278 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Baldwin, R. I. Greening, Roxbury Russett, North- 

 ern Spy and King. 



Class 10. Best Standard Imx of each of the fol- 

 lowing varieties, . . . . • . • $5.00 $3.00 



Baldwin, R. I. Greening, Northern Spy, King, 

 Mcintosh, Sutton, Wagener, Spitzenberg, Jonathan 

 and Grimes Golden. 



Special Prize. 

 Offered by W. & B. Douglas, Middletown, Conn., of Arlington 

 Spray Pump Outfit (value $25) for Best Barrel Baldwin Apples 

 grown in the State. Entries in Classes 7 and 9 not to compete 

 for this special. 



The committee appointed to exatnine the exhibit of fruit 

 report as follows : 



The plate exhibit is fully up to the standard of our win- 

 ter shows and there are some very fine plates of the following 

 varieties : Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening, Northern Spy, 

 Winter Banana, Canada Red, King, and Peck's Pleasant. 



There are several fine boxes of apples which show care- 

 ful grading and packing of the fruit, and which show beyond 

 doubt that the box is the best package for our fancy grade 

 of apples, particularly vvheti we can grow and pack such boxes 

 as those of Northern Spy, King, Rhode Island Greening and 

 Baldwin shown here. 



The barrels shown are well backed and show good grading 

 and selection, both as regards size and color, but tipon re- 

 moving a part of the fruit, the same trouble that one always 

 finds in the barrel pack is- very apparent, namely, the severe 

 bruising of the fruit, which goes far to disprove the barrel 

 pack for a fancy or even good grade of apple. 



Just a word in regard to exhibiting fruit. We have seen 

 what the western fruit growers have done through exhibition, 

 and we have seen what, in a smaller way, our own New Eng- 

 land Fruit Show has done for the industry in the East, but 

 the grower is apt to lose sight of the greater possibilities of 

 the show, than the merely taking of prizes. Our aim in the 

 exhibition of fruit should be largely to reach the consumer. 

 The grower should look upon the show as a splendid adver- 



