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of fruits in the best possible manner should receive more at- 

 tention, while as a business proposition it offers very profit- 

 able returns. 



About 800 plates of fruit were on the tables, the whole 

 forming- a magnificent show, and $306.15 in prizes was dis- 

 tributed to 42 exhibitors. 



Those who composed the committee of judges were John 

 W. Clark of North Hadley, Mass. ; Wilfrid Wheeler of ton- 

 cord, Mass. ; W. P. Robertson, Hartford, and Mrs. H. L. 

 Crandall, Farmington, the two latter on canned fruits. 



A somew^hat new feature was undertaken in connection 

 with the exhibition, viz., a display and demonstration of spray- 

 ing machinery and supplies. This proved of much interest 

 to the many fruit growers and farmers in attendance at the 

 fair. 



Prof. C. D. Jarvis of the Storrs Experiment Station ar- 

 ranged a very comprehensive exhibit of spraying supplies, 

 while various spray pump manufacturers sent exhibits of 

 their machines, many of which were shown in operation. Mr. 

 H. L. Frost of Arlington, Mass., the spraying expert, aided 

 with the demonstration work. Such object lessons should 

 be made a feature of all our horticultural gatherings, for in 

 no better way can the important points in spraying methods 

 be impressed upon the grower. 



Another year it is hoped to carry out some practical 

 work in the packing of fruits and the expert judging- of ex- 

 hibits, both of which can be so well demonstrated during th-.- 

 progress of the exhibition. 



