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so our report will have to be quite similar. The fair was 

 held in the same place and under very much the same condi- 

 tions, the Berlin people furnishing us wath a tent and equipping 

 us in every possible way. I think we rented 1,000 plates, besides 

 some 200 more the Society already owned. Still, we didn't have 

 plates enough. 



They said it was an off-year for fruit, but from the amount 

 brought in and the way our tent was filled it seems to me it 

 was no oft"-year in Connecticut, although I know in many places 

 the fruit was very light and very poor. In some lines we had 

 but little fruit shown, especially in the peach class. Only a few 

 plates \\eve presented, but these w^ere of high quality. 



There are one or two suggestions I would like to make to 

 benefit those who may be on this Committee in the future, and 

 that is that all exhibitors should bring in their fruits at least 

 one day before the commencement of the fair. This is neces- 

 sary, especially in so large an exhibit, in order that the Com- 

 mittee may have time to get them arranged and ready for those 

 who are to examine them, and also that the judges may act 

 at once. 



I don't know that there is anything special I can say further 

 than this. 



This report was accepted by vote of the Society. 



The report of the Committee on Injurious Insects was pre- 

 sented by Prof. \\^ E. Britton, the State Entomologist, of New 

 Haven. 



Report of Committee on Injurious Insects. 



It is customary for this Committee to present at this time a 

 general review' or survey of the season, as regards fruit insects. 

 Unquestionably the most prominent feature of the past year in 

 this respect was the great abundance of the green apple aphis or 

 plant louse. Aphis pomi De Geer. This pest attacks chiefly 

 the under surface of the leaves and the stems of the new 

 shoots, causing the leaves to curl and noticeably checking the 

 growth. The lice could be found also on the old leaves, but 

 were more abundant on the new ones, w^here the tissues are 

 softer and more succulent. They attack not only orchard trees 

 but also the young trees in nursery rows, and much of the 

 apple stock in the nurseries this year is below the usual size 

 on account of the injuries caused by this aphis. In one large 



