2 THE coxxr.cTicrr pomoloh'icai. society. 



and successful speakers on our program, whom it will be well 

 worth our while to hear. Seed-time and harvest of another 

 3-ear have passed; whether or not it has proved profitable to 

 the fruit-grower has depended upon circumstances. Much 

 depends upon the skill and judgment with which orchard sites 

 have been selected, profitable varieties planted, faithful culti- 

 vation and spraying given and businesslike methods of hand- 

 ling and marketing the crop when grown. With all the skill 

 and judgment possible, full success is not always certain. 

 Nature and climatic conditions bring forces against us that 

 cannot be entirely surmounted by the best skill and persistent 

 work. Extreme cold in winter, frosts in spring, droughts or 

 wet weather at harvesting time, all conspire to cut down the 

 profits. However, the past season, upon the whole, has been 

 a fairly profitable one for the fruit grower, and the outlook is 

 good for increased interest in fruit-growing for the home and 

 market. 



An acti\-e. interested, enthusiastic memliership is a necessity 

 to make our work as a Society successful ; as we have often 

 stated, ''it is the mission of the Pomological Society to en- 

 courage among the people a greater love and appreciation for 

 choice fruit products, to awaken a larger interest in the advan- 

 tages of Connecticut as a fruit-producing state, and to offer 

 practical sugg^estions and help to all fruit growers along the 

 lines of planting, cultivating, spraying, packing and market- 

 ing." It is the ambition of our Society to carry out this mis- 

 sion, and by so doing add value to our state in,fexable property 

 and as a state that it is good to live in. A great deal has been 

 accomplished along these lines, and much remains to be done. 

 It has been a matter of pride and loyalty among our members 

 to help the good work along. We hope this spirit of interest 

 in the work of the society for the general good of our common- 

 wealth will continue and increase. We want your dollar for 

 membership dues, but much more we want your active help in 

 spreading the idea, that Connecticut ought to raise a larger 

 part of the tree fruits and grapes consumed in our state. We 

 know that at present only a small part of the apples and grapes 

 are grown on Connecticut soil ; this ought not to be. 



We have the markets, we have the hills adapted to gro\ying 



