 



One of the most important questions which demands the careful 

 consideration of the pomologist who would succeed in the cultiva- 

 tion of fruit trees, is, *"Whai is the best preparation of gy^ound for 

 an orchard ? ' ' 



We are frequently pointed to the hoalth3' and stalwart growth of 

 natural trees as evidence in favor of imitating nature, and against 

 much, if any, artificial preparation of soil. We also find many 

 ♦ H. M. Engle, Report Penn. Fruit Growers' Societj, 1873-4. 



