22 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE WINTER MEETING. 



The fifth annual Winter Meeting of the Society was held 

 at the Town Hall in Winthrop, February 27th and 28th and 

 March 1st, 1878, by adjournment from time to time, of 

 the annual meeting, and in accordance with notice duly 

 issued. 



The order of exercises, as announced, was substantially 

 carried out, although some topics of minor importance were 

 withheld for want of time, and some others by tlie absence of 

 the persons to whom they had been assigned. 



The sessions were well attended and a good degree of 

 interest manifested in the proceedings. As usual at the 

 Winter Meetings of the Society, there was an exhibition of 

 winter fruit and a few cut flowers, &c. The Diploma awarded 

 to the Society by the Centennial Commission was placed on 

 exhibition in the hall. 



FIRST DAY— Evening Session. 



The Society assembled at the time appointed, and was 

 called to order by the President, who briefly stated the pur- 

 poses of the meeting, and invited all present to participate in 

 the exercises. 



Mr. B. C. ToESEY of Winthrop, welcomed the Society in 

 behalf of the citizens, in an. elaborate address, alluding at 

 length to the early history of the town and its agricultural 

 organizations, its advanced position in all moral and intellect- 

 ual movements, its material jDrosperity, and particularly to 

 its extensive and successful efibrts in fruit culture. Mr. 

 Torsey's address was listened to with close attention, and 

 was briefly replied to in behalf of the Society by the Presi- 

 dent and Secretary. 



