22 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Reports of Standing Committees. 



Membership Committee. 



Mr. Allen B. Cook, Chairman : As the Secretary has 

 said, our numbers remain practically unchanged from, vear 

 to year. In' other words, we gain enough new members to 

 just about balance those lost by death; and dropped for non- 

 payment. This should not be so. The interest in fruit 

 growing in Connecticut must be increasing and our member- 

 ship should increase with it. It should not be limited to the 

 growers of fruit alone, but every one interested in. the pro- 

 duction and consumption .of choice fruit should become a 

 member. 



Let us consider for a minute what a membership in ihe 

 Society means. Of course, everyone is welcome to attend 

 all of our meetings and derive whatever benefit they can ; but 

 for a member it means that he comes into closer touch with 

 others engaged in the same line of work; he becomes better 

 acquainted, more enthusiasm is aroused, and better results 

 follow. Then, too, he gets a full report of the Annual Meet- 

 ing with its lectures and discussions, which is of great value 

 for reference. There are some members who are unable 

 to attend the meetings who pay their dollar for the report 

 alone. For those interested in the production of choice fruit, 

 but not actively engaged in it, every dollar they put into the 

 Society for membership helps just so much to carry on and 

 increase the good work it is doing. The amount of woi-k 

 that the Society can do is limited only by the amount of 

 money it has to do with. 



The Annual Membership costs only $1.00 and a Life 

 Membership $10.00. As yet very few have taken out life 

 memberships, but it seems as though many more would do so. 

 It does away with all bother of making yearly payments, and 

 will be cheaper in the end, for who is there among you who 

 does not expect to keep up his membership for more than 

 ten years? 



