22 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Open to all New England, the premiums to be paid from 

 money obtained from other sources. We believe this to be 

 a step in the right direction, and sincerely hope that it may 

 be continued in the years to come. 



Respectfully submitted, 



ALLEN B. COOK, 

 H. B. REED, 

 A. G. GULLEY, 



Exhibition Committee. 



The President : You have heard the report of the 

 Committee on Exhibitions. What action shall we take 

 upon it? 



A Member : I move that it be accepted and placed on 

 file. 



The President: If there is no objection it will be 

 accepted and placed on file. 



President Rogers : We will next take up the report of 

 the Publicitv Committee, Mr. E. D. Curtis, chairman. 



Report of Publicity Committee. 



Mr. President and Members of the Society : 



Your Publicity Committee has to report that its activities 

 during- the past year have been directed partly to circulating 

 information as to the agricultural and horticultural advan- 

 tages of the state and partly to the collection of information 

 concerning the extent of the fruit industry of Connecticut. 



The information which has been circulated has been in 

 the form of the two bulletins presented at the last annual 

 meeting. As the means at the comiuand of the Society for 

 carrying- on this work were very limited, we have endeavored 

 to interest manufacturers and other residents of the state in 

 distributing the bulletins enclosed with their ordinary busi- 

 ness correspondence. We have met with a ready response to 

 our efforts in this direction, and nearly 80,000 copies of the 



