Condensed Report of Institutes, Exhibitions, 

 Field Meetings, etc.. Held in 1901. 



Following the annual meeting of 1901, the proceedings of 

 which were published in full in volume III, the Society con- 

 ducted five institute meetings during the month of March, 

 These institutes were held on the invitation of the granges in 

 the various towns, and as a means of developing an increased 

 interest in fruit culture among the people of the State, proved 

 very popular and successful. Each meeting was well attended, 

 a lively interest in the work of the Society was manifested and 

 the speakers were eagerly questioned on practical points in the 

 growing and marketing of fruits. The social and fraternal 

 spirit so often lacking in agricultural meetings, was evident in 

 these gatherings, making them thoroughly enjoyable occasions. 



INSTITUTE AT WHIGVILLE. 

 March 6, igoi. 



The first institute in the 1901 series was held at Whigville, 

 Wednesday, March 6th. The meeting was held in the cozy hall 

 of Whigville Grange, where the corps of speakers, after a long 

 cold ride from the railroad at Bristol, found a hearty welcome 

 and a goodly number gathered for the discussion of fruit culture 

 in its various branches ; the presence of many ladies was especi- 

 ally gratifying. 



The following order of exercises had been prepared by the 

 officers of the Society and the Grange, and was well carried out : 



PROGRAMME 



OPENING AT 10.30 A. M. 



Address of Welcome E. F. Gaylord, Master of Grange. 



" Some Insect Pests of the Fruit Grower" . . . .Prof. W. E. Britton, 



Conn. Experiment Station, New Haven. 



" The Profitable Production of Berries" Geo. S. Butler, Cromwell. 



" Practical Points for Peach Growers" . . .A. C. Sternberg, West Hartford. 



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