10 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



the efforts of our Society prove successful and its work yield 

 an abundant and fruitful harvest. 



Respectfully submitted, 



H. C. C. AlILES, Secretary. 



Secretary Miles : Allow me to say, Mr. President, 

 just a further word ; that no person who attends this meet- 

 ing should leave without studying the work of the expert 

 fruit packer whom we have brought on from the west. He 

 is giving a demonstration downstairs where the members can 

 see his work, and will give a demonstration from this plat- 

 form before this meeting closes. Tlie importance of packing 

 and grading was very forcibly brought out at the recent New 

 England Fruit Show and it is a matter that we need to learn 

 more about. 



The President: You have heard the report of our 

 Secretary. What action would you like to take upon it? 



Mr. Gold : Mr. President, I move that the report of 

 the Secretary' be accepted and placed on record. 



Motion seconded and passed. 



The President: The next is the report of the Trea- 

 surer. We will now listen to the report of our Treasurer, 

 Mr. A. B. Cook. 



Treasurer Cook : Mr. President and Fellow Fruit Grow- 

 ers : Do you wish an itemized report or simply a summary ? 



President Rogers : Perhaps you better give just a 

 summary now. Mr. Cook, and the full report will be pub- 

 lished, I suppose. 



Treasurer Cook : I have two or three separate ac- 

 counts to report on. I will report first on the New England 

 Fruit Show account. The Fruit Show, as' you know, was 

 held in Boston. I received from the state appropriation, 

 which was a special appropriation for this show, $1,000, and 

 from the exhibition fruit sales, $367.50. From premiums, 



