214 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



Connecticut showed one product in the dairy Hne that 

 could not be equaled by any other part of the country, and 

 that was her pineapple cheeses. This cheese is made in 

 Goshen, Conn., and received at the fair a score of ninety- 

 eight and one-half points, which is a very high score for any 

 dairy product. 



The horticultural exhibit was noted for the great variety 

 of products that were shown. This exhibit was in general 

 charge of Prof. Gulley, and he kept up quite a full display 

 throughout the season of everything in the line of fruits. Not 

 only were the fruits themselves shown, but the blossoms of 

 many of them in their season, so that the people could see the 

 characteristics of the plant, and its manner of flowering, as 

 well as the fruit in its season. I think Connecticut could well 

 claim the distinction of displaying the greatest variety of 

 fresh fruits throughout the whole season. Possibly California 

 may have shown a greater variety, but they were mostly 

 canned fruits. Our exhibit of apples was good up to June, 

 but from June to the middle of August we had no apples, be- 

 cause there were not enough put into cold storage to keep 

 up an exhibit throughout the whole season. The small fruits, 

 which are hard to ship, could not be gotten there in sufficient 

 quantities to keep the exhibit up to its fullest extent, and 

 there was a period when the tables were not fully covered. 

 But at the same time there was a showing of everything in its 

 season. Later on, when the larger fruits came into bearing, 

 the apples and the pears and the peaches, we had a full ex- 

 hibit. Connecticut's peaches certainly attracted a great deal 

 of attention during the month of September, and were highly 

 praised for their general excellence. 



The dairy exhibit from Connecticut was of good quality. 

 A large number of our creameries sent samples of their prod- 

 ucts at different times. These exhibits were supposed to have 

 been made at one period during the month, with the excep- 

 tion of July and August. The exhibit in May was below 

 what it would have been, on account of the building not being 

 prepared, but the exhibits in June, September, and October, 

 from all of the various states, were quite large, and Connecti- 

 cut did her full share toward making this special feature a 

 success. 



The exhibit of creamery butter was larger in the total 



