NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 143 



Reports of Standing Committees. 



Report of the Publicity Committee. 



Mr. Stancliff Hale: Mr. President, the Publicity 

 Committee has been more or less active during the last 

 year in conjunction with the officers of the Society. We 

 have gotten together and discussed various things, but the 

 greatest activity they have had has been in connection 

 with the Boston Fruit Show. They did everything they 

 could to advance the Show. After that we came home 

 full of enthusiasm, and discussed some of the methods 

 which we thought would advance the interests of Connec- 

 ticut fruit growing and advertise our Society, and we have 

 just had printed a little bulletin, which we have called 

 ""Publicity Bulletin, No. 1." That has been gotten up with 

 the assistance of the Publicity Committee, and I will pass 

 them around shortly. Another member of the Committee, 

 Mr. Curtis, has worked up another bulletin which you 

 have already seen. That has been of great value to us. 

 That is all that the Committee has done at present, but 

 they hope to do more by keeping up this same line of 

 work. This little leaflet is intended to be used as an in- 

 sert. A great many of us receive many letters of inquiry 

 and answer them, and this is intended to be inserted in 

 letters and sent out whereever it will do the most good, 

 and so help to interest people in the fruit prospects of 

 Connecticut. That is all I have to say, Mr. President. I 

 will now pass these around, so far as they will go. 



President Gold: We want to hear just a word from 

 Mr. Curtis, another member of the Publicity Committee. 



Mr. E. D. Curtis: Mr. President, I do not think it is 

 necessary to add anything to what Mr. Hale has already 

 said, except to bring before the members the reason for 



