kind of infdniialioii. I'ruit crop figures and a }-carly census of 

 the fruil in<lnslr_\- of tlie state should l)e availahle \vhene\er 

 needed for refeixnce, the same as in otiier states. I would 

 recommend that yon i)ro\ide for this ini])ortant work in future, 

 hy instructing a committee ov some officer of the Society to 

 devise and carr)- out some plan. 



Of our work for the new year I do not need to speak at any 

 length. We have a Society made up of the brightest and best 

 men and women in Connecticut who ha\-e the best interests of 

 her agriculture at heart. 



We propose to keep up tlie gonil work, now so well estab- 

 lished, counting it our duty as well as prixilege to boom our 

 good old state and her great natural advantages as a fruit- 

 producing section, and as the state aboxe all others in which to 

 establish healthy, happy and prosperous rural homes. To 

 study carefully the needs of our fruit growers and be ready to 

 assist and protect them in ever}- possible way — to make it a 

 part of our mission to encourage among our people a love for 

 fine fruits. "For fine fruits are the flower of all the products 

 of the earth, blessings designed by the Creator to please the 

 eye and gratify the taste, to multiply our comforts and elevate 

 our social and moral condition." 



In conclusion, your Secretary desires to express his thanks 

 to all who have so cheerfully labored with him in carr}-ing on 

 the work of the year, and to extend to every member of this 

 Society tke hope that the New Year may bring a full measure 

 of happiness and prosperity. 



Respectfully submitted, 



H. C. C. MILES, Sccrcfarx. 



Upon motion, duh' seconded, it was xoted that the reports 

 of the officers l)e accepted and ordered printed in the pro- 

 ceedings. 



