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of j-ou that there is both profit aud pleasure in growing fruit it will uot 

 be ill vaiu that we have come to this border county. The speakers who 

 will address you are conversant with their subjects. Thev are here to 

 teach, and it is your privilege to draw from them all they can give. 

 There can be no doubt about your raising fruits successfully here. Some 

 varieties you may have to pass by, but you may bear in mind that you 

 are learners aud that your experience in fruit growing in Aroostook 

 alread}^ illustrates, or rather foreshadows what may be done in the 

 future. 



If oulj' we satisfy' jou that you can raise jour own fruits so that 

 Aroostook money earned in other industries may be saved to educate 

 your children aud give you more of the luxuries of modern civilization, 

 we shall feel that our eftbrts have been rewarded. The cordial welcome 

 tells us that you have warm hearts, and it is our hope that our meeting 

 here may result in good to you. We come for this purpose, and at the 

 same time we are glad to meet you and hope the associations may con- 

 tinue in the future. Our society in its work needs the co-operation of all 

 and we believe there are some in Aroostook who will find pleasure and 

 profit in associating with our society. Again thanking you for your 

 cordial words of greeting, may you gain fi'om this opportunity knowledge 

 that will be of service and profit to you all. 



THE PEESIDENT-S ANNUAL ADDRESS. 

 By John AV. Tuue, New Gloucester. 



Members of the Maine State Pomological Society, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



I am much pleased to meet the people of Presque Isle and Aroostook 

 county, to hold our Winter Meeting in connection with the Maine Board 

 of Agriculture, not for the purpose of educating you, but for an inter- 

 change of experiences; both of success and failure, for many times it is 

 valuable knowledge to know that this or that method of handling trees 

 or fruit, or in fact anything, was a failure. 



By the programme you will see that one item calls for an address by 

 the President. It would be impossible for me to present a paper worthj- 

 of that formal title, and in place of that I will briefly review some of the 

 transactions of our Society for the past year and add a few suggestions 

 for your consideration in regard to the future. 



You will see by our secretarj-'s report for 1894 that, although the legis- 

 lature of 1898 increased our appropriation from $500 to -$1,000, by an 

 oversight somewhere it failed to appear in the appropriation bill and we 

 did not receive the additional $500; and further on he gives you the 

 result of a request made to the legislature of 1895. That additional 

 amount has been received for the years of 1893 and 1894 and our treas- 

 urer's report shows what has been done with it. You will see that our 

 indebtedness to the permanent fund has been reduced from 8460.27 to 

 .$228.69 at the present time. I am very much interested to have that 

 balance against the society paid, and to have our permanent fund so 



