ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



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The city of New Britain was the place selected for the fourth 

 annual exhibition of the Society, and the event took place Octo- 

 ber 1st and 2d, in the Armory. 



As an exhibition of a grand collection of seasonable Connec- 

 ticut fruits it was a pronounced success and without doubt very 

 creditable to the Society, especially considering the unfavorable 

 season for fruit crops. The number of exhibits was larger and 

 the quality of the fruit was, if anything, more nearly perfect than 

 in any of the previous exhibitions. But, unfortunately, the 



Fig. 19. 

 A glimpse of the tables at the Society's Annual Fruit Show, 1901. 



meeting failed to attract the number of visitors that such an 

 unusually fine show ought to call out, nor did the membership 

 of the Society manifest, as a whole, sufficient interest, either by 

 attending or contributing exhibits. The entries were mainly 

 from growers in the central counties of the State. But, as 

 pointed out by the Committee on Exhibitions, as an opportunity 

 to exhibit the best in Connecticut's fruit products, to enter into 

 friendly competition with other growers and to study and com- 

 pare and receive helpful instruction, the exhibition was entirely 

 worth while. 



The whole of the first day was occupied with receiving, enter- 

 ing and staging the exhibits. The standing Committee on 



