20 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Reports of Standing Committees. 



President Rogers: The next on our program will be 

 the Reports of Standing- Committees. We will hear first 

 from our Committee on Exhibitions, as the chairman of that 

 committee is obliged to leave soon. I will call now upon 

 Mr. A. B. Cook to report. 



Report of Exhibition Committee. 



Mr. a. B. Cook : Mr. President, I haven't a very ex- 

 tended report to make. The most of it has been covered in 

 the Secretary's report. 



Early in the season it was decided to hold the annual 

 exhibition as usual if a suitable place should be found, and it 

 was later decided to accept the invitation of the State and 

 Berlin Agricultural Societies and have the annual exhibit in 

 connection with their fair, September 27-30. Other cordial 

 invitations were received from other fair associations, par- 

 ticularly the Connecticut Fair Association at Charter Oak 

 Park. It was not thought best to accept this invitation for 

 two reasons; the date being too early (the first week in Sep- 

 tember) to make a satisfactory showing of apples, and com- 

 ing, as it does, in the midst of the peach season, many of our 

 members are too busy to think of making an exhibit with 

 its necessary fussing. We did, however, make a very cred- 

 itable display of peaches at this fair, which attracted a great 

 deal of attention, especially that part of it contributed by 

 Brother Hale, who showed his wonderful new peach "Selah." 



The exhibit at Berlin, although not quite as large as 

 some years, was a show of excellent fruit. It is very notice- 

 able that the members who exhibit year after year are learn- 

 ing what good fruit really is, and they are bringing nothing 

 but excellent specimens. Very nearly all of the inferior fruit 

 that is shown is brought by those who are exhibiting for the 

 first time, and they readily see by comparison that their fruit 



