22 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The number of invitations that the society receives for its 

 annual exhibit shows the increasing popularity of its work. 

 The large collection of fruits exhibited by the State Agri- 

 cultural College deser\es special mention. The long table 

 spread with every kind of fruit adapted to this climate gave an 

 opportunity to all interested, to see the results of experiments 

 which could not be carried on by individual growers. Sprayed 

 and unsprayed fruits were placed side by side and many other 

 experiments were put in contrast, showing in every case that 

 the grower who cares for his trees is the one who gets the best 

 results. 



Respectfully submitted. 



L. C. Root, 

 Geo. H. Hale, 

 a. g. gulley, 



Coniinittce. 



Report of Committee on New Fruits. 



Mr. Chas. I. Allen. Chairman : This report will neces- 

 sarily be very brief, as no new varieties have come to the 

 writer's personal notice during the year, and although we have 

 written to a number of prominent growers throughout the 

 state, we have been unable to learn of only a few new varieties 

 that have fruited in our state during the past season. 



Prof. Gulley reports ha\'ing fruited the following list of 

 peaches sent out bv Stark Bros, of Missouri: Mamie Ross, 

 Earl\ Belle, Pres. Lyon and Alton. These are all white 

 peaches, of which the Mamie Ross seems to be the only one of 

 real value, being large, fine color and ripening about with 

 Mountain Rose. 



Stark's Star grape also fruited at the College, Init proved 

 too late to rii)en in tliis latitude, although it made very fine 

 Inmches. 



Prof. Gullev also reports fruiting tlie Phoenix Raspberry 

 in (piite a quantity for the first time and considers it very fine 

 as compared with Cuthbert. I'his variety has been fruited 

 quite extensively for a number of years in some sections of 

 the state and seems to be valuable wherever it is tried. 



Brother Hale reports fruiting the Herbert raspberry for the 



