156 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



AFTERNOON SESSION AT 2 o'CLOCK. 



^lusic. 



Address — "Some Destructive Fruit Insects and How to Control 



Them" • 



Prof. W. E. Britton, Conn. Exp. Station, New Haven. 



Address — "Important Points in Successful Peach Culture" 



J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury. 



A Question Box will be open to receive any inquiries on fruit topics, 

 to be discussed as time permits. This will be a prominent feature of the 

 meeting, and all are welcome to participate. 



The speakers, with the exception of one meeting, were all 

 called from within the state, and received pay only for their 

 traveling expenses. They were either men on the staffs of the 

 experiment stations or practical orchardists and small fruit 

 growers, selected for their wide experience along special lines 

 of work. 



The list of workers included J. H. Hale ; N. S. Piatt, State 

 Pomologist ; Edwin Hoyt ; Prof. W. E. Britton, State Ento- 

 mologist ; Prof. A. G. Gulley of Storrs ; J. H. Merriman ; 

 Stancliff Hale; Prof. L. A. Clinton of Storrs; G. S. Butler: 

 Dr. G. P. Clinton of the State Station ; E. M. Ives ; A. C. 

 Sternberg; J. M. Hubbard; J. H. Putnam; J. C. Eddy: J. 

 Xorris Barnes : J. T. Molumphy, and Chas. I. Allen. 



Results show conclusively the practical value of the Society's 

 institute work during 1903. 



Sixth Annual Fruit Exhibition. 



The Society's annual exhibition of fruits was again held at 

 Berlin, in connection with the Annual Fair of the Berlin Agri- 

 cultural Society, September 23 and 24, 1903. 



Invitations to exhibit were also received from the Fair Asso- 

 ciations in Wethersfield and Willimantic, but the Executive 

 Committee were led to choose Berlin on account of its central 

 location and the very liberal offer made by that Fair. Prac- 

 tically all the arrangements for the exhibit were made by the 

 Berlin people and placed at the disposal of our Society without 

 any cost whatever. 



The exhibition was a large and excellent one and an even 

 greater success than the year previous, so that the Committee 



