TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING. 5 



come in and are important factors. Some we have learned 

 to control, others are still with us, oftentimes ''blessings in 

 disguise." The one item of spraying has almost revolution- 

 ized our business. The last census will show that to-day there 

 are more acres devoted to fruit growing and more money 

 invested in orchards in Connecticut than ever before, and 

 vastly more interest is being taken in the culture and use of 

 fruits. It must be admitted that some of our standard fruits 

 are not succeeding as well as they did twenty years ago, 

 especially the pear, cherry and quince ; and probably the grow- 

 ing of many of the small fruits is not as extensive as it once 

 was. 



But, as a whole, Connecticut fruit growing has made 

 great progress in the twenty years, and yet, those who know 

 tell us that we are but just on the threshold of the greatest 

 boom in agriculture and fruit growing that New England has 

 ever seen. It has taken years to awaken our people to the 

 wonderful advantages and opportunities lying right at their 

 doors, and the causes for the present hopeful condition are 

 many, but it is not too much to say that the work and teach- 

 ings of our Pomological Society have been a very large factor 

 in bringing it about. For twent}- years the Society has 

 labored in season and out of season to promote the horti- 

 cultural interests of our state, and the success that has now 

 come to crown these efforts cannot help but be a source of 

 gratification to those wise founders of the organization, a;'. 

 well as to those who have carried on the work during all 

 these years. 



Reviewing the work of the }ear 1910 just closed, the 

 Society has been active along many lines. The regular work 

 has been maintained and several important special lines of 

 work have been taken up. It has been a year of generallv 

 successful results with our fruit growers, and where proper 

 attention was given to the trees and i)lants. magniticont 

 peaches, apples and other fruits have been grown and mar- 



