I40 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Nezv Fruits — Stancliff Hale, South Glastonbury ; G. C. Corn- 

 stock, Norwalk ; J. H. Putnam, Litchfield. 



Markets and Transportation — J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury ; 

 J. T. JMolumphy, Berlin ; ]. Norris Barnes, Yalesville. 



Auditors — G. W. Staples, Hartford ; A. B. Plant, Branford. 



President Gulley : Ladies and Gentlemen — Our Thirteenth 

 Annual Session is nearing its close. I congratulate you, one 

 and all, upon its success. I believe you will agree with me that 

 it has been an extremely pleasant and profitable gathering, and 

 that we shall all carry home with us only the pleasantest of 

 memories. (Applause.) As there seems to be on further busi- 

 ness before this meeting, a motion to adjourn will be in order. 



On motion, duly seconded and passed, the Society voted to 

 adjourn, and at 4.15 the Thirteenth Annual Meeting was 

 brought to a close. 



That it was the most successful meeting in the history of the 

 Society was evidenced by the fact that a membership of two 

 hundred and seventy-eight, many of them being new mem- 

 bers, was registered by the Secretary. And the total attend- 

 ance was the largest witnessed at a Connecticut fruit meeting. 



In addition to the excellent exhibits of fruits and machinery 

 displayed in the lower hall, special mention should be made of 

 the exhibits of decorations in the main hall, which formed an 

 attractive feature of the meeting. The rear of the stage and 

 sides of the balconies were hung with the Society's unique 

 banners, which bore such striking legends as the following: 

 ''Connecticut 7/0^ the land of the big red apple, but the land of 

 the good red apple !" "Connecticut apples and peaches, than 

 which there is none better grown !" "Her valleys, hills and 

 plains shall blossom with fruit trees !" 



At the front of the stage was a most beautiful and tasty 

 display of choice fruits, including perfect specimens of Con- 

 necticut grown apples and pears, several plates of choice ]\Iaine 

 apples shown by Mr. G. W. Staples, and a very fine exhibit of 

 Western apples, very kindly contributed by Hills & Co., the 

 Hartford grocers. These latter were noticeable for their beauty 

 of form and color, and in their pretty baskets attracted much 

 attention. To all who thus contributed to the pleasure and 

 attractiveness of the meeting the Society renders its sincere 

 thanks. 



