174 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



President Eddy : Is our committee that was appointed to 

 judge the fruit exhibit ready to report? If so, we shall be glad 

 to hear from them now. 



]\Ir. S. H. Derby: Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen: 

 The committee that were appointed to judge the fruit have 

 made up their list of awards and filed it with the secretary. 

 The other member of our committee has gone home, and if 

 there is any criticism to be found with that list, I suppose it 

 is going to be left for me to bear, but I am going to try and 

 turn it over to somebody else. I should like, however, to make 

 some general remarks on your display of fruits, not only that 

 which was in competition for prizes, but also for that which 

 is generally displayed. There certainly is a marked appearance 

 of fine quality of the fruit, showing that the results of spraying 

 have been marvelous in your state. We found in looking over 

 the fruit, very little evidences of the work of the codling moth, 

 and we found that the fruit is generally of a good size and 

 quality. Especially I have noted the excellent color, such as 

 we can't get in our state. Particularly does this show in the 

 Fallawater, and hereafter I shall put it in a higher rank as 

 a first-class apple. We find that there has been special pains 

 taken to exhibit the fruit in good shape, and we find the boxes 

 of apples that were sent here from Maine and Vermont show 

 very careful packing, and very careful growing, and you see 

 there the result of handling apples in boxes. In those boxes 

 that are from Oregon, you see the result of most careful pack- 

 ing in boxes, taking a little pains in order to shield each apple 

 from the other. And you also see the result of the bright sun- 

 shine they have in Oregon. From my knowledge of the ex- 

 hibitions held all over the country, I 'think that your exhibit 

 here is a very good one, and will stand up and give your state 

 credit, in comparison with any other exhibit I have seen in 

 the United States. I think your display here on the platform 

 is magnificent. These Western-grown apples in the baskets 

 need no comment; you can see the results of years of study 

 and the most intelligent care that evidently has been given 

 to the fruit. That is about all the committee have to report, 

 I think. 



(The complete list of awards will be found on page 182). 



