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obstacles and dilliculties which attend this as well as all other 

 employments, there was an entire freedom from those phenomenal 

 disasters which sometimes destroy an entiie crop and baffle the 

 skill of the best cultivators. 



The Sixth Annual Exhibition 



of the Societ}' was held in the City Hall atLevviston, on the 24th, 

 2r)th and 2()th days of September 1878, and embraced the depart- 

 ments of fruit, fiowers and vegetables. The total amount of 

 premiums offered was $751.00; and the amount awarded was 

 $171.25. Number of entries, 1,042. The classification of prem- 

 iums and the rules governing the exhibition were,substantially the 

 same as those of the previous year, and proved to be generally 

 satisfactory. 



. This being the first exhibition held by the Society in Andros- 

 coggin County, and at a place easy of access to the best fruit- 

 growing regions of the State, and in a year of great productive- 

 ness, justified the hope' of an extensive and profitable exhibition. 

 This hope was fully realized in the first respect named, and par- 

 tially so in the second. There were among the exhibitors many 

 new ones, both of large and small collections, who, though some- 

 times failing (as new exhibitors are apt to do.) in the observance 

 of the strict rules which have been found essential to the success 

 of such an exhibition, made most creditable exhibitions, and were 

 gladly welcomed. The "veteran exhibitors" were also in attend- 

 ance with collections of fruit, showing the good results of years 

 of experience and study both as producers and exhibitors. There 

 were also present as spectators and guests, a considerable number 

 of the people of Lewiston and Auburn prominent in professional, 

 literary and social life ; but, as usual, the attendance of the gen- 

 eral public was quite limited, and the receipts were barely suffi- 

 cient to cover the expenses. The details of the receipts and 

 expenditures will be found in the appended reports of the Treas- 

 lU'er and Executive Committee. 



The exhibition of apples and pears was unquestionably the 

 largest and best ever made by this or any other Society in the 

 State. The grapes shown were generally excellent in quality, but 

 not as abundant as at some former exhibitions. There was almost 

 an entire absence of plums, (although the crop was abundant), 

 owing: to the fact that the exhibition was held too late to admit of 



