30 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



A Demonstration in Apple Cookery, 



Miss Anna Barrows, School of Domestic Science, Boston. 



This was a lecture illustrating the process of making palatable 



dishes in which fruit is used. Miss Barrows used a stove and 



showed results. 



Music. 



WEDNESDAY A. M. 



Paper, Charles E. Wheeler, Chesterville. 



Discussion. 



Plum Culture, S. D. Willard, Geneva, N. Y. 



Discussion. 



WEDNESDAY P. M. 



The Orchard, 



Conducted by Charles S. Pope, and J. W. True, New Gloucester. 



Discussion. 



WEDNESDAY EVENING. 



Music. 

 Children and Plants, Mrs. Helen B. C. Beedy, Bangor. 



Music. 

 Home Surroundings, Professor W. M. Munson, State College. 



Music. 



PAPERS, DISCUSSIONS, Etc., AT THE STATE FAIR MEETING. 



VARIETIES OF SMALL FRUITS BEST ADAPTED TO MAINE. 



It is very gratifying to note here that the culture of small fruits in 

 the State has very largely increased within the past ten years. 

 Largely through the efforts of our society the people of the State 

 have been taught the how of small fruit culture, and they have also 

 become aware of the fact that small fruits will do as well in Maine 

 as in other parts of the country. There is now a general feeling 

 among our people that it is possible for all who ma}' have the land 

 to grow what small fruits thej' want and some to spare. A few 

 years ago Maine farmers would tell you that they did not have time 

 to plant strawberries and take care of them. To-day they are 

 inquiring about the best varieties to plant and where they may 



