The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-11-21
MAINE POMOLOG|CAL
MEETING
Held in Portland Was a
Big Success
An Interesting Exhibit of Fruit. Adj
dresses of Excellence. The Officers.

sides for the exhibition of fruit, CON
Quoted in connection with the annual
meeting of the Maine State Pomologi-
cal society, which came to a close in
City hall, Portland, Thursday, Nov
Ia. During the three days in which
the exhibition was conducted it was
visited by several hundred people, all
of whom expressed themselves as de
lighted with the eXpertness of the
Maine apple raiser. of which the fine
exhibition gave evidence.
Never before has Maine been favor
ed with such fine demonstration in
this line of products, and the show
gave proof of this being one of the
branches of agriculture in which
Maine has exceptional opportunity to
excel. The fruit that was displayed
was uniformly perfect and gave the
judges no easy task in determining
the prize winners. Naturally the Off
GERS OF the genealogical society and
the Portland board of trade feel nIaae-
ed with the results of the evbibi+io,
1t Is TO be said that the cooperation
OF the officers and the Agricultural
committee of the board of trade Voc
a big factor in securing the success
realized
howard l.. keyser of Greene. presj-
dent of Maine State PomoIoeical ca
ciety, said:
we are greatly pleased with the
success of the annual exhibition
which has been the most succesef,,1
one the society has ever known We
are indebted to the cooperation afy-
en- by the Portland board of trade and
TO the daily papers and appreciate an
'hls. 1t has been a very successful,
exhibition"
d. II. Hale of Glastonbury. Conn
'ne great fruit king of America. who
gave an address worth rememho,inr
at banquet last Wednesday EVENING
said: =
Inc best of the whole show is that
every officer of the association ond
every person who displayed annIae ov
pressed their entire satisfaction viii,
Tue manner in which they We're en-
'ertalhed, and mentioned MANY timas
the great pleasure they had eniovod
during their entire STAY in Portland &.
r. II. Libby of Auburn claimed that
the exhibition of fruit is by far tho
pest that has ever been held in This
state. The apples are uniformly we'll
formed and well-colored and are o
me quality also. The displays of frni,
are very attractive, presenting -
pressing appearance to the visitors
II is very fine exhibition.
Mr. Powell, president of Apricu,-
tufal Experts association and load.
ing horticulturist of this country al
so Interested for Philadelphia yourg
men IN a large orchard in this state
said:
1ou nave a very fine exhibition Of
frult The exhibits are well arrange1
and in variety and quality the frrit
displayed is very excellent. am very
much pleased with what have seen
at the exhibition.
PRIZE WINNERS PLEASED
winners of prizes at the exhibition
are naturally happy company. and il
may be incidentally stated that thay
are a large company of individuals nc
we'll Tor one of the pleasing features
OF the exhibition was the large nur.
Der of successful competitors. The
task that was on the hands of tho
Judges was not an easy one, for all of
the exhibits were OF such fine anal
lty that ii was by no means easy in
every case to decide which exhibit to
decide upon as the prize winning one
Ihere were number of prize win
ners from outside of this state and
New Hampshire exhibitors took away
the Portland Board of Trade 500
prize, and the New England Fruit
Shows two cups but Maine exhibitors
were also winners of big prizes. f.
II. Morse of Waterford was awarded
the $75 prize offered for the best bar
rel of apples. w. II. Conant of He
bron won the $35 prize offered by the
Portland Farmers club for the best
bushel box of apples. These were in
the sweep stake class.
Some of the leading addresses at the
meeting which is made educational
and instructive so far as possible and
never more so than this year, are pre-
scented below.
THE GREGORY ORCHARDS
One of the closing features of the
meeting of the genealogical society at
Portland Thursday afternoon was the
address of State Horticulturalist A. X
Gardner on the subject, The Gregory
orchards. He said in part;
AS a result of the New England
Fruit show held in Boston in October,
1909, James II. Gregory of Marble
head, Mass, gave to the state of
Maine, a $1,000 first mortgage bond
with the provision that at intervals
of five years So00 of tho interest