ANNUAL REPORT. 



State Society, or President C. L. Gold, West Cornwall, who 

 has been appointed Vice-President for Connecticut. 



"All who have any fruit for exhibition arc requested 

 to communicate at once with either of the above named of- 

 ficials, and full information will be sent them. 



"Remember that the good name of our state is involved 

 and we must all work tog-ether for a successful exhibition !" 



While the responses received from growers W as quite en- 

 couraging, early in August a committee was appointed to can- 

 vas the state and secure fruit suitable for exhibition purposes. 

 This committee, composed of Mr. X. S. Piatt of Xew Haven, 

 Prof. A. G. Gulley of Storrs. and Secretary H. C. C. Miles 

 of Milford. cooperating with President Gold, did efficient 

 work in collecting exhibits, much of the early and more per- 

 ishable varieties of fruit being at once sent to cold storage in 

 Hartford. A quantity of fine peaches were thus stored, the 

 fruit coming from such well-known orchards as those of C. 

 E. Lyman of Middlefield, J. H. Hale of Glastonbury. Root 

 Bros, of Farmington, and X'. S. Piatt of Xew Haven. 



Apples, of course, occupied the leading place in the col- 

 lection, although it proved a hard task to find perfect exhibi- 

 tion fruit in such an unfavorable apple year. A large num- 

 ber of growers were interested to the extent of making an 

 exhibit and competing for premiums in their own name, while 

 in other cases the fruit was purchased by the committee for 

 use in the general state exhibit. 



A very material help was found in the choicest fruit 

 shown at the Society"s Annual Fall Exhibition. This was 

 reserved and placed in storage to be used at Baston. 



Thus the work of preparing the exhibit went busily on. 

 until on October 14. the fruit from all over the state was 

 gathered at Hartford, and a car load of Connecticut's choic- 

 est products went forward to Boston. 



Perhaps the most difficult part of the work came in the 

 arranging and setting up of the extensive exhibits, and the 

 three days prior to the opening of the show were busy ones 

 for those in charge of the Connecticut display. 



