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can hardly expect any member to bear the entire expense of 

 such a gathering-, and the Society should stand ready to meet 

 a part of the cost. 



Interest in our Annual Exhibition g-rows from year to year, 

 and last season we received offers from 6 different fairs, viz. : 

 Rockxille, W'illimantic, IJerlin, Newtown, Greenfield Hill, and 

 Waterbury. After ver\- careful consideration your Executive 

 Committee decided on \\'illimantic, and accordingly the exhibi- 

 tion was held there vSept. 18-20. Owing to the shortage of 

 the apple crop and some other fruits and the fact that it was 

 lield in the extreme eastern section of the state, the exhibit 

 was not quite as large as in former years, many of our old 

 exhibitors being absent. The show was a very creditable one, 

 however, the display of peaches being especially tine. Visitors 

 to the Willimantic fair were loud in their praises of the splendid 

 exhibition. 



The number of exhibitors was ZS and premiums an.iounting 

 to $299.55 were awarded. 



For the future the problem in connection with our exhibi- 

 tion will be, whether to hold it in a different part ()f the state 

 each vear or select a permanent home for the show, as many 

 would like to have us do. In view of the fact that no other 

 single feature of the Society's work is of so much educational 

 value, "pomologically" speaking, it would seem to be a wise 

 thine to give everv section of the state tlie l)enetit of it, before 

 making permanent headquarters anywhere. 



Institute Work. 



This work has been conducted on about the same lines as 

 in ])revious years, and continues to grow in popular favor. The 

 institute season usually covers the entire fall and winter, but 

 from February, 1906, to Fel)ruary, 1907, we have held 17 insti- 

 tutes, including practically every county in the state. In most 

 cases the meetings were held upon invitation of the Granges 

 and were on the whole well attended and profitable gatherings. 

 Our aim has been to reach those farming communities remote 

 from the cities and large towns, believing that there the work 

 of the institute is most needed and that good and lasting results 

 will follow. 



