ANNUAL REPORT. 



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The New England Fruit Show of 1911. 



The second of the New England lliennial Fruit Shows 

 was again held in Horticultural Hall, Boston, October 23rd to 

 28th, and was an even greater success than the first one, and 

 was especially notable in the progress and improvement shown 

 in fruit production in the New England states. A wonderful 

 improvement was seen in every department of the show, re- 

 sulting from the awakened interest in fruit growing all over 

 the Xew England states, thus proving the great educational 

 value of these exhibitions. 



Reference to the show has already been made in the va- 

 rious reports submitted at our last annual meeting, but we 

 would like to give a more extended account here did space 

 permit. We can only refer briefly to the part that the state 

 of Connecticut, and also the Pomological Societ\', played in 

 the 1911 show. 



With the help of the special state appropriation it was 

 possible to canvas the fruit farms of the state pretty thorough- 

 ly and secure for the state exhibit the finest fruit grown in 

 1911, which was not a very favorable season, especially for 

 apples. This preparatory work extended over many weeks 

 in advance of the show and entailed a vast amount of work 

 on the part of those in charge of the Connecticut exhibit, which 

 was under the management of Vice-President C L. Gold. 

 jMuch of the fruit for exhibit was stored at the plant of the 

 Hartford Cold Storage Co., and was there sorted and packed 

 by an expert packer and a special car loaded for Boston. 



The chief interest in the 1911 show centered about the 

 competitive state exhibits, in which the rivalry was extremely 

 keen. The various state displays occupied the two sides of 

 the main hall. In this exhibit the New England States were 

 well represented. Each state exhibit consisted of one hundred 

 boxes and twenty barrels. The boxes were massed in uniform 

 tiers reaching nearly to the ceiling. In the foreground stood 



