PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Twenty-First Annual Meeting 



OF THE 



Connecticut 

 Aomological Society 



PURSUANT to its constitution and in accordance with ar- 

 rangements made by its Executive Committee, the Connec- 

 ticut Pomological Society held its twenty-first annual meeting 

 at Unity Hall, Hartford, February sixth and seventh, 1912. 

 There was an unusually large attendance of members, and 

 others interested in fruit growing, present when the conven- 

 tion was called to order Tuesday morning, February sixth, at 

 ten-thirty o'clock, by the President, E. Rogers of Southing- 

 ton. 



In opening the meeting, President Rogers said : 

 Ladies and gentlemen, it is half-past ten and it is time 

 to open our meeting to begin the program, I think. The first 

 on the program is the President's Address. 



President's Address. 



Members of the Connecticut Pomological Society, and 



Friends : 



'Tis with pleasure that I greet you again on this, our 

 twenty-first anniversary. This past year has not been an idle 

 one for the Society, with the increasing demand for institute 

 work and our New England Fruit Exhibit, both of which we 

 could not do without the support of our state, to which we 



