6 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



During the past year I have received from membership fees 

 and other sources $355. This has been turned over to the 

 Treasurer. I have drawn orders for the payment of bills to the 

 amount of $827.75, besides the distribution of $397.25 to win- 

 ners of premiums at our annual fruit exhibition. 



The increase in our appropriation to $1,000 per year, granted 

 by the last General Assembly, was most gratifying to the Society. 

 The additional funds have been a substantial help in carrying 

 on the work of the organization. It has enabled us to secure 

 more talent for our meetings, to carry on institute work and to 

 issue creditable publications to our membership. 



During the year a report of the Society's work in 1900 has 

 been prepared, and, with the proceedings of our last annual 

 meeting, published in the shape of a book of some 250 pages. 



Meetings. Besides the tenth annual last February, the 

 Society held ten meetings during 1901. By invitation of the 

 Granges in different parts of the State, five institutes were held : 

 At Whigville on March 5; Hamburg, March 15; Litchfield, 

 March 19; Shelton, March 21, closing with Cheshire, ]\Iarch 27. 

 Every one of these was a success, both in point of attendance 

 and lively interest. No feature of our work brings the Society 

 into closer touch with the people and gives it the opportunity to 

 benefit so many as do these institutes, and the best reason I 

 can give for continuing them is to tell you that we now have on 

 file ten invitations for future institutes. 



Three very enjoyable and profitable field meetings were held 

 last summer. June 24, by invitation of E. ^Manchester & Sons,, 

 the Society visited their fine dairy and fruit farm near Bristol ; 

 the occasion taking the form of a "Strawberry field day." July 30 

 our worthy President (Mr. Piatt) acted as host and welcomed 

 some 200 of our members at his West Haven peach orchards. 

 A shore dinner at Vi''averly Grove was also a feature of that day. 

 The largest field day of the season was on /\ugust 22 at the 

 Connecticut Valley Orchard Co.'s farms in Berlin. This was 

 a very interesting event for all who attended, the inspection of 

 the extensive orchards and Manager's Molumphy's hospitality 

 combining to make a pleasant and profitable meeting. 



Preparations were begun early for the fourth annual fruit 

 exhibition, and the event took place in New Britain, October 

 1-2. The exhibition was a splendid one, fully up to the stand- 



