The Third Annual Exhibition of 



Fruits Ugoo) 



WITH the closing of the field meeting season, prepara- 

 tions were begun for the Fall Fruit Show of the Soci- 

 ety. Responding to an urgent invitation from the 

 Middletown members of the Society, the exhibition was held in 

 that beautiful city October 4 and 5, 1900. The commodious 

 City Hall was placed at our disposal, and, aided by the liberal 

 efforts of our Middletown friends, a most successful meeting 

 was carried out. 



FIRST DAY — MORNING SESSION 



Tuesday, October 4, was largely taken up with receiving and 

 arranging the exhibits, which were numerous and of high qual- 

 ity. Representative growers from all sections of the state, to 

 the number of fifty-six, contributed exhibits, and an aggregate 

 of nearly 800 separate plates of fruit competed for the pre- 

 miums. The staging was in charge of Prof. A. G. Gulley, 

 chairman of the Committee on Exhibits. 



What a magnificent sight was presented as one entered the 

 hall! Long lines of tables filled with beautifully colored, per- 

 fect specimens of the fruit-growers' skill — a veritable study in 

 color and form! The preserved fruits, too, were largely in evi- 

 dence. Probably no finer showing of native fruits has ever been 

 held in our state, nor has an exhibition devoted entirely to fruits 

 received greater attention and praise from so large a number of 

 visitors. 



FIRST DAY — AFTERNOON SESSION 



According to the program, President Merriman called the 

 Society to order and announced that in the absence of the 

 speakers who had been engaged for this meeting, the Society 

 would have the pleasure of listening to Mr. E. C. Powell, ex- 



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