About Us

Membership is open to anyone that grows fruit or has an interest in growing tree fruit and berries.


The Connecticut Pomological Society began in February 1891 when a group of sixteen peach growers met to discuss the formation of the Society. In December 1891, forty growers met, elected a president, and began annual meetings.

The purpose of the Society is the advancement of the science and art of fruit growing, and the mutual improvement and business advantage of its members.

Officers


Mary Concklin

President

Greg Parzych

Vice President

Erica Teveris

Secretary/Treasurer

Executive Committee


Rick Holmberg

Russ Holmberg

Brian Kelliher

Ben Larose

Evan Lentz

Tegan Matthews

Tim Perry

Don Preli

Jeff Sandness


Presidents of The Connecticut Pomological Society

1891-1894   John R. Smith

1895-1899   J.H. Hale

1900            Joesph H. Merriman

1901-1902   Norman S. Platt

1903-1904   Alfred G. Gulley

1905-1906   John C. Eddy

1907            Joseph H. Putman

1908-1909   Charles L. Gold

1910-1911    Elijah Rogers

1912-1915   Stancliff Hale

1916-1917   George W. Staples

1918-1919   Walter H. Baldwin

1920-1921   Alva T. Stevens

1922-1923   Frank W. Browning

1924-1925   Lewis C. Root

1926-1927   Charles G. Billings

1928-1929   Harold M. Rogers

1930-1931   Sherman P. Hollister

1932-1933   Kenneth N. Platt

1934            Henry B. Buell

1935            John Lyman

1936            Henry C.C Miles

1937            Ellicott D. Curtis

1938            Charles B. Young

1939            S. Leonard Root

1940            Mark Bishop

1941            George L. Warncke

1942            Albert B. Cole

1943            Carlyle H. Gowdy

1944            Edward I. Graham

1945            Norbert Kneuer, Jr.

1946            James P. Barnes

1947            Orrin P. Kilbourn

1948            Harry G. Cooke

1949            Henry F. Joy

1950            Joseph G. Pero

1951            Howard A. Rollins

1952            Charles R. Bishop

1953            Norman H. Barnes, Sr.

1954            Harold B. Young

1955            William Ravenscroft

1956            Wilbur H. Marshman

1957            Robert Josephy

1958            Brainerd T. Peck

1959            John Mark Bishop

1960            Bernard W. Funk

1961            Frank E. Rogers

1962            F. Douglas Lewis

1963            Norman Barnes, Jr.

1964-1965   George G. Merrell

1965-1967   Wilber P. Young

1968-1969   John Lyman, Jr.

1970-1971   Charles B. Young, Jr.

1972-1973   David S. Henry

1974-1975   Charles E. Bishop

1976-1977   Steward Ramsay

1978-1979   Matthew March

1980-1981   Orrin Sandness

1982-1983   Albert Bishop

1984-1985   Richard Holmberg

1986-1987   John Rogers

1988-1989   James March

1990            Mark Heidmann

1991-1992   Jonathan Bishop

1993-1994   Harold Bishop

1995-1996   John Lyman III

1997-1998   Donald Preli, Jr.

1999-2000   Jeffrey Sandness

2001-2002   Brian Kelliher

2003-2004   David Kollas

2005-2007   Tim Perry

2007-2009   Eric Henry

2010-2013   Rick Macsuga

2014-2017   Erica Teveris

2018-2022   Vacant

2023-           Mary E.C. Concklin