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be credited to the winter so disastrous in other directions. 

 The season has also been a very vahiable one for the growth 

 of trees and enabhng them to largely recover from the severe 

 aphis attack of the previous summer. 



In accordance with arrangements made last year, this 

 Society had charge of the Connecticut fruit exhibit at the 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis. Desirable 

 space was secured, and about eight hundred square feet was 

 occupied in the Horticulture Building. This was filled 

 throughout the season with fresh fruits. The supply was 

 kept up from cold storage from the 1903 crop, until July 

 15th, after which new fruit was forw^arded, and later than 

 September 15th only fruit of 1904 was used. With the excep- 

 tion of raspberries and blackberries, all fruits grown in the 

 state were shown in their season. The display was a credit 

 to the state, both in quantity and quality, even in comparison 

 with the larger fruit states. Aside from showing our 

 resources in this direction, and being able to compare the 

 quality of Connecticut grown fruits with those grown in 

 other states, perhaps the greatest value of the exhibit was 

 the lesson taught as to the possibility of shipping even tender 

 fruits long distances, when properly packed. Peaches and 

 plums sent by ordinary express opened with little or no 

 waste forty-eight to sixty hours after shipment and remained 

 on the tables in good condition for nearly a week. Three 

 gold medals were awarded to the exhibit, and several of other 

 grades to individual exhibitors. 



The annual exhibition of the society, held the past season 

 in connection with the Rockville Fair, was fully as large and 

 interesting as its predecessors. The equality of the exhibits 

 improves each year with the experience of the exhibitors. 

 To a large share of the people who attended that fair, such 

 a display of fruit was a revelation. Many well infonned 

 people had no idea that such a collection had ever been or 

 could be made in this state. As a means of education such 

 exhibitions are well worth all the trouble and expense they 

 entail. We must, however, hold them where the people will 

 see them. The society has received a vcrv heartv invitation 

 to hold its next exhibition at Rockville acain. 



