The Portland daily press., 1892-02-18

waiting fruits. Its history is replete with
items of great moment, and it has had
for active workers in its ranks, some of
the best men this country has produced.
Who does not know and honor such men
as Wilder, Downing, Hancock, Barry,
Thomas, Warder, Elliott, Prince, Man
ming, Field, Campbell and Strong? In
fact, these men and the cause for which
they labored, have SO far interviewer
themselves into our history, as to become
a part of our national existence.
There are many reasons why
The Student of Pomology Should Be En-
couraged.
in our State. Here are found the soil
and climate which are adapted to grow
ing to perfection nearly every variety of
fruit both large and small.
''Many acres OF unoccupied land are
only wasting for the hand of the tree
planter, to bloom into a second Eden,
from which no serpent will lure us, and
to which all eyes will turn with pride.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Society comes
before you with some of the best
representative pomologists in our state,
and will endeavor to present lectures
which shall contain valuable instruction.
But remember that none of the speakers
profess to be infallible. They come as
learners as well as teachers, and if
at any time any of you wish to
ask questions or make suggestions,
trust you will feel at perfect liberty to do
SO. Please remember that this is your
meeting, and that it is my wish as well
as the wishes of the representatives of
the Pathological Society, that it be con-
Quoted as you desire. The only favor we
ask is that you carefully consider all the
points which may be brought up, and if
as worthy, that you put them into prac-
tice. Your duty to this meeting con-
tinues after it has closed. If you will do
it fully you must endeavor to carry to
your homes the facts as presented, and
put them into your every day practice.
Weave them into your ife-work
and thus become factor in promoting
the higher and more noble development
of your town, your county and your
state.
''Mr. President, again thanking you,
and through you, the citizens of Cornish
and vicinity, for this most cordial well
come, l will say that we are ready for
the business of the day.
The Presidents Address.
The presidents annual address was an
able contribution to the literature of
fruit culture. OF the apple trade, he
said:
The greatest efforts in former years
have been to get the farmers to set more
fruit trees, but the,best advice nowadays
is that the farmers should give more at
tention to better care of those already
set out. The speaker predicted that in
the near future, with the great increase
in destructive insects, the business of APP
pie growing will pass out of the hands of
common farmers into the hands of spec
ialists. He deplored the practice of
sending poor fruit abroad for export.
The past winter is a case in point, much
of the fruit sent from Maine being of in
ferior quality. In the Liverpool auction
sales fully - per cent sold for the bare
cost of freight and barrelling, and 25 per
cent sold for small advance over cost.
On motion of Mr.. q. A. Gilbert the
substance of the presidents address was
I'd action reported later in the meeting.
Ihe chair appointed the following COM
mittee: y. A. Gilbert, Professor Mum
son and lei. W. Brown.
The afternoon service was opened at 2
o'clock by a paper ''Our Labors and Re-
wards in Fruit Culture" by J. w. True,
of New Gloucester. There was an audi
ence of about one hundred persons pres
ent, and the exercises of the session were
followed with close attention and much
interest. The paper by Mr.. True related
chiefly to the profits and pleasures of
apple raising. An interesting discussion
followed.
Prof. Cook, of Manchester, one of the
speakers, maintained that apples sold at
S1.00 barrel paid better than any other
crop the farmer could raise. He argued
that fruit raisers should keep their poor
quality apples to feed to stock, and send
only their very best apples abroad. He
suggested that farmers should combine
together and collect enough apples to
load a car and send it in company.
The question whether or not the pro-
duct of near by or foreign nurseries were
the best was brought up. Mr.. Wheeler
and Prof. Munson urged that trees should
be put in the ground as soon as received
from the nursery. They should be
ordered direct from the nurseries and
farmers ought not to make practice of
buying of tree peddlers.
Prof Cook said that he had over 100
New York trees he set out, and they had
done well because they had good care,
outright by their side he had trees that
came from nursery near at hand, and
they had done much better with the same
care.
A discussion was started in regard to
the Flemish Beauty
pear. Mr.. Gilbert hoped the society
would not endorse this pear. He thought
the variety ought to be held in proper
suspicion until the remedies for the hab-
it of cracking had been thoroughly tried
and found effective.
The chairman related an amusing ex-
perience he had with tree of this varie-
ty. Several speakers told their expert
ence of grating other varieties upon
Flemish Beauty stock.
Upon motion of President Pope COM
mittee of three was appointed to collect
specimens of local fruit to be forwarded
to Washington. The committee con-
sists of C. Fl. Brown, E. Y. Pope and D.
lei. Knowlton.
An address upon fruit exhibitions was
given by