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Questions relating to potato blight were discussed by Prof. 

 Clinton, the audience manifesting much interest in the subject, 

 because of the prevalence of the disease this season all over 

 the State. 



After several announcements from the chair concerning 

 future field meetings arranged for, a hearty vote of thanks to 

 the Grange, Mr. Clark and the Higganum people was passed 

 and the meeting closed. 



THIRD FIELD AIEETING OF THE SEASON 



At J. H. Hale's, South Glastonbury, 



September 4, igoj. 



Announcements sent out for this next gathering of the 

 Society read as follows : 



"By invitation of ex-President Hale, the members of the 

 Society and all others interested in fruits are offered the oppor- 

 tunity of visiting his extensive orchards and nurseries, on 

 Friday the 4th. 



Probably no other horticultural establishment in New Eng- 

 land can afford greater pleasure and profit than a visit to Mr. 

 Hale's. And while the orchards are carrying but little fruit this 

 season, the newly planted orchards and improved methods of 

 culture are well worth seeing and studying. 



In extending the invitation ]\Ir. Hale says : 'Here at the 

 Hale Farm, we are probably worse off than the average, yet 

 some of the best lessons of life may be learned from failures, 

 mistakes and disappointments. Crab grass and weeds smother- 

 ing out clover ; cow peas that wont grow ; shot hole fungus ; 

 brown rot, black knot, yellows and scale, and little fruit on the 

 trees, are things of orchard interest to all. A fifty-acre wood 

 lot that has been cleared for orchard, and 75 acres in process 

 of clearing may interest some, especially as I want suggestions 

 as to how to reduce the cost of the work. Test plots of straw- 

 berries ; fields of nursery plants, and the Warner Farm, devoted 

 entirely to production of nursery trees and plants, may prove 

 attractions for others, but the greatest show of all is the weedy, 

 grassy plantation of a fellow who pretends to believe in clean 

 culture.' 



This is expected to be a notable gathering of leading fruit 

 growers of this and other states. Such well-known fruit men 

 as Geo. T. Powell of New York, Prof. F. A. Waugh of Massa- 

 chusetts, H. W. Collingwood of the Rural Nezv-Yorker, and 

 others will be present and address the meeting. 



Every Connecticut fruit grower should plan to attend. The 

 ladies, too, are invited. It will be the best meeting of the 

 season !" 



