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THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Secretary ]\Iiles : Mr. President, Mr. Smith is una- 

 ble to be here this morning, but his report is here and is as 

 follows : 



Report of Committee on New Fruits. 



Your committee, in preparing its annual report, again 

 labors under the embarrassment of having received no vol- 

 untary assistance in its work from other members of the 

 Society, some of whom have come to fixed conclusions re- 

 garding new and little-known varieties of fruit, and who 

 might, therefore, have imparted valuable information to this 

 committee, and thus have rendered jts labor more easy and 

 its report more compendious. From personal experimenta- 

 tion, and from what the committee has learned by inquiry 

 of others, the following few suggestions are offered, but with 

 the feeling that they are predicated upon too little an amount 

 of comprehensive information. 



Delicious. An apple to which all our orchardists are 

 looking with watchfulness was recently introduced here from 

 the southwest. As far as your committee can ascertain, from 

 the few that are testing this variety, it is holding its own as 

 a new aspirant for popular market favor. All agree that it 

 is appropriatelv named ; but some think it is too sweet to sell 

 well ; and complaint comes that it shows bruises too easily to 

 stand marketing well. Doubtless more careful handling, un- 

 der modern methods, will measurably overcome the latter 

 fault, if it be found to be the fact. 



Missouri (Pippin) likewise continues to be promising 

 in this state, especially as a filler to plant between rows of 

 permanent trees. It is of second c}uality flavor, however, and 

 can never become a standard market fruit here. It is short- 

 lived in the tree, particularly in the West, but will doubtless 

 live longer here. Its good color and attractive appearance 

 have helped to popularize it. It bears young and abundantly, 

 but is inclined to overbear with age, when its fruit becomes 



