THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The Society reassembled at 1.45 p. m. for the afternoon 

 session, President Rogers in the chair. 



The attendance was very large — larger than at any pre- 

 vious meeting of Connecticut fruit growers. There were 

 probably more than 700 persons in the hall, about every seat 

 being filled, and the interest shown in the subjects under dis- 

 cussion was lively and enthusiastic. 



President Rogers : Ladies and Gentlemen, will you 

 come forward and be seated? It is time to open this meet- 

 ing. We have a whole lot of hay out that has to be dried 

 this afternoon. 



For this afternoon session our leading topic is spraying. 

 Now the first on our program is the Report on Fungous Dis- 

 eases, with results of recent experiments on peaches and ap- 

 ples. We have with us Dr. G. P. Clinton of the Connecti- 

 cut Experiment Station, who will report on this subject. Dr. 

 Clinton, I think, needs no introduction to this audience. 



Dr. G. p. Clinton : Mr. President, Ladies and Gentle- 

 men: Instead of the report on fung-ous diseases of the state 

 which w^as to have been presented at this time, we present the 

 results of recent experiments on peaches and apples. 



Experiments in Controlling Diseases of Apples 

 and Peaches. 



By Dr. G. P. Clinton, New Haven, 

 Chairman, Committee on Fungous Diseases. 



ExPEJilMENTS WITH APPLES. 



Instead of the report on fungous diseases of the state 

 which has usually been made at this time, we present the re- 

 sults of experiments with summer sprays on apples and 

 peaches conducted by Dr. Britton and myself the past sea- 



