CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Eeport of Secretary 3 



Officers for 189G 7 



Members, Life, of the Society 8 



Ann iial 9 



Treasurer's Eeport 10 



Business Transactions 13 



Annual Meeting- 14 



Winter Meeting- 15 



Meeting's of Executive Committee 14 



Premiums A-warded, Lewiston Exhibition 16 



Winter Exhibition 24 



Address at Deering- iieeting- — liardj- Trees and Shrubs, by 



Prof. B. M. Watson, Jr., 30 



Address at State Fair ^[eeting-— People and Homes, by Mrb 



Alonzo Towle 41 



Addresses, Papers, etc., at the Winter Meeting: 



Address of Welcome, by John W. Dudley 43 



Response 45 



The President's Annual Address, by John. W. True .... 46 



The Cranberries of TNIaine, by Prof. F. L. Harvey 49 



Discussion 56 



Small Fruit Culture, by J. H. Hale 61 



Discussion 69 



Raising Fruit for Profit, by Chas. E. Wheeler 74 



Discussion 77 



Raising Apples for Profit, by Chas. S. Pope 79 



Discussion 82 



The Codlin Moth, Borers and Curculio — A Discussion . . 87 



Plum Culture in ]\Iaine — A Discussion 91 



The Importance of Birds, by Lew. M. Felch 9b 



The Food Value of Nuts and Fruits, by xVnna Barrows. . 95 



Secretary's Portfolio 103 



p]phraim W. Bull 105 



S. R. Sweetser lOG 



Aroostook Seedlings 107 



The Japan Plums 109 



The Josselyn Botanical Society of Maine 110 



World's Fair Awards 115 



