Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-05
GARDINER.
POMOLOGiCAL SOCIETY
Will Hold Annual Meet and Exhibit
Here Nov. 12.14.

annual meeting of the Maine State
Pathological Society's annual meeting
and exhibition in the Opera house,
Gardiner, Nov. 12-l4:
The Opera house will be open during
Nov ~ for the reception of exhibits,
and so far as possible exhibitors. should
bring in their exhibits during the day.
All exhibits must be entered and in
place before 10 o'clock, Nov. -.
Tuesday evening, Nov. 12-Opening
session at 80. Invocation, Rev. L. II.
Clarke, Gardiner; Address of Welcome,
Mayor Will c. Atkins. Gardiner; re-
Spouse. David W. Campbell. Cherry
field; address OF president, z. A. Gil
bert, North Greene; reports of officers:
Secretary, treasurer. executive COM
mittee. Member of Experiment Station
Council, Cnas. S. Pope, Manchester.
"Wednesday Standing of
the Insect Invasion and Condition OF
Our Orchards" Prof. E. F. Hitchings,
State entomologist; discussion; "NOn-
Parasitic Diseases of Fruit Trees"
Prof. W. ]. Morse. Orono; discussion.
Wednesday afternoon-'Fruit Grow
ing at Oaklands," Robert H. Gardiner,
Esq, Gardiner; Home Storage for
Fruit" T. L. kinney, South Hero. VT;
discussions: Maine Fruit as 1t Appears
to Others" \. \. Hixon. secretary
Worcester County Hort. Society, Wor-
cester, Mass; discussion.
Wednesday evening-Banquet, A. O.
L. w. hall, opposite Johnson house, s
O'Clock; tickets so cents each. Tickets
may Re had of A. E. Andrews or the
secretary.
Thursday morning-Annual meeting,
9 A. NJ; election of officers; 10 A. NJ.
reception meeting; 1.-THE State Agricul-
tural Department" Hon. A. w. Gill
man, commissioner of agriculture, Au-
gusta: 1.-THE Cooperative Company
W. T. Guptill, Topsham. treasurer.
Others are expected to be present rep
| rescnting other horticultural societies
and kindred organizations.
Round Table-The size of the apple
| package: 1.-The Barrel F. H. Morse
Waterford; discussion opened by F. D.
Cummings, Portland; 1.-The Box" dis
cussiOn opened by E. L. Lincoln.
Wayne; "a Maine Cranberry Bog" G
D. Libbey. Gardiner.
Thursday afternoon-Delegates
meeting. Resolve passed at the annual
| meeting in 1905: THAT this society, rec
ognizing the substantial growth of our
| fruit industry and realizing the neces-
Sity for more critical grading Of the
| stock. for the protection Of the grower
declares in favor of national legislati
i loking to a Fruit Marks Act, and au-
| thOriZes the appointment of a commit
| tee whose duty it shall he to CORES
pond with the officers of the Fruit
| Growers Associations in the several
| states, and if general sentiment is
found favoring such action to arrange
conference for the purpose of outlin-
! ing national legislation. said committee
to be authorized to expend a sum not
| to xce ed $50 for postage and necessary
printing and expenses. full report to
| be made at the next annual session of
| this society,"
Resolve passed at annual meeting in
| 1906:
THAT this society recognizing the
| Importance of the proposed measures
looking to legislation which will insure
more uniform sorting, grading and
packing OF our fruit crops, and the
work OF the special committee appoint.
ed last year, hereby declare in favor of
| continuing said committee another year
| in the hope that national legislation
may be made certain"
Report Of committee on above reso-
lutions. DIR. Geo. NJ. Twitchell, Auburn
| committee; discussion, Wilfred Wheel.
err. Concord. Mass. chairman commit
tee on fruits, Mass. Hort Society; r,
| l.. Kinney. South Hero VT, president
| oil Vermont Horticultural Society; A.
A. Hixon, Worcester, Mass, secretary
Worcester County Horticultural Socie.
ey; Edwin H. Burlingame. Providence
r. l.. representing r. /. Horticultural
Society; John w. Clark, North Hadley
Mass. representing Mass. Fruit Grow
ers Association. Representatives from
the other New England horticultural
societies are expected to be present and
take part in this discussion.
Thursday evening-Music; Romance
of Maine Fruit. Town." Miss Nellie E.
Marstcn. Monmouth; music; 'lnsects
Birds and Fruits" Principal w. L.
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