2,38 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



commission men and fruit buyers, will- be present to confer with 

 the peach growers. 



Peach Growers! Don't fail to be on hand, prepared to give an 

 estimate on your crop and make known your shipping require- 

 ments. 



This gathering, like previous ones held at Mr. 

 Lyman's farm, was a tremendous success. The weather 

 was ideal, and the attendance proved a record-breaker, 

 more than five hundred persons being in attendance. 



Anyone who has ever had the privilege of visiting Mr. 

 Lyman's great farm knows the unbounded hospitality of 

 the owner, and on this occasion Mr. Lyman did all in his 

 power to make the day one of pleasure and profit to his 

 many guests. Teams met the visitors at the trains and 

 trolley, and all day long they were in service, carrying 

 the crowds of fruit men and women through the various 

 orchards and to every part of the farm. 



Mr. Lyman's farm is an ideal place for a field meeting, 

 especially a pomological meeting, as he is one of the largest 

 orchardists in the state, as well as being one of the most 

 extensive business farmers to be found in New England. 

 Mr. Lyman's peach orchards are well located on rolling 

 land, and in the heart of one of the best peach belts of the 

 state. This year's crop he estimates at 100,000 baskets, 

 and the apple trees, which are just beginning to bear heavy 

 crops, will yield many hundreds of barrels this season. 

 Most of the apple orchards are interplanted with peach 

 trees. In the matter of feeding the trees, Mr. Lyman is 

 acknowledged an expert, and much of his success has been 

 due to the fact that he knows how and when to fertilize 

 for the best and largest fruit crops. The heavy expense 

 for chemical fertilizers is abundantly justified in the large 

 yields of fine fruit. 



Besides being an extensive fruit grower, Mr. Lyman 

 is known the state over as an authority" on grass culture. 

 Hay is an important crop on this farm, nearly 1,000 tons 

 being cut annually. A winter crop, to which Mr. Lyman 



