8 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



develop a properly organized institute system, thus placing Con- 

 necticut among the list of States that have carried this impor- 

 tant educational work to perfection. 



Our series of field meetings last summer, although a little 

 late in beginning, were all very successful and called out a 

 larger attendance than ever before. Starting August 7th, with 

 the shore-outing at Branford Point, coupled with a very inter- 

 esting visit to A. E. Plant & Son's splendid farms and orchards ; 

 — meeting again on August 26th in an enjoyable Field Day at 

 Higganum as the guests of that hospitable Grange ; — then on 

 September 4th accepting the invitation of Brother J. H. Hale, 

 it was made the occasion of a big field meeting at his South 

 Glastonbury farm, nearly 400 enjoying the many good things 

 Brother Hale knows so well how to provide ; — still another 

 successful day at Orchard Hill farm, Andover, on September 

 15th, at the home of ]\Ir. C. H. Baker, one of our new but 

 enthusiastic members, and lastly the meeting with Wethersfield 

 Grange, when we united with the Dairymen's Association and 

 held, in spite of the rainy day, an extremely profitable session. 



Our hearty thanks are due to those who thus entertained the 

 Society and by whose kindness our members were afforded so 

 many pleasant outings. 



Our sixth annual fruit exhibition was again held in connec- 

 tion with the Berlin Fair, September 23-24. The Executive 

 Committee decided in favor of Berlin after receiving and con- 

 sidering offers from several other towns. The exhibit, as a 

 whole, was fully up to the standard of previous years ; and, 

 considering the scarcity of good fruit last season, in the number 

 of entries and the generally fine quality and appearance of the 

 fruit shown, the exhibit was highly creditable to the fruit 

 growers of the State. Over 1,200 plates were shown by 75 

 exhibitors, 70 of whom were awarded premiums amounting in 

 all to $5i5-75- 



Our annual fruit shows are certainly proving "eye-openers" 

 to the people, especially in the matter of showing what fine 

 products may be grown in Connecticut, and to those growers 

 who attend them they are wonderful educators. The fairs of 

 the State are beginning to recognize the advantages of such 

 an exhibit on their grounds, and it is safe to say we shall not 

 be troubled to find ways and means for holding our exhibitions 

 in the future. 



