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in short, to advertise the "Connecticut peach," "than which 

 tlicro is none lictter p^rown." 



A strong: effort was made to carry out further field meet- 

 ings, but as invitations were not forthcoming, and the peach 

 harvest near at liand. it became necessary to change our plans, 

 and thought and interest naturally centered on the eighth 

 annual fruit exhibition in September. Again this event was 

 held with the Rockville Fair, accepting a very urgent invitation 

 and most liberal offer from that Association. And on Sep- 

 tember 26, 27 and 28, we held a remarkably successful show 

 of fruits, considering the unfavorable season, especially for 

 ■good apples. As usual, our exhibition was the finest of the 

 kind in the State, if not in all New England; the tables were 

 well filled with specimens so nearly perfect that it required most 

 careful work on the part of the expert judges to place the 

 awards. 



By means of this annual exhibition our Society is certainly 

 gaining the favorable attention of the people of the State, edu- 

 cating the growers, and the public as well, as to what consti- 

 tutes perfect fruit, and is exerting a powerful influence for 

 improvement on the fairs of the State. It costs a good deal 

 to carr}- on these shows, but no one will say but what they 

 are worth all they cost. I believe, however, that we should 

 distribute these benefits as much as possible, by holding the 

 exhibit in a new section of the State each year. 



The number of exhibitors last year was about 60 and pre- 

 miums amounting to $363.25 were awarded to 51 exhibitors. 



Crop Reports. 



A line of work which was planned for early in the year, 

 and carried out with more or less success, was the collecting 

 of figures for fruit crop reports. This subject increases in 

 importance every year and we should not overlook its value, 

 especially in a year of heavy crops, as was the case with 

 peaches in 1905. Then reliable figures as to size, yield and 

 location of orchards, is absolutely essential to the most profit- 

 able marketing of the crop. We began the work in early June 

 by gathering figures on the strawberry yield and the outlook 



