REPORT OF THE C0M:MITTEE ON FRUITS 

 FOR THE YEAR 1919. 



By Edward B. Wilder, Ch.urman. 



The F^ruit Comniitteo is i^lud to report a decided iniproveinent 

 in the display of fruits (hiring the year. 



Although the " war conditions, shortage of labor and poor trans- 

 portation" noted in our report for 1918 still continue, the two 

 latter prol>lems being even more acute than at that time, the 

 grouers of fruit have rallied bravely to the call of the Society in 

 the enlarged Schedide and money prizes offered and have more 

 than tripled the prizes awarded last year. 



This fact is largely due to the inducements offered at the Fruit 

 and ^ egetable Exhibition, September 25-28, for which this Society 

 is greatly indebted to the Massachusetts State Department of 

 Agriculture which offered $(500 in money prizes for fruits and 

 vegetables. 



The display of strawberries at the Exhibition June 21-22, though 

 not large was of good quality. Richard ]\r. Saltonstall of (Jhestnut 

 Hill, Hillcrest Farm (Miss Marian R. Case) Weston, and W. C. 

 Cooper of Weston having the best exhibits. 



There was no fruit of special note at the Sweet Pea Exhibition, 

 July o~(], or the Gladiolus and Phlox Exhibition, August 9-10, 

 with the exception at the latter show of a fine display of branches 

 from peach trees in full fruit by the Faulkner Farm, Brookline, 

 Wm. N. Craig, Superintendent. 



The Fruit and Vegetable Exhil)ition scheduled to take place 

 September 11-14, in conjunction with the Dahlia Exhibition was 

 postponed to September 2o-28, the former date being altogether 

 too early for most of the fruit and vegetables to have reached 

 maturity. At this show 1 2o money prizes were offered, all awards 

 being made for merit. The specimens of fruit were excellent 

 an<l the display of nati\e grapes was one of the finest seen in the 



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