TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING. 2>i 



best apple sections of the state and midway between Abington 

 and Pomfret on the Willimantic and Boston division of the 

 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. It is a much younger orchard than 

 the one at Cheshire, being only about 2i years of age, and has 

 not been neglected so long. It was, nevertheless, very severely 

 infested with scale, and a few trees were in very bad shape. 

 The same general treatment was given this orchard except 

 that the pruning was much less severe. The orchard bore a 

 fair crop of fruit, although it was the "off year" for most of 

 the trees. 



Proposed Work. It is the intention to continue the 

 work in these orchards until such a time that the owners and 

 their neighbors are thoroughly convinced of .the profitableness 

 of such methods. It is the intention also to establish one or 

 two more such orchards during the present season. These 

 undertakings are what we term permanent demonstrations, 

 and of which we assume the responsibility for the successful 

 conclusion, providing- the owners of the orchards live up to 

 their part of the agreement. 



Another t}'pe of demonstration work that we intend to 

 follow up this season may be called orchard demonstration 

 and should not be confused with, the demonstration orchards 

 as described above. This new type of work consists simply in 

 arranging with a farmer to give a demonstration in pruning 

 or spraying in his orchard for the benefit of himself and his 

 neighbors. In such cases we assume no responsibility for 

 the future behavior of the orchard, and the outcome of which 

 will depend upon the general methods of orchard manage- 

 ment employed by the farmer. 



The advantage of this kind of demonstration work is that 

 it requires much less time and our efforts may be spread 

 over a much larger territory without the expenditure of any 

 great amount of money. 



Acknowledgements. This paper would not be com- 

 plete without expressing my appreciation to the various offic- 

 ers of this Society for their friendly cooperation and encour- 



