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for market. This occupied the center of the tent, and some 

 wonderfully fine and well grown apples, peaches, pears and 

 grapes were staged. There were well packed apples in boxes 

 and barrels, rivalino- the best fruit from the West, and the 

 interest in the best methods of packing apples for market wa.s 

 plainly to be seen. The offer of a silver cup by The B. G. 

 Pratt Co. of New York, the well-known manufacturers oi 

 "Scalecide," brought out some splendid exhibits, which must 

 result in stimulating more growers to pack their best apples 

 in boxes and thus secure the best returns. Perhaps the weak- 

 est point in Connecticut fruit growing in the past has been 

 the lack of knowing how to properly pack for the high-class 

 markets. 



A feature of the exhibit worthy of note was the especially 

 large display made by the Horticultural Department of the 

 Connecticut Agricultural College. Professor Gulley surely 

 got together a splendid collection of fruits and because of the 

 large number of varieties shown, many of them new and rare, 

 it was of great educational value. Nearly 100 varieties of 

 apples were in the display, besides pears, grapes, plums and 

 quinces. Never have the college orchards produced finer fruit 

 than this year. 



Representing the trade exhibits were the follov/ing firms : 

 The Frank S. Piatt Co., New Haven ; The B. G. Pratt Co., New 

 York ; BoAvker Insecticide Co., by Lightbourn & Pond of New 

 Haven ; Harrison's Nurseries, Berlin, 'Md. ; Coles & Co., New 

 York, fruit packages ; W. & B. Douglas, Middletown ; Harvey 

 Jewell, Cromwell. Demonstrations were given each day by 

 those in charge of these displays, and on one of the days of 

 the fair a very interesting demonstration of the best methods 

 of packing apples for market was shown. 



The special prizes which excited very keen competition 

 were won as follows : Douglass Spray Pump outfit, offered 

 for best packed barrel of apples, to T. K. Winsor, Greenville. 

 R. I., for barrel of superb R. I. Greenings. Spraying outfit, 

 o^'ered for best collection 5 varieties market apples, to E. E. 

 Brown. Westland Farm. Pom fret Center. The Scalecide Sil- 



