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THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Next came the peach show at the Connecticut Fair at 

 Charter Oak Park early in Xovember. After assisting in the 

 preparation, your committee was obhged to turn the matter 

 over to other and more skilled hands to arrange. That the 

 exhibit was a success was proved by the expression of entire 

 satisfaction on the part of the Fair management and the 

 praises sung by the visitors. The earlier varieties were put 

 in cold storage, but Champions, Elbertas and Reeves, with a 

 few other varieties, came fresh from the orchard and surely 

 were fine. 



A little later came our annual Fall Exhibition, again with 

 the Berlin Agricultural Society. The floods of rain on the 

 opening day made it slow and difficult to get under way, but 

 finally more tables were required to spread the much larger 

 displav of fruit than this Society has displayed at any previ- 

 ous meeting. The managers of the Fair persuaded us to hold 

 over one day, while they should complete their program, de- 

 layed by the rain, and this we warn our successors not to do 

 under any circumstances. The exhibitors usually plan to 

 take their fruit away on the day set, and it is hard to keep 

 the exhibits in shape beyond that time. 



The fruit at Berlin was largely donated to the Society 

 for use at Danbury, where your secretary and committee had 

 early arranged to make a display of Connecticut's finest fruit. 

 Our Danbury exhibition was along the same lines as our peach 

 show at Charter Oak. The managers were very nice to us, 

 giving us every assistance they could, and we were able to 

 set up a fine display of apples and peaches. We congratulate 

 this Society on being able to get together such displays of fine 

 fruit, making these exhibitions what they certainly are — very 

 instructive. One has only to listen to the many questions 

 asked of those in charge and to note how each year brings 

 a marked improvement in the individual exhibits, to see the 

 great strides being made in growing, caring for and selecting 

 show fruit. Even the best growers of long experience have 

 to spend hours to select a single plate of apples, if they wish 

 to be among the prize winners. 



