Maine State Pomological Society, 



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TRANSACTIONS FOR 1878. 



For the first time since the organization of the Society, it 

 becomes necessary to present the annual report of its transactions 

 without the record of a Winter Meeting, — the one held at Win- 

 throp in February 187^, being, in accordance with the usage of 

 tile Society, regarded as a part of the Transactions of the preced- 

 ing 3-ear, and fully reported in the Report for 1877. 



Arrangements were undertaken by the Executive Committee, 

 and a place selected for holding such a meeting in the early part 

 of 1879, but were defeated, by unavoidable circumstances, at too 

 late a day to admit of the selection ot another place. It is 

 believed, however, that notwithstanding the omission, for a single 

 year, of this important part of the Society's work, the interest of 

 the members and of the public in the objects of our organization 

 has continued without abatement. 



For the reason given, the present report will be devoted mainly 

 to the annual exhibition and the other details required by law. 



With a single exception, the County reports provided for as 

 stated in last year's proceedings, have not been presented to the 

 Secretiry. The want of the statistical and general information 

 which these reports should furnish, (and which would give to the 

 Society's Transactions a local interest in every part of the State), 

 renders it impossible to give a satisfactory statement ot the 

 progress and practical results of the business of fruit culture in 

 the State for the year. 



It may be said, however, that the entire season was favorable, 

 in all essential respects, to the production and development oi all 

 the varieties of fruit that ordinarily admit of profitable cultivation 

 in the State ; and the production was far in excess of the average of 

 former years, — probably in excess of that of any former year. 

 And while the cultivators enjoyed no immunity from the ordinary 



