8o THE COXXECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Second Day— Wednesday, Feb. 3. 



Morning: Session. 



The second da}' of the Pomological meeting started off with 

 an excellent attendance and with an increasing interest in the 

 proceedings as the meeting progressed. 



President Gulley called the Society to order at 9.45 a. m., and 

 after several announcements from the chair, ]\Ir. E. R. Bennett 

 was called upon and gave a further explanation of how to make 

 a successful Bordeaux mixture. 



Questions from the List and from the Question Box were then 

 taken up and discussed. 



Question : \Miat is the best nozzle to use in spraying tall 

 trees ? 



Mr. Barnes said he used the \'ermorel and liked it. 



Mr. Hale : I have been spraying peach trees mostly. Have 

 found nothing better than the \^ermorel until this year,, when at 

 the meeting of the Xew York Fruit Growers' Association at 

 Geneva there was a new nozzle shown by the Goulds Company, 

 called "the JMistry." and a number of us tested it there for a 

 long time along with \'ermorel and other nozzles, and I think 

 it is an improvement over the A'ermorel. From what I saw in 

 using it in Georgia, I shall substitute it for the \'ermorel. It 

 makes a finer spray, scatters over a wider range, and so is more 

 economical of the spray. 



Mr. Fenn and ]\Ir. Ives both recommended the ^NIcGowan for 

 work on tall trees. 



QuESTiox : Can the "brown-spot" on the apple be prevented 

 by spraying? 



Mr. Ives said he was not prepared to say certainly that it 

 could, but we can spray later in the season with weak Bordeaux, 

 spraying even up to picking time and then wiping off the fruit 

 to remove any eft'ects of the spray. In this way we ought to 

 be able to control the trouble. 



President Gulley : Some of those western men suggest 

 spraying right up to picking. From some work we did last 

 year I am persuaded that fungus can be kept down, but it 

 means later work than for other troubles. 



