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THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



A Member : I would like to ask if you would dip any part of 

 the root? 



A Member: I don't think I would, but I would dip them 

 down to the root. ]^ut I see no harm in dipping roots and all. 



Question 6. Can any one predict the leading market apple 

 ten years hence? 



Mr. Merriman : Baldwin. That is law and gospel. It has 

 taken the lead for the last thirty years, beaten Ben Davis out 

 of sight. I defy a person to mention an apple that is equal to 

 the Baldwin for general purposes for market. 



Question 15. Shall the apple or pear be planted in large 

 blocks of single varieties, or should there be an intermingling 

 of sorts ? 



Mr. Hale : Well, most of our standard varieties are self- 

 fertile and will fruit alone, but there is no question that the 

 association of different varieties does strengthen the blooming 

 and seeding of the fruit. But it is better, if you are going to 

 do this, to plant a few in among the Baldwins even. 



A Member : How would the Roxbury Russet do ? 



Mr. Hale : Any of our standard varieties help the others. 

 It always pays to have good neighbors. 



Question 26. Why cannot canteloupes be grown on a large 

 scale, at a profit, here in Connecticut? 



A Member : Can they be grown at all ? 



Mr. Manchester : I don't believe they can grow them now 

 on either a large or a small scale. 



Question : Is there any method w'hatever by which the 

 bacterial wilt on melons, cucumbers and squashes can be 

 prevented ? 



Mr. Bennett : I don't think anything can be done except to 

 destroy all the vines infected with it. If the ordinary blight, 

 Bordeaux will check it. I think thorough work will have a 

 tendency to control it. 



A Member : This bacterial wilt ! \Mien you get all the vines 

 destroyed, the problem is solved. 



Mr. Bennett : In most places in this State the blight is not 

 bacterial, but the ordinary mildew kills most of the vines and 

 in that way cleans out entirely the cucumbers and muskmelons. 



President Gulley : I wanted Mr. Eddy to speak on this 

 question. 



